| Thermometor observed at | Prevailing winds. | OBSERVATIONS on the WEATHER. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6, A.M. 3, P.M. | 6. | 3. | 6. | 3. | ||||
| deg. | 100 | deg. | 100 | |||||
| Feb. 26 | 16 | 23 | nw. | w. | clr. h. w. Aurora Boralis[*]. | |||
| 27 | 38 | 47 | s. | sw. | cloudy lt. wd. | do. do. | ||
| 28 | 34 | 35 | nw. | w. | cloudy lt. wd. | do. do. | ||
| March 1 | 22 | 35 | nw. | do. | clear lt. wind. | do. h. wd. | ||
| 2 | 24 | 37 | ne. | se. | clear lt. wind. | cloudy do. | ||
| 3 | 33 | 42 | ne. | sw. | sn at ni. clou. | lt. wd. do. | ||
| 4 | 38 | 49 | 50 | s. | sw. | cloudy lt. wd. | clear do. | |
[ RESULTS OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.]
FOR FEBRUARY 1797.
| deg. | 100 | |||||
| Mean temperature | of the thermometer | at sun-rise | 32 | 9 | ||
| Do. | do. | of the | do. | at 3 P.M. | 41 | 2 |
| Do. | do. | for the whole month | 36 | 55 | ||
| Greatest monthly range between the 24th and 26th | 41 | 0 | ||||
| Do. | do. in 24 hours, | the 26th & 27th | 22 | |||
| Warmest day the | 24th | 57 | 0 | |||
| Coldest do. the | 26th | 16 | ||||
| 14 | days the Mercury was at or below frost, atsunrise. | |
| 4 | do. it was at or below frost at sunriseand at 3 P.M. | |
| 7 | do. it rained, and a large quantity hasfallen this month. | |
| 1 | day it snowed, and 2 inches and a-half hasfallen. | |
| 17 | do. the wind was at the westward of northand south. | |
| 11 | do. the do. was at the eastward of do. anddo. | |
| 16 | do. the do. was light at | sunrise and 3 P.M. |
| 4 | do. the do. was high at | do. and do. |
| 13 | do. it was clear at | do. and do. |
| 12 | do. it was cloudy at | do. and do. |
[*] On the 26th a remarkable appearance of the Aurora Boralis in the evening at the north point: its appearance changed several times, and at length collected to a Piremidical form and disappeared.
For the New-York Weekly Magazine.