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151.5 0.4 22.8

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II. METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION.

I. METEOROLOGICAL TABLES FOR SACO, ME.
Lat. 43° 31' N., Long. 70° 26' W. By John M. Batchelder.

Monthly Means of
Barometer.

Monthly Means of Monthly Meaus of
Attached Therm.

External Therm.

1846.

Months.

29.987 29.972 29.964 29.974 69.272 5

.7 71.1 68.17 9571.4730 30.067 30.042 30 030 30.046 68.7 72 771.4 70.9 63.9 78.4 70.3 70.9 30.049 30.012 30.026 30.029 65.1 68.8 67.3 67.1 59.2 72.7 65.165.7 30.126 30.095 30.080 30.101 59.6 62.7 62.0 61.4 42.7 54.4 47.3 48.1 30.019 30.007 30.017 30.014 59.6 61.4 62 6 61.2 36.247.239.6 41.0 29.972 29.987 30.057 30.005 59 7 63.5 64.4 62.6 19.6 32.1 25.3 25.7

30.011 29.994 30.002 30.003 56.0 63.0 63.36 .8 18.129.3 25.0 24.1 30 023 30.022 30.032 30.026 57.6 63.5 67.3 62.8 17.3 32.8 26.3 25.5 29.971 29.957 30.009 29.979 59.0 64.0 63.7 62.2 21.1 36.7 30.0 29 2 29.989 29.992 30.000 29.974 60.2 63.8 64.3 62.8 35.0 46.841.241.0 30.088 30.103 30.063 30.084 63.6 66 2 66.6 65 4 50.3 59.652.654.2 29.951 29.933 29.93, 29.941 62.3 67.2 65.8 65.1 59.7 70.8 64.4 65.0 30.021 30.010 30.018 30.016 61.7 65 8 65.9 €4.5 4.9 53.4 46.5 46.9

For winds, 0 denotes a calm; 6 a gale.

For clouds, 0 denotes a clear sky; 10, rain or snow.

Maximum heat, 94°, July 10, 1846, and June 26, 1847,

Minimum heat, 70°, February 1847,

Saco river closed by ice, December 5, 1846.

Range, 101°.

II. METEOROLOGICAL TABLES FOR CAMBRIDGE, MASS. Summary of the Meteorological Observations made at the Observatory of Harvard University, from May 1st, 1846, to May 1st, 1847. By W. Cranch Bond. Lat. 42° 23' N. Lon. 71° 08′ West of Greenwich.

The barometer corrected for capillary action and reduced to temperature of 32° Fah., but not to the sea level.

Inch. Inch Inch. 29.870 23.87 29.834 29.878 299 29.871 29.877 29.882 29 838 29.959 29.964 29.945

September, 29.972 29.976 29.920

30.061 3 5 29.985

Inch. Inch. Inch.
.040 29.876 29 864 50.4 57.5 62.2 53.2 55.8
.028 29.894 29.885 57.7 66 5 73.9 61.8 65.0
.044 29.904 29.875 64.7 73.4 79.5 68.7 71.6
.019 29.958 29.956 62.7 69.8 78.4 70.1 70.2
.056 29.965 29.958 59.1 67.7 757 64.3 66.7
.072 30.003 30.026 43.5 52.6 59.3 49.5 51.2

29.976 29.888 29.911+.023 29.927 29.925 40.9 42.6 467 42.6 43.2
.086 29.897 29.906 23.8 26.7 31.7 27.6 27.4

29.920 29.947 29.861

1.0 1.5 17 1.0 1.3 6.6 5.9 6.9 7.5 6.7 3,591

EEEE EEE88 Sunrise.

9 A. M.

3 P. M.

FREE 9 P. M.

Monthly

mean.

Sunrise.

9 A. M.

3 P. M.

9 P. M.

Monthly

12
1.5 1.2 1.2
1.3 0.8 0.

1.0 1.0

September,

October,

1.2 1.0

1.7 1.3 1.3

4.3

November,

1.3 1.5

1.7 1.4 1.5

7.3

1.2 1.1 1.5 1.2

4.1

1.0 0.9
5.6 5.4 5.6 6.5
0.8 1.1
6.1 55 5.4 4.2
0.6 0.7
5.1 5.5 5.2 5.5
0.8 1.1 1.7 1.1 1.2 3.5 4.3 4.2 40 4.0
4.3 5.8 5.3 49
7.2 7.6 6.8 7.2 2.546
4.1 5.7 6.2 5.1 5.187

1847.

Highest temperature, July 11th, 97°; lowest, February 24, +2°. Range, 95°.
Maximum of the barometer during the year, October 31, at 9 P. M.,.
Minimum

November 25,
March 27, sun rise,

Inc. 30.698 66 28,565 "28,565

Mean annual temperature of the air at ten feet above the surface of the earth,
Do. at the depth of 18 feet below the surface of the earth,
Do. at the depth of 90 feet below the surface,

At 18 feet below the surface the max. of the thermometer occurred in Oct. it was
The minimum occurred in March, it was

III.

METEOROLOGICAL TABLES FOR MENDON, MASS.

Lat. of spire of Unitarian Church, 42° 06′ 23′′ N., Long. 71° 33′ 35′′ W. from Greenwich. By John Geo. Metcalf, M. D., Member Am. Statistical Associa tion. For the years 1845 and 1846.

20 26 65
71747
93

14
11

13 5 4
15 8 1

810 2

014

48 23.2 26.3 29.8 25.3 26.8 1-3 255 26 58 19.8 23 5 30.1 24.8 24.2 10 12 73 30 63 30.2 34.5 41.5 34.0 35.0 127 6 70 28 43 37.7 43.8 49.1 40.8 42.8 35 889 12 54 47.8 59.3 63.9 49.7 55.1 6 48 30 92 9 44 60.7 66.1 72.9 61.8 61.3 4 48 192 15 44 62.4 73.7 78.0 70.9 71.2

2 41 29 90

134 23 79

17 23 72 14 11 1 1 12 29 70 15 4 7 1 0 1244 134 82 29 17-3 92

9 4

9 49 63.1 74.5 81.7 68.2 71.7 345 51.8 60.7 67.9 52.7 58.3 12 55 44.2 51.9 64.2 45.4 51.5 158 38.3 42 8 51.0 39.8 42.7 14420.1 24.2 27.6 22.0 23.3 95 41.5 48.4 54.7 44.5 46.8

-2 18 49 31 51 21.8 25.7 31.3 26.0 26.1 -427 40 544 16.6 19.9 24.4 15.4 19.0 1 4 163 20 59 33.1 36.6 42.8 33 4 33.2 28 480 21 52 38.9 49.3 56.3 46.4 47.7 4 34 20 80 17 46 46.0 53.7 65.3 52.6 51.4 4 48 24 84 19 36 56.3 66.7 72.1 60.9 6.0 5 53 15 93 11 40 63.5 76.0 77.0 66.0 70.5 5 51 2091 640 62.0 72.2 76.9 69.4 70.0 36 1690 754 57 6 66.6 73.0 61.4 64.5 24 23 80 8 56 41.7 48.5 53.8 45.0 47.7 3 45 38.1 42.0 45.8 40.3 41.5 340 21.0 24.2 29.4 25.9 25.0 97 41.3 48.4 54.0 45 1 47.1

214 151 8116 20-4

2. WINDS AND CLOUDS.

Monthly Means of Clouds Means of Force of Winds, Direction of the Wind.

0-10, at the hours.

0

-6, at the hours.

1845. Months.

anuary,

6.2 6.0 5.1 5.5 5.7 1.0 1.5 2.0 1.0 1.3 11

Iebruary, 4.2 4.7 4.0 3.8 4.1 .4 1.0 1.8 1.0 1.0 14

7 4

6 1 15 3 10 1

18

20

16 1

20 1

.4 1.0

1 14 4

5 1 4 2 1 4 12 2
2 2 12 11 1
512
250 11 6 8 156 21

7 2

3. WINDS AND CLOUDS.

M'thly Means of Clouds, Means of Force of Winds, Direction of the Wind.

010 at the hours.

0-6 at the hours.

IV. METEOROLOGICAL TABLE FOR LOWELL, MASS. Abstract of the Record of the Heights of the Thermometer, at the Lower Locks, Lowell, in 1846. By Mr. Ray Moor.

The temperature of the water in the canal, which in the summer months receives the whole waters of the Merrimack river, was above 32', from March 25th to December 4th.