A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions/Volume 2/Appendix 7

by James Clark Ross

APPENDIX, No. VII.

ABSTRACT FROM THE METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL OF H.M.S. EREBUS, AT SEA, AND IN PORT LOUIS, EAST FALKLAND ISLAND.

APRIL, 1842.

Day.	Position at Noon.					Temperature of the Air in Shade.			Mean Tempera- ture of Sea at Surface.
	Lat. S.			Long. W.		Max	Min.	Mean.
		°	′	°	′	°	°	°	°
1		57	20	70	22	42	37	39.6	43.3
2		57	25	67	36	43	39	41.2	44.3
3		56	41	65	09	42	38	39.6	43.7
4		54	47	61	51	41	38	39.8	45.2
5		52	36	58	42	49	38	42.9	47.1
6	Off Cape Pembroke					47	43	45.6	49.1
7	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$					49	41	44.7	48.6
8						47	38	41.8	48.1
9						53	42	47.4	48.3
10						47	38	42.6	47.3
11						44	38	42.0	46.6
12						50	41	45.7	47.6
13						49	39	43.6	46.7
14						49	41	45.4	47.2
15						51	46	47.2	47.8
16						51	41	46.1	47.5
17						48	37	43.2	46.3
18		Port Louis.				48	35	43.5	46.8
19		Berkeley Sound.				51	45	46.8	47.5
20						48	43	45.8	47.2
21						55	40	48.0	47.5
22						54	40	47.0	46.9
23						54	39	44.6	47.3
24						54	41	45.5	47.0
25						48	36	41.1	46.4
26						44	40	42.4	46.3
27						46	40	42.2	46.1
28						41	36	37.8	45.0
29						48	37	43.3	45.5
30						41	37	39.1	43.8
						55	35	43.52	46.6

ABSTRACT OF THE METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL OF H.M.S. EREBUS, aAT SEA, AND IN PORT LOUIS, EAST FALKLAND ISLAND.
APRIL, 1842.

Day.	Barometer.			Winds.		Weather.
	Max.	Min.	Mean.	Direction.	Force.
	Inches.	Inches.	Inches.
1	28.873	28.385	28.655	W. by S.	4.9	4 b.c.q.*
2	.834	.423	.692	E.N.E.	3.4	0 g.r.
3	.918	.534	.727	S.W.	4.7	0 q.r.
4	29.385	.895	29.05	West.	6.1	c.q.r.
5	.705	29.482	.610	S.W.	2.9	5 b.c.
6	.682	28.756	.302	N.E.	2.8	0 g.r.
7	28.972	.652	28.878	S.W.	4.2	4 b.c.p.r.
8	29.374	.928	29.208	S.W.	2.9	4 b.c.q.
9	.348	29.192	.263	W. by N.	2.6	6 b.c.
10	.644	.206	.312	W.S.W.	5.0	4 b.c.q.r.
11	.809	.501	.718	S.W.	2.2	0 g.r.
12	.536	.305	.376	S.W.	2.9	2 b.c.o.r.
13	30.037	.559	.868	S.E.	1.7	4 b.c.p.r.
14	.037	.951	.989	N.W.	1.9	0 g.r.
15	29.994	.701	.881	W.N.W.	1.5	0 g.r.
16	.910	.584	.639	Westerly.	2.6	3 b.c.q.p.r.
17	30.118	.856	30.071	S.W.	3.0	4 b.c.q.
18	.098	.658	29.88	N.W.	1.0	2 b.c.p.r.
19	29.778	.641	.704	Variable.	0.5	1 b.c.o.g.
20	.777	.582	.709	N. by W.	1.7	0 g.m.
21	.717	.422	.534	W.N.W.	2.2	5 b.c.
22	.735	.146	.420	N.W.	3.8	4 b.c.
23	.721	.489	.655	W.N.W.	1.6	6 b.c.
24	.712	.496	.573	West	1.7	4 b.c.
25	.632	.525	.580	W. by N.	1.9	6 b.c.
26	.610	.353	.440	N.E.	1.9	0 r.
27	.420	.029	.278	W.N.W.	1.8	3 b.c.
28	.380	28.892	.121	S.W.	4.8	4 b.c.q.r.s.
29	.400	29.125	.213	W.S.W.	3.8	0 g.q.r.
30	.599	.245	.492	W.S.W.	3.0	4 b.c.
	30.118	28.385	28.428		2.8

* For explanation of these symbols, see Appendix to Vol. I.

ABSTRACT FROM THE METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL OF H.M.S. EREBUS, PORT LOUIS, EAST FALKLAND ISLAND.
MAY, 1842.

Day.	Temperature of the Air in Shade.			Mean Tempera- ture of Sea at Surface.	Temp. at 9 a.m.		Quantity of Rain.
	Max	Min.	Mean.		Air in Shade	Dew point.
	°	°	°	°	°		Inches
1	49	37	44.0	44.8	43	⁠	⁠
2	51	43	46.3	45.8	46	⁠	0.19
3	47	38	43.7	45.2	42	⁠	.02
4	49	39	44.2	45.4	44	⁠	.27
5	47	38	41.5	44.8	42	⁠	.04
6	49	37	44.1	45.2	45	⁠	⁠
7	45	35	41.6	44.3	45	⁠	.01
8	46	34	41.0	43.7	43	⁠	.01
9	51	42	45.6	45.2	45	⁠	.01
10	49	39	42.9	44.4	42	⁠	.12
11	49	43	46.0	45.5	46	⁠	.07
12	42	40	40.7	43.9	41	⁠	.12
13	47	39	44.0	44.7	45	⁠	.35
14	44	35	40.1	43.9	41	⁠	.08
15	47	35	39.9	43.3	40	⁠	⁠
16	46	32	41.2	43.6	43	⁠	⁠
17	47	40	44.4	45.2	47	⁠	.07
18	45	36	40.1	43.3	38	⁠	.01
19	50	34	40.6	43.6	42	⁠	⁠
20	47	39	43.8	44.3	44	⁠	.51
21	48	40	43.9	44.3	44	⁠	⁠
22	41	32	36.0	42.8	33	⁠	⁠
23	46	33	39.0	43.0	39	⁠	⁠
24	44	32	37.1	42.2	42	⁠	.05
25	41	29	35.5	41.9	29	⁠	.18
26	44	36	40.4	42.8	40	⁠	.18
27	34	29	32.1	41.0	33	⁠	.11
28	40	28	33.5	40.2	36	⁠	.07
29	45	30	38.2	41.3	42	⁠	.04
30	38	28	33.8	40.4	36	⁠	.12
31	32	26	28.9	38.4	29	⁠	⁠
	51	26	40.78	43.50			2.63

ABSTRACT OF THE METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL OF H.M.S. EREBUS, PORT LOUIS, EAST FALKLAND ISLAND.
MAY, 1842.

Day.	Barometer.			Winds.		Weather.
	Max.	Min.	Mean.	Direction.	Force.
	Inches.	Inches.	Inches.
1	29.504	29.398	29.457	W.N.W.	1.5	0 g.
2	.388	.006	.202	Westerly	2.1	0 r.
3	.546	.230	.418	North	1.8	0 g.d.
4	.423	.203	.310	S.W.	2.0	2 b.c.r.
5	.651	.401	.497	West	3.0	4 b.c.
6	.651	.037	.315	W.N.W.	2.3	0 m.r.
7	.795	.058	.464	S.W.	3.4	4 b.c.
8	.848	.532	.745	N.W.	1.6	3 b.c.
9	.515	.176	.332	Westerly	2.0	0 g.p.r.
10	.619	.333	.525	Westerly	2.6	4 b.c.
11	.298	28.817	28.988	West	2.0	0 g.m.d.
12	.568	29.01	29.4	S.E.	3.3	0 m.
13	.413	28.876	.051	N.N.W.	2.0	g.f.r.
14	.552	29.014	.315	S.W.	4.1	3 b.c.
15	.980	.581	.786	W.S.W.	2.3	6 b.c.
16	.924	.543	.766	N.N.W.	2.0	0 m.g.
17	.516	.259	.332	N.W.	2.7	0 f.r.
18	.792	.426	.678	Westerly	2.8	6 b.c.
19	.922	.804	.884	West	0.9	6 b.c.
20	.792	.306	.495	North	3.5	0 g.r.
21	.366	.234	.291	West	1.0	0 f.m.
22	.597	.370	.451	Westerly	2.1	6 b.c.
23	.624	.094	.426	Westerly	2.4	4 b.c.
24	.068	28.737	28.865	Westerly	2.0	0 m.r.
25	28.936	.583	.857	West	2.0	5 b.c.
26	.796	.440	.645	West	3.6	5 b.c.
27	29.052	.796	.962	West	1.8	3 b.c.p.s.
28	.295	.968	29.102	West	2.9	4 b.c.
29	.280	.798	28.978	N.W.	3.1	0 q.r.
30	28.97	.780	.893	West	1.4	4 b.c.
31	29.055	.953	.989	West	1.6	5 b.c.
	29.980	28.440	29.304		2.32

* For explanation of these symbols, see Appendix to Vol. I.

ABSTRACT FROM THE METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL OF H.M.S. EREBUS, PORT LOUIS, EAST FALKLAND ISLAND.
JUNE, 1842.

Day.	Temperature of the Air in Shade.			Mean Tempera- ture of Sea at Surface.	Temp. at 9 a.m.		Quantity of Rain.
	Max	Min.	Mean.		Air in Shade	Dew point.
	°	°	°	°	°		Inches
1	33	27	30.4	38.8	32	⁠	0.11
2	36	27	32.1	38.3	32	⁠	.05
3	39	29	35.4	39.8	36	⁠	.01
4	41	32	38.1	40.2	38	⁠	.45
5	40	30	33.2	39.0	34	⁠	.12
6	38	30	33.9	39.4	35	⁠	.07
7	38	28	34.1	39.3	31	⁠	.11
8	40	32	36.9	39.8	39	⁠	.12
9	35	27	32.0	38.6	33	⁠	.05
10	32	23	28.6	37.8	27	⁠	.03
11	36	29	32.6	38.0	32	⁠	.01
12	37	33	35.3	39.0	36	⁠	.30
13	37	36	36.3	39.5	36	⁠	.22
14	41	36	38.2	39.7	37	⁠	.13
15	39	33	36.8	39.7	36	⁠	⁠
16	43	37	40.3	40.7	40	⁠	.74
17	39	37	38.3	40.5	38	⁠	.02
18	42	39	40.4	41.1	40	⁠	⁠
19	43	35	39.0	41.2	39	⁠	.25
20	42	32	36.6	40.0	33	⁠	.03
21	40	30	37.2	40.3	38	⁠	.48
22	40	29	32.7	39.2	30	⁠	.23
23	35	29	31.3	38.3	30	⁠	.10
24	38	26	32.0	37.7	27	⁠	⁠
25	38	30	33.3	38.1	30	⁠	.12
26	37	31	33.5	38.1	33	⁠	.04
27	35	26	30.4	37.2	33	⁠	.05
28	29	21	26.0	36.1	25	⁠	.04
29	33	21	28.5	35.8	28	⁠	.20
30	35	24	29.9	37.3	30	⁠	.01
	43	21	34.11	38.95			4.09

ABSTRACT OF THE METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL OF H.M.S. EREBUS, PORT LOUIS, EAST FALKLAND ISLAND.
JUNE, 1842.

Day.	Barometer.			Winds.		Weather.
	Max.	Min.	Mean.	Direction.	Force.
	Inches.	Inches.	Inches.
1	29.460	29.059	29.238	S.S.W.	4.4	0 g.p.s.
2	.729	.506	.653	W.S.W.	2.3	4 b.c.
3	.703	.248	.506	N.E.	4.2	0 g.r.
4	.207	28.865	.039	N.E.	1.4	0 g.r.
5	28.923	.696	28.787	W.S.W.	2.7	4 b.c.
6	29.572	.935	29.251	S.W.	2.0	4 b.c.
7	.581	29.319	.456	West	3.7	4 b.c.q.r.
8	.471	.221	.326	West	3.5	0 q.r.
9	.726	.469	.582	S.W.	2.5	4 b.c.q.s.
10	.738	.618	.680	West	0.7	0 b.c.
11	.615	.397	.481	N.E.	1.7	0 p.r.s.
12	.424	.337	.370	E.N.E.	3.3	0 g.r.
13	.482	.360	.400	E.N.E.	2.5	0 d.r.
14	.958	.484	.732	E.N.E.	0.5	2 b.c.d.r.
15	30.034	.847	.978	N.N.E.	2.6	0 g.
16	29.814	.641	.685	Northerly	1.7	0 q.r.
17	.670	.624	.651	W.N.W.	0.3	0
18	.684	.356	.427	N.N.E.	2.5	0 r.
19	.469	.266	.381	West	0.9	3 b.c.
20	.547	.376	.493	West	0.5	6 b.c.
21	.363	28.976	.112	North	3.1	0 q.r.
22	.181	29.090	.138	N.N.W.	0.6	6 b.c.
23	.240	.135	.172	West	0.7	4 b.c.
24	.523	.246	.379	S.W.	0.7	6 b.c.
25	.550	.354	.475	S.W.	1.2	4 b.c.
26	.429	.134	.256	West	1.7	4 b.c.
27	.221	.091	.154	West	2.5	5 b.c.
28	.580	28.986	.201	South	3.8	4 b.c.q.s.
29	.670	29.342	.501	West	2.4	4 b.c.
30	.494	.308	.375	West	1.9	4 b.c.
	30.034	28.696	29.396		2.08

* For explanation of these symbols, see Appendix to Vol. I.

ABSTRACT FROM THE METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL OF H.M.S. EREBUS, PORT LOUIS, EAST FALKLAND ISLAND.
JULY, 1842.

Day.	Temperature of the Air in Shade.			Mean Tempera- ture of Sea at Surface.	Temp. at 9 a.m.		Quantity of Rain.
	Max	Min.	Mean.		Air in Shade	Dew point.
	°	°	°		°		Inches
1	33	23	27.4	35.8	24	⁠	0.01
2	33.5	24	27.6	35.8	25	⁠	.11
3	30	23.5	27.0	35.2	26	⁠	.11
4	36	30	34.0	37.9	34	⁠	.24
5	42	36	37.9	38.7	37	⁠	.01
6	40	34	36.3	38.3	34	⁠	⁠
7	39	34	37.0	39.6	39	⁠	.09
8	40.5	33.5	36.8	40.0	38	⁠	.28
9	36	30	33.3	38.5	33	⁠	⁠
10	35.5	28.5	31.8	38.6	29	⁠	.04
11	40.5	34	36.5	39.3	36	⁠	.02
12	36	26.5	29.6	37.9	29	⁠	.01
13	36	28.5	32.6	38.0	30	⁠	.09
14	36.5	32	34.3	38.1	33	⁠	.01
15	36.5	31	33.5	38.2	32	⁠	.03
16	40.5	32.5	34.4	38.4	33	⁠	⁠
17	37	33	34.9	38.6	34	⁠	.01
18	37.5	34	36.0	39.5	36	⁠	.33
19	37	32	357	39.9	36	⁠	.51
20	36	30	33.2	38.9	32	⁠	.06
21	36	28.5	31.9	38.5	31	⁠	.03
22	35	29	31.7	38.1	32	⁠	.01
23	37	26.5	32.2	38.3	29	⁠	⁠
24	38	33	36.0	39.3	36	⁠	.08
25	39	37	37.9	40.2	38	⁠	.05
26	37.5	36	36.7	40.2	36	⁠	⁠
27	37	34	35.4	40.1	35	⁠	.02
28	38.5	33	35.6	40.6	34	⁠	.01
29	40.5	32	35.6	40.5	39	⁠	.08
30	38	32	347	40.0	35	⁠	.04
31	35	27.5	31.6	39.6	33	⁠	.01
	42	23	33.84	38.73			2.29

ABSTRACT OF THE METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL OF H.M.S. EREBUS, PORT LOUIS, EAST FALKLAND ISLAND.
JULY, 1842.

Day.	Barometer.			Winds.				Weather.
	Max.	Min.	Mean.	Direction.			Force.
	Inches.	Inches.	Inches.
1	29.473	29.144	29.281		West		1.9		4 b.c.*
2	.718	.138	29.294		W.S.W.		3.7		0 s.
3	30.206	.785	30.100		S.W.		1.7		5 b.c.
4	.110	.307	29.733		N.N.W.		3.3		0 g.m.
5	29.403	.205	.331		W.N.W.		2.3		4 b.c.
6	.352	.247	.298		W.S.W.		1.3		0 m.f.
7	.255	28.854	.073	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	a.m. N.W. p.m. W.S.W.	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	2.1		0 g.
8	.169	.847	28.956		West		2.6		4 b.c.
9	.470	.980	29.161		West		3.4		4 b.c.
10	.765	.502	.691		West		1.8		6 b.c.
11	.775	.604	.683		W.N.W.		2.8		5 b.c.
12	.582	.375	.457		S.W.		2.6		4 b.c.
13	.834	.442	.709		S.W.		4.0		4 b.c.
14	30.324	.844	30.198		S.W.		2.7		3 b.c.
15	.523	.340	.431		W.S.W.		1.3	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	a.m. 4 b.c. p.m. 0 m.
16	.554	.491	.528		West		1.2		2 b.c.
17	.534	.350	.448		W.N.W.		1.5		3 b.c.
18	.296	29.717	.015		N.N.W.		2.8		0 q.r.
19	29.688	.323	29.436		N.N.W.		2.1		0 c.r.
20	.745	.385	.578		S.W.		2.3		4 b.c.
21	30.129	.750	.908		S.W.		2.2		4 b.c.
22	.275	30.146	30.215		S.W.		2.9		3 b.c.
23	.293	.238	.266		West		2.4		5 b.c.
24	.235	29.869	29.986		W.N.W.		3.3		0 m.r.
25	29.902	.571	.747		N.W.		3.0		0 m.r.
26	.519	.383	.438		West		1.1		0 m.
27	.857	.504	.681		S.W.		1.1		3 b.c.
28	.859	.350	.628		North		2.0		0 c.
29	.306	28.748	.034		Westerly		2.8		0 m.c.
30	.232	29.06	.123		West		2.7		4 b.c.
31	.364	.100	.196		S.W.		1.8		3 b.c.
	30.554	28.340	26.665				2.34

* For explanation of these symbols, see Appendix to Vol. I.

ABSTRACT FROM THE METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL OF H.M.S. EREBUS, PORT LOUIS, EAST FALKLAND ISLAND.
AUGUST, 1842.

Day.	Temperature of the Air in Shade.			Mean Tempera- ture of Sea at Surface.	Temp. at 9 a.m.		Quantity of Rain.
	Max	Min.	Mean.		Air in Shade	Dew point.
	°	°	°	°	°		Inches
1	36	25.5	31.1	38.5	29	⁠	0.01
2	37	29	32.5	38.6	32	⁠	.03
3	36	27.5	31.8	38.5	29	⁠	.01
4	37.5	33	35.4	39.5	35	⁠	.87
5	33.5	24	29.1	37.8	32	⁠	.20
6	34	25.5	277	37.0	27	⁠	.10
7	26	20.5	23.3	32.3	22	⁠	.52
8	32	20.5	26.1	33.5	28	⁠	.14
9	32.5	26.5	29.6	35.4	29	⁠	.10
10	34.5	28.5	307	35.2	30	⁠	.02
11	34	29	31.5	36.2	30	⁠	⁠
12	37	32	35.1	37.7	35	⁠	.01
13	37	26	35.5	36.9	28	⁠	⁠
14	38.5	33.5	35.5	37.6	35	⁠	⁠
15	38.5	34	36.6	38.3	37	⁠	⁠
16	39.5	35	36.9	39.0	36	⁠	⁠
17	39	31	34.5	38.9	35	⁠	⁠
18	34.5	28	31.9	38.2	34	⁠	.03
19	39.5	25	317	37.5	28	⁠	⁠
20	34.5	30.5	33.1	38.1	32	⁠	.09
21	41	33	36.8	39.2	37	⁠	.89
22	39.5	34	35.8	39.3	35	⁠	⁠
23	38	32.5	34.9	38.8	35	⁠	.01
24	37	30	32.9	38.4	33	⁠	⁠
25	41.5	31	36.3	39.0	35	⁠	.01
26	40.5	35	37.4	39.5	39	⁠	.02
27	45	35	38.8	39.5	38	⁠	⁠
28	47	37.5	40.5	40.1	38	⁠	⁠
29	47	38	41.6	40.5	42	⁠	⁠
30	49	38	42.9	41.2	42	⁠	⁠
31	44	36	40.4	40.7	41	⁠	.05
	49	20.5	31.13	38.10			3.11

ABSTRACT OF THE METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL OF H.M.S. EREBUS, PORT LOUIS, EAST FALKLAND ISLAND.
AUGUST, 1842.

Day.	Barometer.			Winds.		Weather.
	Max.	Min.	Mean.	Direction.	Force.
	Inches.	Inches.	Inches.
1	29.832	29.400	29.608	W.S.W.	3.7	4 b.c.*
2	30.042	.849	.967	W.S.W.	1.9	6 b.c.
3	.050	.610	.923	N.W.	1.4	4 b.c.
4	29.527	.058	.172	N.W.	3.9	0 q.r.
5	.513	.092	.286	Southerly	5.5	0 q.p.s.
6	.519	.372	.462	S.W.	4.3	4 b.c.q.s.
7	.552	.506	.526	Southerly	4.4	0 q.s.
8	.928	.574	.666	S.S.E.	4.0	0 q.p.s.
9	30.261	.931	30.091	S.E.	2.3	2 b.c.p.s.
10	.284	30.210	.258	E.S.E.	0.6	0 g.c.
11	.197	29.859	.034	Northerly	1.5	0 g.
12	29.918	.721	29.782	Northerly	1.0	0 f.
13	30.083	.943	30.026	Easterly	1.5	4 b.c.
14	29.940	.677	29.794	N.W.	1.0	0 f.
15	.689	.333	.461	N.W.	3.3	0 g.q.
16	.280	.046	.150	N.W.	3.4	4 b.c.q.
17	.427	.142	.308	Westerly	2.5	4 b.c.
18	.712	.375	.553	S.W.	3.0	3 b.c. 0 r.
19	.740	.683	.717	Variable	0.7	5 b.c.
20	.683	.422	.524	N.E.	1.9	0 s.
21	.436	28.867	.035	N.W.	2.6	0 q.r.
22	.215	.880	.039	S.W.	3.2	3 b.c.
23	.440	29.226	.397	S.W.	2.7	1 b.c.
24	.788	.446	.564	S.W.	1.1	3 b.c.
25	30.185	.824	30.030	Westerly	1.4	4 b.c.
26	.226	30.186	.203	Westerly	1.3	2 b.c.
27	.192	.091	.123	Westerly	1.8	3 b.c.
28	.065	29.845	29.922	Westerly	2.7	3 b.c.
29	29.841	.529	.683	W.N.W.	2.7	3 b.c.
30	.525	.446	.540	W.N.W.	1.7	3 b.c.
31	.435	.253	.342	N.W.	2.7	0 r.
	30.284	28.867	29.654		2.41

* For explanation of these symbols, see Appendix to Vol. I.

ABSTRACT FROM THE METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL OF H.M.S. EREBUS.

SEPTEMBER, 1842.

Day.	Position at Noon.					Temperature of the Air in Shade.			Mean Tempera- ture of Sea at Surface.
	Lat. S.			Long. W.		Max	Min.	Mean.
						°	°	°	°
1	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$					49	36	41.3	41.2
2						49	38	42.3	41.7
3		Port Louis.				45.5	33.5	40.1	41.2
4		East Falkland				44	31	38.2	40.6
5		⁠Island.				43.5	36	38.7	41.0
6						46.5	35	38.3	40.7
7						42.5	32	37.8	40.7
8		°	″		″	40.5	36.5	39.0	41.8
9		53	3	57	55	40	32	35.5	41.0
10		53	19	56	49	39	31.5	34.5	40.3
11		54	11	55	22	40	36	38.1	40.7
12		54	19	54	47	40	34	36.3	40.2
13		54	6	54	37	34.5	30.5	32.3	39.3
14		53	47	55	12	40.5	33	37.7	40.4
15		54	44	55	28	39.5	31	35.6	40.7
16		54	41	55	12	37.5	30	33.5	40.3
17		55	08	59	16	33.5	28.5	31.0	40.0
18		55	40	63	08	34	29	31.9	39.6
19		Off Cape Horn.				40.5	34.5	37.2	41.7
20	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$					45	33	37.9	43.2
21						45	33.5	39.6	43.5
22						49.5	37	42.5	44.1
23						50	40.5	45.6	44.6
24						47	40	44.0	43.8
25		St. Martin's Cove Hermite Island.				40	32.5	35.7	41.8
26						47	32.5	41.1	43.3
27						54	41	47.7	44.9
28						51.5	40	44.6	44.2
29						51.5	39.5	44.7	44.1
30						46.5	39	41.7	44.2
						54	28.5	38.88	41.83

ABSTRACT OF THE METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL OF H.M.S. EREBUS.
SEPTEMBER, 1842.

Day.	Barometer.			Winds.		Weather.
	Max.	Min.	Mean.	Direction.	Force.
	Inches.	Inches.	Inches.
1	29.449	29.349	29.426	N.W.	1.9	5 b.c.*
2	.555	.315	.396	N.W.	1.0	0 m.
3	.763	.531	.601	Westerly	2.0	4 b.c.
4	30.116	.766	.918	S.E.	2.2	3 b.c.
5	.189	30.123	30.149	Southerly	2.1	c. 0
6	.189	29.992	.115	N.W.	0.5	0 p.s.
7	29.960	.402	.678	N. by W.	2.2	2 b.c.p.s.
8	.377	.188	.269	Westerly	3.5	1 b.c.r.
9	.308	28.792	28.980	Westerly	5.1	0 q.s.
10	.347	.720	29.140	S.S.W.	7.6	0 q.s.
11	.218	.512	28.787	W.S.W.	7.5	0 q.d.
12	28.847	.596	.757	S.S.W.	7.2	3 b.c.q.
13	29.562	.715	29.137	Southerly	5.0	0 q.s.
14	.553	.934	.234	Westerly	4.3	0 g.r.s.
15	.670	.882	.214	S.W.	7.3	0 q.s.
16	.751	29.597	.682	Variable	2.6	0 g.s.
17	30.226	.624	30.005	S.E.	5.1	0 p.s.
18	.239	.814	.119	Easterly	3.7	3 b.c.
19	29.809	.534	29.628	N.W.	4.5	2 b.c.
20	.828	.647	.756	W.N.W.	1.2	4 b.c.p.s.
21	.795	.575	.659	N.W.	1.3	5 b.c.
22	.748	.618	.686	S.W.	1.3	5 b.c.
23	.614	.323	.466	S.W.	0.8	3 b.c.
24	.315	.073	.248	S.W.	1.3	3 b.c.
25	.494	.165	.337	S.W.	3.0	0 q.s.
26	.590	.531	.551	S.W.	2.4	2 b.c.
27	.627	.347	.491	S.W.	1.8	4 b.c.
28	.529	.219	.351	S.W.	1.8	4 b.c.p.r.
29	.532	.198	.329	S.W.	1.3	4 b.c.
30	.466	.272	.359	S.W.	2.5	4 b.c.r.s.
	30.239	28.512	29.5756		3.15

* For explanation of these symbols, see Appendix to Vol. I.

ABSTRACT FROM THE METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL OF H.M.S. EREBUS.
NOVEMBER, 1842.

Day.	Temperature of the Air in Shade.			Mean Tempera- ture of Sea at Surface.	Temp. at 9 a.m.		Quantity of Rain.
	Max	Min.	Mean.		Air in Shade	Dew point.
		°	°	°	°	°	Inches
1	43	38	40.6	45.5	42	38	0.16
2	47.5	38.5	42.7	45.7	46	33	—
3	48	38.5	42.1	457	44.5	38	—
4	50	41	44.8	46.8	46	42	—
5	48.5	40	42.9	461	42	38	0.12
6	50	39.5	43.2	47.1	45.5	42	0.02
7	44.5	37	39.9	45.9	39	37	0.40
8	42.5	39	40.1	43.3	41	40	—
9	41	39	40.1	42.0	40	40*	0.35
10	46	39	42.2	42.6	43	40	0.05
11	43.5	38	40.8	42.8	40	35	—
12	46	40	43.1	44.4	43	38	0.01
13	50.5	40	46.0	45.5	47	42	—
14	54	42	46.8	48.1	49	39.5	—
15	51	38	45.0	47.3	46	39	—
16	61	42.5	48.8	48.5	49	44	—
17	51.5	42.5	46.5	48.0	46	46*	0.05
18	52	39.5	45.6	47.9	48	33	0.05
19	57	44	48.9	48.5	54	44	0.09
20	63	44	51.0	48.8	55	43	—
21	64	43	53.1	49.8	57	43	—
22	60	41	51.5	50.3	56	42	—
23	70	44	56.4	51.5	60	48	—
24	61	43	51.3	50.9	55	38	—
25	53	39.5	45.3	49.7	54	37	—
26	54	38	47.2	50.2	50	40	0.10
27	47	42	44.9	49.5	46	30	—
28	56.5	42	49.4	50.3	53	41	—
29	62	43	52.1	50.2	55	43	—
30	52	39.5	44.1	49.1	49	43	—
	70	37	45.88	47.40			1.40

* Rain.

ABSTRACT OF THE METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL OF H.M.S. EREBUS.
NOVEMBER, 1842.

Day.	Barometer.			Winds.				Weather.
	Max.	Min.	Mean.	Direction.			Force.
	Inches.	Inches.	Inches.
1	29.854	29.737	29.813		E.N.E		0.8		p.m. 5 b.c.*
2	.715	.511	.583	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	a.m. S.W. p.m. N.E.	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	1.4		6 b.c.v.
3	.568	.297	.488	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	a.m. N.W. p.m. E.N.E.	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	1.6		4 b.c.
4	.308	.172	.214		——		1		4 b.c.
5	.432	.318	.398		S.W.		1.2		1 b.c.m.d.
6	.643	.400	.495		p.m. S.W.		0.8		4 b.c.p.r.
7	.719	.582	.662		S.W.		2.6		2 b.c.g.
8	.543	.203	.541		N.N.W.		3.8	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	4 b.c. 0 g.d.r.	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$
9	.470	.184	.311		N.E.		3.6		0 m.d.
10	.851	.484	.665		a.m. N.E.		1.2		3 b.c.
11	30.077	.860	30.003		Southerly		3.8		3 b.c.p.d.
12	.120	.986	.025		S.W.		3.5		4 b.c.
13	29.974	.702	29.811		Westerly		3		4 b.c.
14	.965	.787	.895	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	a.m. S.S.W. p.m. N.W.	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	1.5		5 b.c.
15	.974	.773	.904		N.W. by N.		2		4 b.c.
16	.742	.441	.578		N.W.		1.3		1 b.c.o.g.
17	.416	.133	.229	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	a.m. N.N.E. p.m. N.W.	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	2.3		0 g.r.
18	.427	.189	.294	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	a.m. S.S.W. p.m. W.N.W	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	3.4		3 b.c.p.r.
19	.374	.051	.211		Westerly		2.9		6 b.c.p.r.
20	.536	.366	.467		W.N.W.		2		4 b.c.
21	.864	.414	.600		Westerly		2.6		5 b.c.
22	.875	.691	.782		N.W.		2.5		4 b.c.
23	.710	.513	.649		Westerly		1.5		3 b.c.
24	.755	.483	.622		W.S.W.		4.4		5 b.c.
25	.763	.387	.614		W. by N.		2.1		g.c. o r.
26	.422	.358	.388		S.W.		3.2		4 b.c.
27	.592	.402	.509		S.S.W.		4.8		2 b.c.p.r.h.
28	.578	.168	.263		W.N.W.		3		2 b.c.q.
29	.137	28.979	.039		W.S.W.		3.3		3 b.c.
30	.282	29.054	.114		p.m. S.E.		2.9		0 m.d.
	30.120	28.979	29.5389

* For explanation of these symbols, see Appendix to Vol. I.