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1842

ABSTRACT OF THE METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL KEPT ON BOARD HER MAJESTY'S SHIP EREBUS.—December, 1842.

Day.	Position at Noon.					Temperature of the Air in Shade.			Mean Tempera- ture of Sea at Surface.	Temp. at 9 a.m.		Rain in Gauge.
	Lat. S.			Long. W.		Max	Min.	Mean.		Air in Shade	Dew point.
		°	′	°	′	°	°	°	°	°	°	Inches
1	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$					49.5	37.5	42.6	49	46	32	—
2						55	37	44.1	49.3	51	42	0.05
3						51	36	43.2	48.2	51	47	0.06
4						45.5	36	40.9	48.4	43	30	0.02
5						50	35	41.9	47.8	42	33	0.02
6						54	39	45.8	48.8	46	46*	0.1
7		Port Louis.				52	40	45.7	48.9	49.5	41	—
8						58	41	47.9	48.9	50	37	0.01
9						60.5	43	51.2	49.4	55	42	—
10						53.5	40	45.5	49.0	47	41	—
11						50	37.5	44	49.2	48	42	0.04
12						49	37.5	447	48.9	47	46	0.02
13						50	40	44.2	48.5	46	37	0.07
14						49.5	42	45.5	48.8	46	41	0.01
15						57	42	48.9	49.7	52	47	0.02
16						59.5	38	50.5	50.3	52	44	—
17	Off Cape Pembroke					63	46	54.4	49.3	61	49	—
18		52	54	56	43	60	46	52	47.4	55	47	—
19		54	23	56	01	46	42	44.9	44.5	46	42	—
20		55	51	54	42	51	41	45.4	43.3	46	41	—
21		57	04	53	22	43	36	39.5	38.3	40	38	0.16
22		58	16	52	0	39	34	35.4	35.4	35	32	—
23		59	50	51	50	38	33.5	35.3	34.3	34	30	—
24		61	23	52	19	36.5	34	35.1	33.6	36	36	—
25		62	14	52	05	35.5	28	32.2	32.2	33	33*	—
26		62	31	51	36	33.5	29	31.7	32.0	34	32	—
27		62	18	51	57	37.5	32	34.2	33.3	33	33	—
28		62	44	53	43	37	32	33.8	32.7	34	32	—
29		63	40	53	42	35.5	30.5	32.1	31.8	33	32	—
30		60	36	54	33	33	29	31	31.6	31	29	—
31		63	56	55	28	40	28	33	32.3	33	26	—
						60.5	28	41.82	43.07			0.58

* Deposit of rain, snow, or fog.