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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.
