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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.
