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METEOROLOGICAL ABSTRACT.
[Chap. VI.
ABSTRACT OF THE METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP EREBUS.—December, 1840.
Day. | Mean Temperature of the |
Mean (corrected) barometer. |
Winds | Weather. | Remarks. | |||||||||
Air in shade. |
Sea at surface. |
Dew point. |
Direction. | Force. | ||||||||||
° | ° | ° | Inches. | |||||||||||
1 | 43.2 | 42.0 | 38 | 29.899 | S.W. | 2 | 2 b. c. g,† | Auckland Islands— Lat 50° 32′ S. | ||||||
2 | 45.4 | 43.7 | 37 | 865 | Westerly | 1 | a.m. 3 b. c. p.m. 0 g. p. r. |
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3 | 44.9 | 44.3 | 39 | 757 | S. Westerly | 3 | a.m. 2 b. c. g. p.m. 0 g. q. p. r. |
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4 | 45.1 | 43.9 | 46 | 698 | S. Westerly | 5 | 4 b. c. q. g. | |||||||
5 | 47.1 | 45.2 | 45 | 941 | W.S.W. | 3 | 4 b. c. g. | |||||||
6 | 47.2 | 46.1 | 39 | 955 | S.W. | 3 | 5 b. c. q. d. | |||||||
7 | 47.9 | 46.0 | 40 | 738 | W. by S. | 3 | a.m. 3 b. c. o. g. p.m. 0 q. r. |
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8 | 47.9 | 46.2 | 45 | 628 | S. Westerly | 2 | 0 m. p. r. | |||||||
9 | 50.1 | 48.4 | *51 | 453 | W.N.W. | 3 | 0 g. m. r. | |||||||
10 | 47.5 | 47.1 | *50 | 240 | S. Easterly | 1 | a.m. 0 g. m. r. p.m. 0 g. |
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11 | 46.7 | 45.7 | 48 | 542 | W.S.W. | a.m. 2 p.m. 4 |
2 b. c. q. r. | |||||||
12 | 48.8 | 46.6 | 49 | 829 | N. Westerly | 4 | a.m. 3 b. c. g. p.m. 1 b. c. f. r. |
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13 | 48.8 | 46.4 | 47 | 830 | W.N.W. | 2 | a.m. 5 b. c. q. p.m. 2 b. c. f. d. |
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14 | 48.5 | 47.0 | *49 | 653 | W.N.W. | 2 | a.m. 0 q. f. r. p.m. 0 f. |
Campbell's Is. Lat. 52° 33′ S. | ||||||
15 | 46.7 | 45.2 | 42 | 649 | S.W. by W. | 2 | 4 b. c. g. | |||||||
16 | 44.3 | 42.6 | 38 | 962 | W.S.W. | 2 | 4 b. c. | |||||||
17 | 46.7 | 45.2 | *48 | 838 | Westerly | a.m. 3 p.m. 6 |
0 q. d. r. | 52.44 | ||||||
18 | 42.4 | 40.6 | 40 | 756 | S.W. | 5 | 3 b. c. g. | 54.21 | ||||||
19 | 41.4 | 39.7 | 42 | 417 | Westerly | a.m. 5 p.m. 3 |
0 g. q. 0 m. r. |
55.56 | ||||||
20 | 39.0 | 37.3 | 38 | 179 | S.W. by W. | a.m. 8 p.m. 6 |
2 b. c. q. p. r. | 56.44 | ||||||
21 | 39.0 | 36.4 | 36 | 300 | W.S.W. | 4 | 2 b. c. p. d. | 57.47 | ||||||
22 | 37.4 | 34.3 | 30 | 133 | a.m. S.W. p.m. Nthly. |
3 2 |
0 g. f. p. d. | 59.0 | ||||||
23 | 36.1 | 34.9 | *35 | 28.996 | S. Easterly | a.m. 2 p.m. 4 |
1 b. c. p. s. 3 b. c. g. p. s. |
59.41 | ||||||
24 | 35.7 | 33.4 | 32 | 29.435 | S.W. | 3 | a.m. 3 b. c. p. s. p.m. 5 . b. c. v. |
60.32 | ||||||
25 | 36.2 | 33.4 | *35 | 029 | N.N.W. | a.m. 5 p.m. 6 |
0 g. r. s. 0 m. r. |
62.10 | ||||||
26 | 36.8 | 34.3 | 38 | 667 | W. by N. | 5 | 0 m. | 62.3 | ||||||
27 | 31.9 | 29.5 | 28 | 784 | S.W. | a.m. 5 p.m. 8 |
1 b. c. q. p. s. 3 b. c. q. |
62.43 | ||||||
28 | 31.3 | 29.5 | 29 | 28.934 | Easterly | 3 | a.m. 1 b. c. o. p. s. p.m. 0 p. s. |
62.40 | ||||||
29 | 30.2 | 29.1 | 24 | 29.119 | S. Easterly | a.m. 4 p.m. 2 |
0 g. | 64.6 | ||||||
30 | 32.2 | 30.8 | 32 | 28.991 | a.m. N. p.m. Wstly |
2 | 1 b. c. o. p. s. | 64.32 | ||||||
31 | 30 | 29.8 | 29 | 826 | E.S.E. | a.m. 4 p.m. 2 |
2 b. c. p. s. 5 b. c. p. |
66.0 | ||||||
41.83 | 40.15 | 39.3 | 29.5175 | 3.29 |
* Rain falling. † For the key to these symbols, see Appendix.
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