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METEOROLOGICAL ABSTRACT.
[Chap. VIII.
ABSTRACT OF THE METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL KEPT ON BOARD HER MAJESTY'S SHIP EREBUS.—JANUARY, 1841.
Day. | Position at Noon. | Temperature of the Air in Shade. | Mean Temperature of Sea at Surface. |
Temp. at 9 a.m. | ||||
Lat. S. | Long. E. | Max. | Min. | Mean. | Air. | Dew point. | ||
° | ° | ° | ° | |||||
1 | 66.32 | 169.45 | 31 | 27 | 28.9 | 28.8 | 28 | * |
2 | 66.28 | 170.14 | 32 | 26 | 29.7 | 29.1 | 31 | 31 |
3 | 65.39 | 170.48 | 30.5 | 29.5 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 31 | 31 |
4 | 65.22 | 172.40 | 32 | 30 | 31.2 | 30.6 | 32 | 32 |
5 | 66.55 | 174.31 | 32 | 29 | 30.3 | 29.3 | 31 | 28 |
6 | 68.17 | 175.21 | 30.5 | 24.5 | 28.2 | 28.7 | 32 | 24 |
7 | 68.31 | 175.37 | 32 | 24.5 | 27.8 | 27.4 | 28 | 24 |
8 | 68.28 | 176.31 | 41.5 | 29.5 | 34.2 | 29.8 | 36 | 33 |
9 | 69.15 | 176.14 | 30.5 | 28.5 | 29.6 | 28.8 | 30 | * |
10 | 70.23 | 174.48 | 31 | 28 | 29.5 | 28.8 | 30 | 30 |
11 | 71.15 | 171.15 | 40.5 | 29.5 | 32.4 | 30.5 | 31 | 29 |
12 | 71.49 | 170.52 | 31.5 | 29 | 30.2 | 30.0 | 32 | 30 |
13 | 72.07 | 172.19 | 30.5 | 29 | 29.2 | 29.6 | 30 | 29 |
14 | 71.51 | 172.40 | 30.5 | 28.2 | 29.6 | 29.6 | 30 | 30 |
15 | 71.56 | 171.51 | 31 | 28.5 | 29.6 | 29.5 | 32 | 29 |
16 | 72.12 | 172.13 | 29.5 | 27 | 27.5 | 27.9 | 28 | 27 |
17 | 72.09 | 173.35 | 31.5 | 26.5 | 28.9 | 28.3 | 29 | 29 |
18 | 72.56 | 176.06 | 31 | 28.5 | 29.7 | 28.6 | 30 | 25 |
19 | 72.31 | 173.39 | 39.5 | 28.5 | 31.8 | 29.3 | 30 | 23 |
20 | 73.47 | 171.50 | 31.5 | 27.5 | 28.8 | 29.4 | 31 | 29 |
21 | 74.00 | 170.43 | 34.2 | 28 | 29.9 | 27.7 | 29 | 28 |
22 | 73.55 | 172.20 | 35 | 28.5 | 31.4 | 29.9 | 32 | 23 |
23 | 74.23 | 173.35 | 31 | 27.5 | 29.8 | 29.7 | 31 | 31 |
24 | 74.35 | 173.01 | 29.5 | 26.5 | 27.6 | 27.9 | 28 | * |
25 | 74.44 | 169.43 | 29 | 25.5 | 27.6 | 27.3 | 29 | 22 |
26 | 75.03 | 169.04 | 26.5 | 25 | 25.7 | 29.3 | 27 | 23 |
27 | 75.47 | 168.59 | 30 | 24 | 26.2 | 29.9 | 26 | 23 |
28 | 76.57 | 169.25 | 33 | 23 | 27.9 | 29.9 | 30 | 18 |
29 | 77.47 | 176.43 | 31 | 22.5 | 26.4 | 29.4 | 30 | 22 |
30 | 77.35 | 181.20 | 29 | 26 | 27.5 | 30.4 | 29 | * |
31 | 77.06 | 189.06 | 26 | 19.5 | 22.7 | 29.3 | 25 | 24 |
41.5 | 19.5 | 29.02 | 29.18 |
* Snow falling.