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METEOROLOGICAL TABLE.
[Chap. XIII.
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ABSTRACT OF THE METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL KEPT ON BOARD HER MAJESTY'S SHIP EREBUS.—FEBRUARY, 1842.
Day. | Position at Noon. | Temperature of the Air in Shade. |
Mean Tempera- ture of Sea at Surface. |
Temp. at 9 a.m. | ||||||
Lat. S. | Long. W. | Max | Min. | Mean. | Air in Shade |
Dew point. | ||||
° | ′ | ° | ′ | ° | ° | ° | ° | ° | ° | |
1 | 67 | '06 | 8 | 35 | 32 | 25.5 | 30.6 | 31.8 | 31 | 26 |
2 | 68 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 29 | 26 | 27.5 | 30.7 | 27 | 18 |
3 | 68 | 34 | 12 | 49 | 30.5 | 28 | 29.4 | 30.6 | 30 | 18.5 |
4 | 69 | 26 | 14 | 29 | 31.5 | 29 | 30 | 30.7 | 30 | 21 |
5 | 71 | 10 | 15 | 47 | 32 | 29 | 30.1 | 30.4 | 30 | 30* |
6 | 71 | '09 | 15 | 39 | 30 | 29 | 30.2 | 30.4 | 30 | 30* |
7 | 70 | 36 | 16 | 42 | 30.5 | 28.5 | 29.9 | 30.1 | 30 | 30* |
8 | 70 | 28 | 17 | 21 | 30.5 | 27 | 287 | 30 | 30 | 30* |
9 | 69 | 38 | 15 | 43 | 27.5 | 25 | 26.4 | 30 | 27 | 27* |
10 | 68 | '06 | 15 | 20 | 29 | 24.5 | 26.8 | 30.1 | 25 | 22 |
11 | 65 | 56 | 13 | 10 | 30 | 27.5 | 28.8 | 30.6 | 29 | 23 |
12 | 63 | 57 | 13 | 36 | 33 | 29.5 | 30.8 | 31.4 | 32 | 28 |
13 | 61 | 34 | 11 | 23 | 31 | 29 | 29.4 | 32.3 | 31 | 24.5 |
14 | 59 | 16 | 9 | 19 | 31 | 28 | 29.4 | 31.5 | 30 | 16 |
15 | 57 | 27 | 7 | 52 | 36 | 29 | 30.8 | 33 | 32 | 18 |
16 | 57 | '09 | 7 | 15 | 33.5 | 29 | 30.6 | 33.3 | 31 | 26 |
17 | 56 | 38 | 6 | 16 | 34 | 30.5 | 32.2 | 33.3 | 31 | 30* |
18 | 55 | 56 | 4 | 19 | 34 | 32 | 33.2 | 33.5 | 34 | 31.5 |
19 | 54 | 31 | 2 | 25 | 34 | 32 | 32.8 | 33.4 | 33 | 33* |
20 | 54 | '07 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 32 | 34 | 33.4 | 34 | 20.5 |
East. | ||||||||||
21 | 54 | '05 | 2 | 50 | 37 | 33.5 | 35.5 | 33.4 | 37 | 37* |
22 | 54 | 11 | 6 | '01 | 35 | 32 | 33.4 | 33.5 | 35 | 35* |
23 | 52 | 31 | 8 | '08 | 36 | 33 | 34 | 34.3 | 33 | 33* |
24 | 50 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 38.5 | 34 | 37 | 37.3 | 36 | 31 |
25 | 47 | 38 | 10 | 51 | 44 | 38 | 40.7 | 41.1 | 41 | 38 |
26 | 45 | 32 | 11 | 54 | 47 | 42 | 45 | 44.2 | 44 | 44 |
27 | 43 | 52 | 13 | 23 | 52.5 | 47.5 | 49.8 | 47.5 | 50 | 49 |
28 | 43 | 10 | 14 | 44 | 57 | 49.5 | 52.7 | 50.6 | 52 | 50.5 |
29 | 41 | 48 | 15 | '09 | 58 | 50 | 52.7 | 54.5 | 54 | 54 |
30 | 39 | 56 | 15 | 52 | 61 | 51.5 | 55.3 | 63.9 | 55 | 52 |
31 | 37 | 40 | 16 | 40 | 67 | 62 | 64.9 | 65.2 | 66 | 55 |
67 | 24.5 | 35.57 | 36.65 |
* Deposit of rain, or snow, or fog.