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METEOROLOGICAL ABSTRACT.
[Chap. III.
1841
ABSTRACT OF THE METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP EREBUS, AT NEW ZEALAND,
BETWEEN THE 18th OF SEPTEMBER AND THE 18th OF OCTOBER 1841.
| Date. | Temperature of Air in Shade. | Mean Tempera- ture of Sea at Surface. |
Barometer. | Wind. | Weather. | |||||
| Max. | Min. | Mean. | Max. | Min. | Mean. | Direction. | Mean Force. | |||
| Sept. | ||||||||||
| 18 | 61 | 47 | 55.1 | 55.5 | 29.950 | 29.758 | 29.867 | N.W. by N. | 1.7 | 3 b.c. |
| 19 | 62 | 43 | 52.0 | 55.4 | 30.160 | .961 | 30.063 | S.S.E. | 0.7 | 6 b.c. |
| 20 | 68 | 39 | 52.5 | 55.5 | .161 | 30.011 | .077 | Westerly. | 0.8 | 4 b.c. |
| 21 | 64 | 50 | 55.3 | 55.8 | .033 | 29.978 | .009 | Calm. | 0.0 | 4 b.c. 0 g. |
| 22 | 71 | 48 | 56.7 | 57.2 | .131 | 30.005 | .043 | N.N.E. | 0.5 | 4 b.c. |
| 23 | 68 | 49 | 56.0 | 57.6 | .223 | .138 | .180 | North. | 0.6 | 5 b.c. |
| 24 | 65 | 44 | 54.1 | 58.0 | .240 | .153 | .211 | S.E. | 0.6 | 6 b.c. |
| 25 | 62 | 48 | 57.4 | 57.5 | .321 | .192 | .249 | East. | 2.3 | 2 b.c. 0 g.q. |
| 26 | 62 | 54 | 57.4 | 56.7 | .390 | .317 | .356 | East. | 1.4 | 0 g. |
| 27 | 65 | 54 | 58.0 | 57.1 | .432 | .386 | .404 | N.E. | 0.4 | 0 g. |
| 28 | 64 | 53 | 57.7 | 57.1 | .436 | .398 | .417 | Easterly. | 0.7 | 0 g. |
| 29 | 73 | 50 | 58.0 | 57.8 | .445 | .392 | .421 | North. | 0.6 | 0 g. 4 b.c. |
| 30 | 68 | 49 | 58.7 | 57.0 | .419 | .274 | .342 | N.E. | 0.5 | 0 g. 2 b.c. |
