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METEOROLOGY.
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Meteorological Observations, in degrees and tenths of degrees of Fahrenheit’s Thermometer, made in the City of Lima, at mid-day, in the open air, and in the shade, from January 1791 to March 1792 inclusive.

1791. 1792.
Days
of the
Month.
January. February. March. April. May. June. July. August. September. October. November. December. January. February. March.
1 71.5 76.1 80.4 77.5 74.6 67.0 62.0 67.5 66.0 70.0 74.0 80.0 84.0
2 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} 81.5 {{{1}}} 73.5 66.5 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}}
3 {{{1}}} 75.9 82.3 77.0 {{{1}}} 68.0 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} 76.0 {{{1}}} {{{1}}}
4 {{{1}}} 78.5 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} 73.8 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} 65.6 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} 83.0
5 73.4 {{{1}}} 81.5 77.5 72.5 67.2 65.0 69.5 66.0 73.0 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}}
6 73.1 80.3 78.0 75.8 71.5 {{{1}}} 67.2 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}}
7 74.1 81.0 79.2 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} 67.8 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} 75.5 {{{1}}} 81.0
8 76.5 78.8 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} 72.0 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} 67.0 65.6 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}}
9 76.9 81.5 78.9 {{{1}}} 73.0 {{{1}}} 65.0 66.0 67.6 {{{1}}} 79.0 {{{1}}} {{{1}}}
10 77.2 79.0 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} 72.5 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} 70.0 {{{1}}} 75.0 {{{1}}} 80.5 82.0
11 78.5 81.0 77.0 78.0 72.0 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} 71.5 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} 81.0
12 76.9 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} 77.5 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} 79.2 {{{1}}}
13 {{{1}}} 79.2 79.2 77.0 69.0 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}}
14 {{{1}}} 80.3 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} 70.0 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} 80.5 78.8 {{{1}}}
15 75.8 80.5 78.9 75.8 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}}
16 75.0 79.5 77.4 76.5 73.5 66.0 62.5 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} 72.5 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} 79.8
17 75.2 81.6 76.5 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} 65.2 65.0 68.5 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}}
18 78.0 {{{1}}} 77.2 78.0 {{{1}}} 66.0 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} 69.5 {{{1}}} 79.2 {{{1}}} {{{1}}}
19 {{{1}}} 79.5 {{{1}}} 75.0 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} 82.5 {{{1}}}
20 79.2 80.3 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} 70.5 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} 68.0 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}}
21 78.5 80.6 79.9 {{{1}}} 69.0 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} 79.2
22 79.2 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} 75.5 {{{1}}} 64.5 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} 81.8 {{{1}}} {{{1}}}
23 75.8 81.8 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} 70.0 65.2 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}}
24 77.5 81.5 81.5 77.0 69.0 65.0 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} 72.5 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} 78.0
25 78.2 80.5 79.9 78.0 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} 66.5 {{{1}}} 75.5 {{{1}}} 78.8 {{{1}}}
26 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} 76.5 {{{1}}} 70.0 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}}
27 80.0 78.5 77.0 76.0 69.5 66.5 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} 77.7
28 78.5 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} 78.0 69.0 67.0 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} 67.0 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}}
29 {{{1}}} 77.6 74.0 68.5 68.0 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} 75.0 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}}
30 79.5 {{{1}}} 73.0 70.0 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} 76.8
31 78.0 {{{1}}} 69.0 {{{1}}} {{{1}}} {{{1}}} 80.0 {{{1}}}

The thermometers employed in making the observations, were of the manufacture of the celebrated Adams. The days opposite to which those to which the degrees are not marked, have invariably the same temperature with the one which stands about them.