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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.
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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.