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METEOROLOGICAL ABSTRACT.
[Chap. VIII.
ABSTRACT OF THE METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL KEPT ON BOARD HER MAJESTY'S SHIP EREBUS.—FEBRUARY, 1841.
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. E. | Max. | Min. | Mean. | Air. | Dew point. | ||
° | ° | ° | ° | |||||
1 | 77.06 | 188.27 | 34 | 19.5 | 27.0 | 30.7 | 28 | 21 |
2 | 77.45 | 187.00 | 32 | 24.5 | 28.2 | 30.2 | 31 | 24 |
3 | 77.17 | 185.28 | 29 | 23 | 25.4 | 30.2 | 26 | 22 |
4 | 77.00 | 192.18 | 23.5 | 15 | 20.7 | 28.7 | 23 | 22 |
5 | 77.11 | 192.48 | 16.7 | 13 | 15.1 | 28.7 | 16 | 15 |
6 | 77.01 | 188.26 | 23 | 14 | 18.7 | 28.8 | 17 | 15 |
7 | 77.01 | 186.35 | 29 | 19 | 24.6 | 29.2 | 27 | 18 |
8 | 77.39 | 187.05 | 32 | 23 | 26.4 | 29.2 | 29 | 24 |
9 | 77.56 | 190.15 | 28 | 16 | 21.0 | 28.9 | 28 | 22 |
10 | 77.32 | 186.38 | 27 | 19.5 | 22.6 | 28.5 | 25 | 20 |
11 | 76.11 | 187.53 | 22 | 18 | 19.9 | 28.7 | 20 | 16 |
12 | 76.51 | 184.56 | 26 | 20.5 | 23.6 | 29.0 | 24 | 24 |
13 | 76.54 | 183.16 | 31 | 26 | 29.6 | 30.5 | 31 | 31 |
14 | 76.23 | 178.15 | 33 | 29 | 30.2 | 30.2 | 30 | 30* |
15 | 76.03 | 170.15 | 29 | 26 | 27.2 | 28.6 | 28 | 28 |
16 | 76.32 | 166.12 | 32 | 26 | 28.0 | 28.8 | 29 | 28 |
17 | 76.35 | 165.21 | 29.5 | 25.5 | 27.5 | 28.9 | 29 | 24 |
18 | 76.06 | 166.11 | 30 | 21.5 | 26.2 | 28.9 | 28 | 23 |
19 | 75.03 | 168.45 | 27 | 21 | 23.9 | 28.9 | 26 | 25 |
20 | 73.10 | 171.26 | 24 | 21 | 22.2 | 29.1 | 22 | 19 |
21 | 71.05 | 169.58 | 26 | 23 | 24.7 | 29.4 | 25 | 18 |
22 | 70.27 | 166.40 | 26 | 22.5 | 24.1 | 29.0 | 24 | 24* |
23 | 70.17 | 167.32 | 24.5 | 22 | 23.3 | 28.9 | 23 | 23* |
24 | 70.15 | 167.35 | 27.5 | 20.2 | 24.6 | 29.0 | 27 | 27 |
25 | 70.06 | 167.27 | 25 | 19 | 21.3 | 28.9 | 22 | 19 |
26 | 69.52 | 167.53 | 31 | 23 | 29.0 | 29.4 | 30 | 30* |
27 | 69.24 | 167.55 | 29 | 16 | 24.8 | 28.9 | 28 | 28 |
28 | 69.57 | 167.05 | 26 | 14 | 20.2 | 28.9 | 21 | 29 |
34 | 13 | 24.28 | 29.18 |
* Snow falling.