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METEOROLOGICAL TABLE.
1842

ABSTRACT OF THE METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP EREBUS.—ST. MARTIN'S COVE, NEAR CAPE HORN, IN OCTOBER, 1842.

Day. Temperature of the Air in Shade. Mean
Tempera-
ture of Sea
at Surface.
Temp. at 9 a.m. Quantity of
Rain.
Max Min. Mean. Air in
Shade
Dew point.
° ° ° ° ° ° Inches
1 48 39.5 43.4 44.7 44 39  .09
2 49.5 42 45.3 44.6 47 40  .05
3 48 41 44.1 44.5 47 42  .01
4 47 39.5 42.9 44.8 42 38  .27
5 47 39 43.1 45 46 40  .32
6 50 35.5 43.2 45.3 44 38  .02
7 47.5 37 41.6 44.1 45.5 40
8 50 37.5 44.6 45.7 44 42  .31
9 53 40 46.7 45.7 49 27
10 56 41 47.1 46 51 39
11 54 37.5 43.2 45.3 48 31
12 43 36.5 40 45 41 36  .18
13 40 34 36.9 44.5 38 27  .07
14 47 38 41.6 44.8 41 32  .09
15 45.5 38 40.8 44.8 44 39  .12
16 43 37 40.4 44.6 43 32  .13
17 44 36 40.1 44.5 42 38  .08
18 38 33.5 36.1 43.6 35 35* 1.09
19 39.5 32 36.3 43.5 36 36*  .68
20 36 30 33.2 43 35 35*  .28
21 45.5 33 38.4 44 37 33 0.37
22 40.5 34 36.2 43.5 36 30 0.16
23 39 32.5 35.8 43.6 36 28 0.32
24 40.5 34 37.4 43.7 34 34* 0.3
25 49 39 42.6 44.8 43 38 0.5
26 43.5 37.5 39.6 44.2 40 34 0.01
27 44 37 40.7 44.2 40 40* 0.38
28 51 41 44.2 45.2 45 43
29 50*5 42 46 45.6 48 40
30 46 41 43.3 45 45 45*  .04
31 51 36.5 46.7 46.1 47 42  .02
56 30 41.34 44.64 42.4 36-6 5.91