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METEOROLOGICAL TABLE.
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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 |