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OF A NEWFOUNDLAND MISSIONARY'S JOURNAL. Meteorological Tables
Therm. Barometer Weather Max Min 9 AM. 9 PM. Th. 1 44 15 29.19 29.20 Thick fog and rain, wind, N.W. evening Fri. 2 19 10 29.64 29.78 Wind, N.W., cloudy Sa. 3 19 12 29.81 29.98 Light winds, P.M., same W.N.E. Su. 4 21 5 29.76 29.92 Fresh breeze, N.E., snow drift M. 5 22 0 30.13 30.15 Fine, wind N.W., P.M. cloudy Tu. 6 28 16 30.12 30.20 Cloudy, W.S., P.M. snow W. 7 32 21 30.06 29.76 Strong breeze, N.E., snow drift Th. 8 33 30 29.44 29.39 Silver thaw, strong gale, N.E. Fri. 9 32 28 29.26 29.34 Ditto Sa. 10 29 19 29.64 29.82 Strong gale, N.E., snow drift Su. 11 22 15 30.03 30.00 Fine, wind N.W. M. 12 29 21 29.88 29.82 Cloudy, wind W.S.W., P.M. fine Tu. 13 27 18 29.76 29.72 Ditto W. 14 31 23 29.83 29.89 Light winds E., hazy Th. 15 32 28 29.94 29.98 Ditto Fri. 16 32 27 30.06 30.03 Ditto Sa. 17 36 31 29.67 29.42 Fresh breeze, S.E., rain, P.M. wind S.W. Su. 18 34 20 29.40 29.48 Wind, W., cloudy, P.M. squalls M. 19 24 18 29.66 29.74 Cloudy, wind W.N.W. Tu. 20 25 20 29.52 28.96 Strong breeze, N.N.E., snow drift W. 21 26 14 28.70 29.42 Ditto, P.M. strong gale, wind N.N.W. Th. 22 43 16 29.71 29.18 Fine, wind W.N.W., snow drift in evening Fri. 23 34 29 29.23 29.52 Fine breeze W. Sa. 24 28 20 29.18 29.37 Cloudy, wind N.W., P.M. snow squalls Su. 25 25 14 29.53 29.84 Wind N.W., snow squalls, P.M. cloudy M. 26 25 20 29.99 29.80 Fine, wind W.N.W., P.M. cloudy Tu. 27 27 24 29.51 29.43 Fresh gale N.E., snow and drift W. 28 29 6 29.78 29.91 Fine, wind N. Th. 29 29 20 29.69 29.38 Foggy, wind E., P.M. snow Fri. 30 24 18 29.66 29.96 Wind N., cloudy Sa. 31 40 25 30.01 29.86 Wind N.E., cldy., P.M. snw. Rain in evn. Mean temperature of January, 24 deg. 3.31. - Highest, - Lowest 5 deg. Therm. Barometer Weather Max Min 9 AM. 9 PM. Su. 1 45 29 29.50 29.34 Rain. Wind S.W., P.M., wind W. M. 2 37 22 29.39 29.60 Snow, wind, N.E., wind N.N.E. Tu. 3 28 0 29.65 29.84 Wind lt., vble., P.M., gal. M.W. & snow drift W. 4 41 7 30.18 29.47 Light winds, N.E., P.M. stg. Gal. & sn. drf. Th. 5 27 13 28.78 29.57 Rn. At 8, wind W.N.W., stg. gal. & sn. sql. Fri. 6 23 10 29.84 30.19 Fresh fine breeze westerly Sa. 7 43 20 30.32 29.98 Cloudy, P.M. wind S.E., snow Su. 8 44 26 29.74 29.44 Wind S.W., fresh breeze, P.M. rain M. 9 29 19 29.53 30.01 Strong breeze W., P.M. moderate Tu. 10 28 13 30.09 30.25 Wind W., cloudy, P.M. fine W. 11 42 25 30.18 29.84 Cloudy, wind S. Th. 12 43 28 29.18 29.60 Fresh breeze S.W., fog and rain, P.M. fine Fri. 13 36 23 29.51 29.96 Wind S.W., cloudy, P.M. wind W. Sa. 14 43 20 30.10 29.87 Ditto, rain in the evening Su. 15 23 13 30.32 30.44 Fine, wind W.N.W. M. 16 24 12 30.23 30.14 Cloudy, wind light and variable Tu. 17 28 18 30.22 30.03 Ditto, midnight snow W. 18 32 23 29.75 29.63 Light winds and foggy Th. 19 24 20 29.40 29.76 Strong breeze, N.E., and snow drift Fri. 20 29 11 29.77 29.80 Snow, wind E. Sa. 21 33 15 28.89 29.80 Fine, wind N. Su. 22 37 31 29.70 29.65 Wind S.W. cloudy M. 23 37 14 29.24 29.50 Ditto, fog, strong gale from W.N.W. in evn. Tu. 24 17 5 30.02 30.24 Strong breeze N.W., cloudy, P.M., N.E. W. 25 22 10 30.18 30.16 Fine, light winds W., P.M., N.E. Th. 26 35 20 30.00 29.56 Wind E.S.E., cloudy, P.M. snow Fri. 27 42 24 29.84 29.91 Wind W.S.W., cloudy, snow in evening Sa. 28 47 18 29.25 29.50 Rain, wind S.S.W., midnight W.N.W. Mean temperature of February 25 1/2 deg - Highest 47 deg. - Lowest Therm. Barometer Weather Max Min 9 AM. 9 PM. Su. 1 27 8 29.90 30.16 Cldy, wind W.N.W., P.M. snow, evn. fine M. 2 25 15 30.23 30.24 Light and changeable winds and cloudy Tu. 3 29 18 30.31 29.95 Fine, wnd N.E. stg. brz. & snw. Drft in eve W. 4 23 10 29.76 29.98 Wind N.W. fresh breeze, cloudy P.M. fine Th. 5 25 8 29.87 30.24 Wind N., snow drift P.M. fine Fri. 6 30 17 30.30 30.18 Fine, wind W. Sa. 7 32 12 30.13 30.38 Fine, wind N. Su. 8 24 20 30.49 29.94 Fresh breeze, N.E., P.M. snow drift M. 9 27 9 29.60 29.98 Wind N.E., fresh breeze and snow drift Tu. 10 22 2 29.97 29.86 Overcast sky, wind N.E. W. 11 20 14 29.59 29.20 Fresh breeze N.E., P.M. snow drift Th. 12 22 2 29.24 29.62 Strong breeze N., snow drift, P.M. fine Fri. 13 32 15 29.69 29.68 Calm and fine, P.M. fresh breeze W.S.W. Sa. 14 36 18 29.08 28.98 Gale S.S.E. snow drift P.M., wind S.W. Su. 15 34 20 20.60 29.63 Fresh breeze. W.N.W M. 16 42 30 29.66 29.50 Wind, S.W., cloudy Tu. 17 36 17 29.03 29.30 Rain, wind S.W., evening wind N.E. W. 18 25 9 28.62 29.40 Gales S.E., snw. Dft., P.M., gale N.W., sn. dft Th. 19 32 20 29.87 29.92 Fine, wind W.N.W. Fri. 20 37 15 28.96 29.02 Gale N.E., snw. Dft., P.M. strong brz. N.W. Sa. 21 19 5 29.35 29.52 Wind N.W., strong breeze and cloudy Su. 22 16 8 29.70 29.97 Fine wind N.W., P.M. cloudy M. 23 47 25 29.70 29.48 W.E. strong breeze & snow drift, P.M. rain Tu. 24 33 17 29.67 29.88 Fresh breeze W. and cloudy W. 25 32 5 30.09 30.30 Wind S. with snow., P.M. fine Th. 26 22 7 30.15 30.04 Cloudy, wind W.N.W., P.M. wind N.N.E. Fri. 27 25 15 29.92 29.83 Wind N.W., cloudy, P.M. snow squalls Sa. 28 34 27 29.65 29.61 Wind N.E., cloudy Su. 29 43 31 29.70 29.87 Light winds and thick weather M. 30 41 30 29.91 29.87 Light winds from the N. Tu. 31 36 32 29.79 29.56 Light gale E.S.E. and rain in the evening Mean temperature of March 22 deg 41.62 - Highest 47 deg. - Lowest 2 deg. Therm. Barometer Weather Max Min 9 AM. 9 PM. W. 1 37 32 29.43 29.35 Wind N.E., drizzling rain Th. 2 34 25 29.37 29.52 Ditto, snow in the evening Fri. 3 35 28 29.65 29.80 Wind N.E., thick weather Sa. 4 33 20 29.84 29.91 Fresh breeze, N.E., cloudy Su. 5 32 19 29.98 30.17 Fine, wind N. M. 6 46 30 30.10 29.80 Fine, light wind S., cloudy Tu. 7 51 37 29.52 29.50 Wind S.W., rain, P.M. cloudy W. 8 51 32 29.31 29.40 Calm thick weather, P.M. cloudy Th. 9 45 27 29.45 29.52 Light and variable winds and cloudy Fri. 10 35 29 29.56 29.55 Wind S., thick fog, P.M. snow Sa. 11 34 30 29.52 29.55 Wind N.N.E., snow Su. 12 37 31 29.61 29.49 Wind N.E., fog, P.M. br., drizzl. rain M. 13 38 33 29.53 29.23 Fresh Breeze N.E., drizzling rain Tu. 14 42 34 29.40 28.23 Fresh Breeze N.E., and fog W. 15 39 25 28.95 29.23 Thick fog, light winds W. Th. 16 33 25 29.30 29.38 Frost, wind W., snow squals Fri. 17 33 26 29.19 29.43 Snow, wind N.E. Sa. 18 39 20 29.40 29.35 Wind N, snow Su. 19 36 21 29.45 29.80 Wind N., cloudy M. 20 46 30 29.94 29.65 Overcast sky, wind W.S.W., P.M. snow Tu. 21 40 28 29.32 29.30 Strong gales S.W. with rain W. 22 41 24 29.74 30.03 Fresh breeze, W.N.W., P.M. fine Th. 23 39 32 30.09 29.90 Wind S.E., cloudy, P.M. fresh breeze Fri. 24 48 29 29.56 29.40 Fresh breeze S.S.W. heavy rain Sa. 25 46 24 29.78 29.98 Wind S.W., cloudy Su. 26 38 27 30.13 30.15 Wind N.E., fine M. 27 35 29 30.06 29.55 Fresh breeze S.E., P.M. snow Tu. 28 39 27 29.62 30.00 Wind N.N.W., snow squalls, P.M. fine W. 29 37 30 29.97 29.68 Wind N.N.E., cloudy Th. 30 40 26 29.50 29.46 Wind S., cloudy Mean temperature of April 33 deg 47.60 - Highest 51 deg. - Lowest 19 deg. Therm. Barometer Weather Max Min 9 AM. 9 PM. Fri. 1 36 29 29.34 29.30 Wind S.W., cloudy snow Sa. 2 39 30 29.23 29.17 Wind N., snow squals Su. 3 40 31 29.09 29.15 Fog & rain, wind N.E., snow, P.M. clear M. 4 35 29 29.24 29.37 Wind N., snow, P.M., rain, wind N.E. Tu. 5 37 31 29.39 29.53 Snow, wind N.N.E. W. 6 37 32 29.62 29.78 Fresh breeze N.E. Th. 7 43 30 29.76 29.58 Fine, light wind and variable, P.M. snow Fri. 8 41 31 29.30 29.31 Fresh breeze, snow, P.M. wind N.E. Sa. 9 45 30 29.34 29.30 Wind W.N.W., cloudy Su. 10 47 28 29.48 29.56 Ditto M. 11 42 27 29.61 29.72 Light and variable winds and cloudy Tu. 12 51 34 29.90 30.16 Fine, wind S.W., P.M. wind variable W. 13 54 32 30.28 30.30 Fine, wind lt. & vble, P.M. fsh. Brz. S.S.E. Th. 14 39 34 29.93 29.68 Heavy rain, wind S.S.E., P.M. foggy Fri. 15 51 34 29.51 29.74 Light winds and foggy, P.M. clear Sa. 16 42 33 29.90 29.92 Wind E., thick fog Su. 17 58 36 29.87 29.80 Windy S.W., cloudy M. 18 59 36 29.60 29.54 Ditto Tu. 19 46 34 29.47 29.44 Fog and rain, wind lt. & vble., P.M. clear W. 20 52 31 29.51 29.46 Wind S.W., cloudy, P.M. rain Th. 21 39 35 29.44 29.62 Snow, wind N.N.E. Fri. 22 42 28 29.86 30.03 Fresh breeze, N.E. Sa. 23 52 25 30.08 30.15 Fine, wind light and variable Su. 24 39 33 29.97 29.83 Fresh breeze N.N.E., snow squall M. 25 49 35 29.72 29.69 Thick fog, heavy rain, wind S.E. Tu. 26 49 35 29.53 29.95 Wind S., fog and rain W. 27 57 34 29.51 29.80 Cloudy, wind S.S.W. Th. 28 39 30 29.70 29.95 Cold N.E. wind Fri. 29 52 39 29.95 29.80 Wind S., showers in the evening Sa. 30 60 35 29.04 29.47 Showers, wind S.W. Su. 31 48 34 29.74 29.95 Fine, wind variable, P.M. wind S.E. Mean temperature of May, 39 deg. 10.31 - Highest 60 deg. - Lowest 25 deg. |
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