Month. Monthly mean. Highest daily mean. Meteorological observations made near Laphamsville, Kent county, Michigan, 1851. Prevailing wind, force, Light, SW., SE. Light, SW., SE. Strong, SW., NW. Moderate, SW.,NW. Light, SE., SW. Abstract of Meteorological observations made near Fort Madison, Lee county, Iowa, for the year ending Nov. 30, 1851. By D. McCREADY. The thermometer is elevated 5 feet from the ground, has a northern exposure, out of the influence of the direct rays of the sun. deduced from three daily observations, taken at sunrise, noon, and sunset. The mean temperature is The rain gauge was a vessel of equal width at top and bottom, usually set upon the ground. January 30 was the coldest day during this far of 1851; thermometer 12 degrees below zero at sunrise, 1 degree at noon below, and 3 above zero at sunset. July 28, warmest day; thermometer at 10 o'clock, A. M., 990; at 2 o'clock, 1020; at 12 o'clock, 1000; at sunset, 830. July 13, at 11 o'clock, thermometer 1000, and remained so until half-past 2 o'clock in the evening. N. B. 12 means 12 degrees below zero. ABSTRACTS FROM A METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL, KEPT BY J. HALL AT ATHENS, MENARD COUNTY, ILLINOIS.-LATITUDE 39° 55′ NORTH; LONGITUDE 120 52′ WEST FROM WASHINGTON. Table No. 1, showing the mean temperature of each month; also, the average clearness of the sky and quantity of rain, for the year 1851. * After the 1st of August the observations were omitted at su: set and made at 9 p. m. 1817. Table No. 2, exhibiting the mean temperature of each month from July, 1847, to January, 1852; also, the highest and lowest degree of temperature, together with the monthly range. Monthly mean. Highest degree. Lowest degree. Monthly range. Monthly mean. Highest degree. Lowest degree. Monthly range. Monthly mean. Highest degree. Lowest degree. Monthly range. Monthly mean. Highest degree. August... September. October.... November. 40.93 Lowest degree. Monthly range. Monthly mean. 20 58 5 22 62 31 55 52 48 06 48 86 42 75 35 24 77 25 20 |