Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Quarterly Journal of the Meteorological Society, 1873, Vol. 1
Treating the observations in this general way, we find that the s.w. Appears to have been the prevailing wind on the average in 7 months of each year, being identical in value to that found from the years 1841 to 1860, the Observations being treated in a similar way.
In the years 1863, 1867, and 1868 it was the prevalent wind in 8 months, and in the year 1864 and 1866 in 5 or 6 months only.
The S. Wind in these ten years was the prevalent wind for about i a month in each of the years 1869 and 1870.
The s.e. Wind was also prevalent for about 5 a month in the year 1864. This wind was less frequent after the year 1858 than previously.
The E. Was the prevalent wind for about Q a month in the years 1861, 1866, and 1867, and has been more prevalent than in the years before 1861.
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