Fort Hope, Repulse Bay.—Abstract of Meteorological Journal for September, 1846.

Day	Temperature of the Atmosphere
of the	taken eight times in twenty-			Prevailing Winds.
Month.	four hours.
	Highest.	Lowest.	Mean.	Direction.	Force.
	deg.m.	deg.m.
1	+35	+27	+29.7	E.S.E	2-4
2	+37	+27	+31	E.S.E.	5-4
3	+36	+25	+31	E.—Vble.	9-1
4	+34	+28	+30.3	E. by S.	8
5	+42	+26	+32.7	O.—N.N.W.	0-7
6				N.	6
7	+31	+25	+27	N.	6
8	+35	+26	+30.5	N.N.W.	6
9				N.N.W.	6
10	+32	+30	+31.3	N.N.W.—O.—S.E.	4-5
11	+34	+31	+32.5	E. by S.	10-8
12				E. by S.—S. E. by E.	9-5
13				S.W. by S.—S.W.	5-9
14
15	+45	+45	+45	S.S.	4
16	+34	+25	+28.7	Vble.—O.—E. by N.	1-2
17	+32	+24	+28	W.	2-3
18	+29	+26	+27.7	N.W.—W.N.W.	6-7
19	+33	+26	+29.7	W.N.W.—O.—E.	9-0
20	+32	+24	+28	N.N.W.	5-4
21	+36	+24	+29.3	N.—O.—E.	0-3
22	+31	+23	+27.7	N. by W.	5-6
23	+28	+16	+22.3	W.N.W.	3-4
24	+42	+21	+29.3	Vble.	1-0
25	+30	+16	+24.3	Vble.	0-2
26	+30	+26	+28	E.N.E.	8-9
27	+26	+24	+25	N. by W.	5-6
28	+26	+20	+22.7	N.N.W.	7-6
29	+24	+22	+23	W.N.W.	4
30	+22	+18	+19.7	Vble.—S.E. by E.	1-4
			———
			714.4
			———
			+28.57

Day of	Barometer and
the Mon.	Thermometer attached.		Remarks on the Weather, &c.
	Barom.	Thermo.
1			c. c. o. Solar halo with parhelia.
2			c. c. c.
3			s. b. c.
4			c. c. c. p. of sleet.
5			c. c. o. Full moon.
6			p. s. o.
7			p. s. c.
8			c. p. s.
9			c. p. s.
10			c. b. c. o.
11			s. c. s. c. b. much drift.
12			o. c. c. [quarter moon symbol] last quarter.
13			b. c.
14
15			c. p. s.
16			c. c. c.
17			b. c.
18			o. s. s.
19			s. s.
20			s. o.	c. s.
21			c. c. c.
22			s. s. b. Aurora visible to the southward at 8 P.M.
23			b. b. c.
24			o. b. c. o.
25			c. o.
26			s. s. s.
27			s. drifting.
28			p. so. drifting.
29			b. c.
30			h. b. s.

Fort Hope, Repulse Bay.—Abstract of Meteorological Journal for October, 1846.

Day	Temperature of the Atmosphere
of the	taken eight times in twenty-			Prevailing Winds.
Month.	four hours.
	Highest.	Lowest.	Mean.	Direction.	Force.
	deg.m.	deg.m.
1	+27	+25	+26	Vble. S.W.—N.W.	1-5
2	+25	+16	+21	N.W.	8
3	+24	+10	+18	Vble. E. by S.	1-5
4	+38	+38	+38	S.E. by E.	4
5	+37	+30	+33	E.	2-4
6	+33	+28	+30.3	N.E.	3-4
7	+30	+28	+29	N.E.	4-3
8	+28	+25	+26.3	N.—N.N.W.	4-5
9	+22	+21	+21.5	N.W.--O.—Vble.	3-0-2
10	+27	+26	+26.5	E.	8-9
11	+32	+28	+30	N.E.—O.	1-0
12	+27	+25	+25	N. by W.	7-9
13	+29	+27	+28.1	N. by W.	8-9
14	+26	+18	+23.2	N.	10-11
15	+12	+10	+11	N. by W.	10-11
16	+ 5	0	+ 2.6	N.N.W.	7-4
17	+ 3.5	- 1	+ 0.8	N.N.W.	7-8
18	+ 6	- 0.8	+ 1.7	S.W.W.—W.N.W.	4-6
19	+ 2	- 4.8	- 0.7	N.—N.N.W.	5-9
20	+ 3	- 2.5	- 0.3	N.W.	10-11
21	- 2.8	-10	- 6	N.W.—N.W. by N.	7-11
22	- 4.5	-15	- 8.1	N.W. Vble. S.W.	0-2
23	+ 5.3	- 0.5	+ 3	N.W. by W.—N.W. by N.	3-5
24	- 0.	- 6.4	- 4.2	N.W. by W.—N.W.	4-5
25	+ 4.5	- 6.2	- 1.8	N.W. by N.	5
26	- 7.3	-10.2	- 8.5	N.W.—N.W. by N.	4-6
27	- 6.	-15	-10.6	N.W. by N.—N.W.	0-3-5
28	- 1.8	-11.8	- 6.4	N.W. & N.N.W.	0-4
29	+10	+ 3.1	+ 8.4	S.S.E. S.—calm.	0-2-4
30	+25.3	+21	+23.4	S.S.E.—S.W.—W. by N.	2-8
31	+10	0	+ 5.2	S. N.W. W.S.W. N.N.W.	1-4
			———
			389.4
			———
			+12.56

Day of	Barometer and
the Mon.	Thermometer attached.		Remarks on the Weather, &c.
	Barom.	Thermo.
1			s. ps.
2			b. c. drifting.
3			h. p. s. o. s.
4			h. p. r.
5			h. wet.
6			h. p. s. o. p. s.
7			h. p. s.
8			c. o. o.
9			h. c. c.
10			s. drifting.
11			s. s. s.
12			s. with much drift.
13	29.338	+49	s. and much drift.
14	29.431	+46.3	s. and drift.
15	29.690	+44	s. much drift.
16	29.605	+30.5	b. c.; drift; haze and some drift—parhelia;
			haze with scaly snow; faint aurora to the
			S. and S. by E. alt. 12°.
17	29.719	+32.8	b. c., much drift; aurora to the S.S.E.
			parallel to the horizon; alt. 12°.
18	29.641	+31.5	b. c., drift; cirrus; some faint streaks of
			aurora to the W.
19	29.662	+29	b. c., drifting; solar halo with prismatic
			colours and parhelia; snow and much drift.
20	29.842	+29.5	s. much drift.
21	29.959	+30.5	b. c., much drift; at 8 p.m. several streaks
			of faint aurora extending across the zenith
			in a N.W. and S.E. direction; many rays in
			different parts of the heavens.
22	29.828	+28.5
23	29.919	+32	f. o. f. o. s. o. s. b. c. f. s.
24	29.974	+31	b. c. o. drifting.
25	30.023	+29	o. drifting.
26	30.062	+29.3	o. m. b. c. drifting.
27	30.47	+26.5	b. c. m., some faint streaks of aurora in
			various parts of the sky bearing for the
			most part N.N.W. and S.S.E.
28	30.505	+26.	b. c., a few clouds near horizon; a very
			faint light yellow cloud aurora to the S.E.
			and N.W.
29	30.119	+30.3	c. s. b. c. s. o. m. b. c., cirrus extending
			from S.S.E. to N.N.W., resembling much the
			aurora. Lunar halo.
30	29.078	+39.7	o. m. o. s. b. c. o. drifting.
31	30.094	+34.3	b. b. c. c., solar halo; cirrus; 120 lunar
			distances were observed from Jupiter and
			at Aquilæ, E. and W. of the moon.
			Lunar halo diam. 40° or 50°.

Fort Hope, Repulse Bay.—Abstract of Meteorological Journal for November, 1846.

Day	Temperature of the Atmosphere
of the	taken eight times in twenty-			Prevailing Winds.
Month.	four hours.
	Highest.	Lowest.	Mean.	Direction.	Force.
	deg.m.	deg.m.
1	+18	- 3.0	+ 8.5	W.N.W. N.E. E.	2-7
2	+26.5	+22.3	+24.4	S.E. S.E. by E. E. by W.	2-5
3	+27	+25.5	+26.3	S.E. E.S.E.	2-5
4	+26	+21.5	+23.8	S.E.S. S.S.E.	3-5
5	+22	+ 0	+13.2	N. by W. N.W. by W.	2-7
6	- .5	- 9.5	- 3.5	W.N.W.	3-7
7	+ 11.5	+ 6	+ 9.7	N. by E.	4-7
8	+ 11	+ 5	+ 8.5	N.	4-7
9	+12.5	+ 9.5	+ 10.9	E.N.E. N.E.	3-10
10	+28.2	+22.5	+25.6	E.S.E. S. S.S.W.	3-8
11	+17	+ 2.5	+ 7.5	N.W. N.N.W. W. by N.	5-8
12	+ 2.3	- 8.5	- 1	N.N.E. W. N.N.W.	2-5
13	- 6	- 8	- 6.8	N. by W. N.N.W.	4-8
14	- 4.6	- 8.7	- 6.6	N.N.W. N. N. by W.	3-7
15	+ 4.5	-10.5	- 3.8	Calm. Vble. E.	0-4
16	+17.3	+15	+16.3	E. N.E. N.	1-6
17	+ 7.5	- 8	+.25	N. by W.	4-6
18	- 4	- 9.2	- 7.1	N.W. by N. Calm S.W.	0-2
19	+21.7	+18	+20.61	S.S.E. S.E. E.	4-7
20	+12	- 8.8	+ 2.9	Calm. S. by E. N.	0-2
21	+ 4.5	- 4.2	- 0.9	S. S.E. E.	4-1
22	- 3	- 4.2	- 3.6	S. by E. W. N.W.	2-6
23	-18.5	-22.5	-19.77	N. by W. N.N.W.	3-5
24	-20.5	-25.2	-22.54	N.N.W.	5-1
25	-14.5	-24.5	-20.06	N. by E. N.W. N.W. by W.	1-3
26	-17.5	-23.5	-20.7	N.	6-9
27	-11.8	-15.5	-13.6	N. by W.	9-10
28	- 5.4	- 8.5	- 6.6	N. by W.	7-9
29	-16.5	-25.3	-20.3	N.N.W. W.N.W.	6-3
30	-17.5	-24.4	-21.	W. W.N.W. N.W.	6-3
				———
				+20.59
				———
				+ 0.68

Day of	Barometer and
the Mon.	Thermometer attached.		Remarks on the Weather, &c.
	Barom.	Thermo.
1	30.011	+35	b. c. o. s. and drift.
2	29.715	+38	o. m. s.   o. m.   o s.
3	29.623	+38.7	o. m. s.   o. s.
4	29.624	+39.5	o. m.   b. c.   o. m.
5	29.796	+41	o. m. s.   b. c.   b. drifting. A faint ray of
			aurora to the S. E. extending vertically
			towards the zenith.
6	30.009	+38.8	b. c. drifting. Some faint beams of aurora
			extending from S.W. to N.W., alt. 60°; one ray
			to the S.E. pointing towards the zenith.
7	29.894	+37.3	o. c. o. drifting.
8	30.1	+39.5	o. drifting.
9	39.996	+35.2	o. s. drifting thick.
10	29.598	+40.2	o s. o.   b. c. o. much drift.
11	29.728	+38	o. s.   o. m.   b. c. drifting.
12	30.163	+38.1	b. c.   m.   b. drifting.
13	30.214	+34.9	b. m.   b c. m. much drift.
14	30.39	+36.2	b. m. much drift. Solar halo and parhelia with
			prismatic colours; hazy near horizon; a faint
			beam of aurora to the westward directed toward
			the zenith; drifting.
15	30.239	+37	o.m.   o. s.
16	29.963	+38	o.s.   b. c. m. drifting.
17	30.102	+37	o.s.   b. c. m. drifting. Three beams of aurora
			pointing towards the zenith; two of them
			bearing N.N.W., and the other S.E.
18	30.006	+33.7	b. c. fo. o. m. At 9 A.M. there was a very red
			sky to the N. westward; sound heard at a
			great distance.
19	29.573	+36.7	o. s.   b. c. drifting.
20	29.420	+36.8	o. s. m.   o. s. f.   b. c. m. At 7 h. 30 m. a
			faint aurora extending from W. to S.E.,
			alt. 20°; motion rapid; no prismatic colours.
21	29.409	+37	o. s.   b. c. s.   o. f. s.   b. m. s.
22	29.615	+39	b. c. Some faint streaks of aurora, most of them
			to the S. eastward, and pointed towards the
			horizon.
23	29.918	+33.7	b. m.   b. c. Some faint rays of aurora visible
			this morning at 5 h. 30 m. in different parts
			of the heavens; drifting.
24	30.408	+33.7	b. c. drifting.
25	30.573	+30.8	b.   b. m. Two faint beams of aurora bearing
			W.N.W. and pointing towards the zenith;
			altitude of lower limb 30°.
26	30.606	+32	b. m. b. much drift.
27	29.555	+31	b. m.   o. s. drifting. Door drifted up.
28	29.41	+26.6	o. m.   b. c. s.   o. s. drifting.
29	29.894	+27.5	b. c. drifting.
30	30.354	+26	b. c. m. drifting.

Fort Hope, Repulse Bay.—Abstract of Meteorological Journal for December, 1846.

Day	Temperature of the Atmosphere
of the	taken eight times in twenty-			Prevailing Winds.
Month.	four hours.
	Highest.	Lowest.	Mean.	Direction.	Force.
	deg.m.	deg.m.
1	-24	-27	-25.875	Calm. N.E. N.	0-3
2	-26.7	-30	-28.1	N.E. Calm. N.	1-0
3	-24.8	-28.5	-26.4	N. by W.	1-4
4	-24.8	-28	-29.97	N.W. by W. S.S.W.	4-0
5	-17.3	-21	-19.7	Calm. S. by E. S.S.E.	0-2
6	- 6.5	-11	- 9.14	E. by S. N.E. N.	5-2
7	-16.5	-24	-19.7	N.	5-7
8	-19.5	-25.6	-22.61	N.	9-8
9	+14	-15	+ .03	N.N.W. N.N.E. N.E.	11-5
10	+17	+14.8	+15.74	N.E. by N. N.E. E.	4-6
11	+12.7	+ 9.8	+11.6	N. by E. N.N.W. N.W.	4-1
12	+ 4	- 6	+.74	S. S.S.E. Calm.	0-3
13	-13	-17	-14.93	N. N. by W.	4-1
14	-19	-23	-20.94	Calm. Vble.	0-2
15	- 9	-19	-16.55	N.N.W. N. by W.	1-4
16	0	- 3	- 1.64	N. E.N.E. Calm. Vble.	0-1
17	- 5	- 9.6	- 6.05	Vble. W.N.W.	1-2
18	- 6	- 8.5	- 7.04	N. by W. W. Vble.	2-1
19	-14.2	-20	-17.4	N. by W. N.N.W.	5-4
20	- 8.7	-13	-10.56	S. by W. N. by W.N.	1-4
21	-20.7	-32.3	-24.83	N.W. Vble. N.	1-2
22	-30.5	-36.5	-33.4	W. Calm. N. by E.	0-2
23	-21.4	-26	-23.3	N.N.E. N.E.N.	0-1
24	-31	-35.3	-33.13	N.	7-10
25	-36	-38	-36.83	N. by W.	10-8
26	-34	-38	-36.46	N. by W. N.	8-11
27	-30	-30	-30	N.	10-11
28	-30.8	-34.8	-33.01	N. N. by W.	6-4
29	-24.5	-40	-35	N.W. by W. Vble. N.N.W.	0-5
30	-25	-32.3	-29.63	N.	6-9
31	-23	-32.5	-29.25	N. by W. Vble. N.	1-7
				———
				597.43
				———
				- 19.27

Day of	Barometer and
the Mon.	Thermometer attached.		Remarks on the Weather, &c.
	Barom.	Thermo.
1	30.452	+18.75	b. c.
2	30.237	+19.6	b. c.   b. c. m. Lunar halo.
3	30.886	+16.3	b. c.   b. c. m.
4	30.013	+17	b. c. m.
5	29.778	+17.6	b. c. m. parhelia with prismatic colours;
			aurora visible to the south in two arches
			arising from near the horizon to the zenith.
6	29.480	+27.5	o. s.   b. c.
7	29.764	+26	b. m. c. drifting.
8	30.039	+23	b. c.   drift.
9	29.974	+22	s. o.   drifting.
10	29.892	+28.3	s. o.   b. c.   o. s.   drifting.
11	29.759	+32	o. s. m.
12	30.016	+26.6	o. m.   s.b.m.
13	30.36	+31	b. m.   b. c.   The sky to the north had a
			beautiful lake coloured tint at sunset; the
			most brilliant display of aurora I have
			observed this winter, the centre being towards
			the true south, and gradually rising from an
			altitude of 12° to 70° or 80°. It was of a
			pale yellowish green colour. Horizontal needle
			not affected.
14	30.473	+26	b. c. m.   Some faint beams of aurora in
			different parts of the heavens. A very faint
			aurora to the southward.
15	30.37	+27	b. m.   b. c.o.   A very faint aurora; centre true
			south.
16	30.186	+30.7	o. m.
17	30.205	+27.6	o. m.   b. m.   Wind variable from N. to E.;
			faint aurora to the S.; alt. 10°; centre
			S.S.W. 30°.
18	30.274	+29.3	o.   b. c. m. Aurora faint to the S. by W.
19	30.245	+27.3	b. c. m. drifting.
20	30.259	+28	b. c. o. s.
21	30.268	+29	b. m.   Arch of aurora across zenith nearly east
			and west; brightest at western extremity.
22	30.264	+22.3	b. c.   b. m.
23	30.168	+25.3	b. m.   b. c.   b. m. s. Spiculæ of snow falling.
			Lunar halo faint.
24	30.065	+23.6	b. m.   much drift.
25	29.996	+22	b. m.   much drift.
26	29.83	+20	b. c. m.   much drift.
27	29.523	+15.5	b. c. m.   much drift.
28	29.536	+14.3	b. m. b.   drifting.
29	29.603	+14.3	b. b. c. A faint halo, centre S., alt. about
			20°; wind variable from N. to W. by S.; cirrus
			clouds; halo round moon.
30	29.577	+11.6	b. c. drifting; much drift.
31	29.564	+15.3	b. c.