ns made at
the Military posts in the West, by the Surgeons of the U. S. Army, for
four years:--1822, 1823, 1824, and 1825. [See American Almanac for 1834,
p. 81.]
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| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| |N. |Elevation|Mean Temp.
Posts. | Situations. |Latitude.|above the|for four
| |deg. m. |ocean. |years.
------------------+--------------------------+---------+---------+----------
Fort Brady, |Sault de St. Mary, outlet | 46 22 | 5 95 | 41 37
| of Lake Superior, | | |
Fort Snelling, |Mouth of St. Peters, 10 m.| 46 39 | 7 80 | 45 00
| below Falls St. Anthony,| | |
Fort Howard, |Green bay, Wisconsin T. | 45 00 | 6 00 | 44 50
Fort Crawford, |Prairie du Chien, W. Ter. | 43 25 | 5 80 | 45 52
Council Bluffs, |Upper Missouri, | 41 31 | 8 00 | 50 82
Cantonment Jessup,|On Red river, La. | | | 68 31
Baton Rouge, |Louisiana, | 30 32 | | 68 07
continued
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| | | | Weather.
| | | +-------------------------
| | | | MONTHLY AVERAGE.
| | | +-----+------+-----+------
Posts. | | |Range of |Fair |Cloudy|Rainy|Snow
|Maximum.|Minimum.|Thermometer.|days.|d's |days.|days.
------------------+--------+--------+------------+-----+------+-----+------
Fort Brady, | 90 | -33 | 1 23 |13 30| 2 27 |7 83 |6 02
| | | | | | |
Fort Snelling, | 96 | -29 | 1 25 |16 94| 5 50 |5 77 |2 22
| | | | | | |
Fort Howard, | 1 00 | -38 | 1 38 |15 47| 7 98 |4 56 |2 42
Fort Crawford, | 96 | -28 | 1 24 |16 80| 6
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