at. 22 deg. 36' N.,
| | | | | | Long. 95 deg. 48' W.
Feb. 1. | | | | | |
A.M. 4. |N. N. W. | 7 |c. g. |30.29| 63 |Lat. 22 deg. 9' N.,
| | | | | | Long. 94 deg. 50' W.
Noon. |Westerly. | 6 |c. |30.30| 67 |
P.M. 8. |Calm. | 0 |c. |30.26| 67 |
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Feb. 14.| | | | | |
A.M. 4. |S. E. | 3 |b. c. r.|29.66| 73 |At Sacraficios.
Noon. |S. W. | 4 |b. c. |29.62| |Norther comc'd at 5.30
| | | | | | P.M.
P.M. 8. |N. W. by N. | 10 |c. q. u.|29.72| 65 |
Feb. 15.| | | | | |
A.M. 4. |N. W. by N. | 10 |c. q. u.|30.10| 61 | {Gale moderated and
| | | | | | {again freshened
| | | | | | {about 8 A.M.
Noon. |N. W. by N. | 10 |c. g. q.|30.19| 61 |
P.M. 8. |N. W. | 4 |c. g. |30.20| 65 |
Feb. 16.| | | | | |
A.M. 4. |N. W. | 3 |q. |30.18| 62 |
P.M. 8. | N. N. W. | 2 | c. g. |30.21| 66 |
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b. indicates blue sky--c. detached clouds--r. rain--v. visibility of
objects--q. squalls--w. wet dew--u. ugly threatening appearance--g.
gloomy weather.

The exact counterpart of the first norther may be observed with us every
fall. On the 30th January, with a rising thermometer and falling
barometer, there was rain at midday. The night following was moist--the
next day, about ten A.M., the wind came out N. W., with squalls and gloomy
weather, a falling thermometer, and rising barometer.

The norther of Feb. 14th differed from the other only in regard to the
time of the day when it commenced; the order of events was the same. The
rain fell in the night--it cleared off early in the day, and the norther
followed in the afternoon. This also is frequently the case with us, as
every one may observe.

This brief notice of the surface winds of our climate would be incomplete
without a description of those of the thunder-gust and tornado.

The former is exceedingly simple. The showers, which are accompanied with
much wind, form suddenly in hot weather, a