Amginsk, by Waldemar von Middendorf from May 21st to 30th, 1845, and from March 20th to April 3d, 1846. Anadyr River (mouth of), by Dr. George Kennan in the years 1866 and 1867. Bache Aktolik, by Waldemar von Middendorf from April 13th to August 12th, 1844. Ghijiga, by Dr. George Kennan in the years 1865, 1866 and 1867. Penjinsk Gulf, by Dr. George Kennan as at Ghijiga. Yacoutsk, during the years 1830 to 1844 inclusive. Spring 73 Spring 17 0 53 45 tween N. & W. Ratio of Resultant to sum of winds. Direction. Force. Number of days. 2 Computed by plotting. 68. Yacoutsk. January 6494 487 168 184 1158 218 487 805 February 4861 655 397 357 1786 179 1052 714 69. Ghijiga. N. 04 E. .31 ... 1380 5479 Dr. Kennan who, as Quartermaster and Secretary of the Russian Division of the Expedition for constructing the Russo-American Overland Telegraph, sailed from San Francisco July 3d, 1865, and was traversing the region between Okotsk and Behring Strait most of the time till September 28th, 1867, writes as follows: "At both Ghijiga, the head of the Penjinsk Gulf, and the mouth of the Anadyr River, the wind blows in winter with almost the regularity of the 'trades'; in the two former places from N. E. to S. W., and in the latter from N. and N. W. to S. and S. E. At Ghijiga, between October 1st and March 1st, the wind blows at least six days out of eight from the N. E., and northerly and northeasterly winds prevail throughout the winter on the whole coast. In summer the regularity is not so marked, but the prevailing winds are from the south."2 1 With the exception of the last four columns, this table is transcribed from the work of Wesselowski, in which no account is taken of calms. If we assume their relative number for the several months to have been the same as in the year September, 1837, to August, 1838, inclusive, given in the author's former work, the numbers in the thirteenth column will be modified so as to read as follows, viz., January 55, February 32, March 19, April 26, May 15, June 084, July 074, August 11, September 10 §, October 25, November 54, December 56, Spring 20, Summer 05, Autumn 29, Winter 47, the year 24. Dr. Kennan ascribes the monsoon character of the winds "to the influence of the Okotsk Sea, whose open waters are warmer than the land in the winter, and colder in the summer." He remarks that "the best point probably for observation of the wind is Anadyrsk (lat. 65° 30', long. 166° 45') as it is less influenced there by local peculiarities, such as the trend of the sea-coast, and the position of mountains and water, than it is in any other of the Siberian settlements with which I (he) am acquainted." It is much to be regretted that the series of observations made there by a member of the party, for several months, appears to be lost. ZONE No. 7. LATITUDE 55° TO 60° NORTH. The data for the study of the winds of this zone consist of observations made at 188 different places on land for an aggregate period of over 1082 years, and for 5218 days, or over 14 years, at sea, distributed as follows: From observations for an aggregate period of over 13 years, collected and classified from the logs of numerous sailing vessels, chiefly at the United States Naval Observatory, under the direction of Capt. M. F. MAURY, Superintendent. 2 23 4 22 9 23 27 43 8 72 17 93 20 44 2 43 5 S.50 5 W. .30 152 9 67 38 102 34 191 50 205 83 245 109 370 186 429 57 150 76 S. 63 57 W. .29 800 165° W. 155° W. 5. Long. 145° to 150° W. 6. Long. 130° to Spring 11 32 11111 37 116 52 145 16 85 52 80 27 58 11 44 30 S. 27 9 E. .26 306 58 191 71 220 75 383 207 352 113 397 304 585 214 442 105 316 261 S, 41 43 W. .23 1398 Autumn 1 9 0 1 1 11 11 4 1 19 0 18 6 16 3 0 0 S. 43 27 W. .31 34 104 197 39 234 138 274 170 358 177 449 224 511 213 338 133 173 132 S. 36 2 W. .23 1288 13 22 2 28 14 87 32 84 29 46 18 59 9 123 21 56 26 S. 35 57 W. .15 223 145° W. 9. Long. 130° to 140° W. Summer 19 62 3 75 15 82 48 221 53 142 62 125 76 195 153 166 75 S. 73 9 W. .22 524 1 Observed by Rogers in 1855. (No. 9(a).) (Nos. 10 to 12.) 2 Observed by Beechy in 1826 and 1827. Island of St. Paul, Alaska. See Addendum, at the end of Zone 36. Southern Alaska. Observed at the following places, viz. :— Fort Kodiak, by U. S. Army Surgeons, during the last nine months of the year 1869. Fort Wrangel, by U. S. Army Surgeons, for an aggregate period of 13 months in the years 1868 and 1869. New Archangel, on the island of Sitka, by Benjamin and Cigneus, 10 years, from the year 1833 to 1842, inclusive. 11. Sitka.' [January 1433 1737 2682 1520 1031 608 478 510 Summer The year 8 A. M. Noon 3 P. M. Spring Summer 677 1001 1630 1333 1099 1619 1108 1531 492 419 887 832 1348 2522 1732 1767 524 696 2568 1717 1505 1363 948 679 1236 1621 2448 1724 1012 742 516 700 732 934 1883 1401 1241 1562 1076 1169 809 1164 2328 1614 1136 1211 832 903 623 867 1796 1311 1237 1640 1233 1291 591 859 1681 1240 1260 1770 1236 1362 1000 912 1965 1567 1266 1456 850, 983 12. Fort Wrangel. Autumn 16 15 55 40 28 5 8 12 +3བ: 65 0 6 10 9 0 63+0: (Nos. 13 to 16.) Transcribed from Wesselowski, except the four right hand columns. 2 Computed from the resultants for the seasons. 3 Land and sea breezes. Hudson's Bay Territory. Observed at the following places, viz. :— Fort Chipewayan, on Lake Athabaska, by Capt. Lefroy, from October till June of the succeeding year (dates not preserved). Fort Prince of Wales, by Wales, in the years 1768 and 1769. Norway House, by Donald Ross, from 1841 to 1847, inclusive, and communicated to the author. York Factory, during the years 1843 to 1848, inclusive. |