Place and kind of (Nos. 63 to 65.) Southern and Northeastern Nebraska.—Continued. RELATIVE PREVALENCE OF WINDS FROM THE DIFFERENT POINTS OF THE COMPASS. observations. [January February April May 297 145 56 86 196 167 203 253 Summer 397 429 841 907 607 353 550 653 ... 19 20 48 42 34 30 24 15 37 11 9 23 363 205 157 186 343 162 183 414 : 1 Separate months only from the year 1849 to 1854 inclusive, and subsequent to 1859. 2 Forts Kearny and McPherson. Computed from the resultants for the seasons. ......... ......... 3 Blackbird Hills, Dakota City, Decatur, De Soto and Ionia. Bellevue, by Rev. Wm. Hamilton, Henry M. Burt and Miss E. E. Caldwell, for an aggregate period of 11 years, from June, 1857, to December, 1862, May, 1863, to February, 1867, April to June, 1867, and March, 1868, to December, 1869, all inclusive. Brownsville, by Chas. B. Smith, for an aggregate period of 14 months, in the years 1858, 1859 and 1860. Council Bluffs,' by U. S. Army Surgeons, during the years 1822 to 1826 inclusive. 2 Elkhorn, by John S. and Anna M. J. Bowen, for an aggregate period of 10 years, in the years 1859 to 1869 inclusive. Fontenelle, by Henry Gibson, from January, 1861, to June, 1862, and from September to December, 1863, both inclusive. Glendale, by Dr. A. C. Child and Miss J. E. Child, from August to October, 1861, and from February, 1866, to October, 1869, both inclusive. Kenosha, by Bela White, from January to May, 1860, and from July, 1860, to May, 1862, both inclusive. This military post was located on the west bank of the Missouri River, in the maps of the United States War Department, and is placed some miles to the northwest of the present city of Council Bluffs, Iowa. 2 Or Richland. Nebraska City, by P. Zahner, from July, 1868, to June, 1869, and from October to December, 1869, both inclusive. Nursery Hill, by R. O. Thompson, during the first five months of the year 1865. Omaha, by Wm. N. Byers, from May, 1857, to December, 1859, inclusive; by James P. Allan, for an aggregate period of 8 months, in the years 1860 and 1861, and by C. B. Wells, for an aggregate period of 4 months, in 1868 and 1869. Peru, by J. M. McKenzie, for an aggregate period of 5 months in the years 1867 and 1869. 326 5 11 18 61 13 9 49 13 10 150 49 18 66. August 25 11 17 14 Council Bluffs. September 17 11 38 3 5 13.25 0 05.50 4.57 26.75 3.00 12.92 8.30 4.00 9.01 3.74 2.36 6.21 ...... Autumn 304 122 69 116 293 346 375 460 N. 82 17 W..34 293 359 448 565 N. 67 28 W..33 N. 83 54 W..31 1903 ... 2146 ......... ... 2093 1955 8097 1351 1563 1517 1384 5815 2230 1289 656 1681 1668 1117 925 2954 303 N. 33 29 W..15 8 E. .18 5 W..14 8 W..22 14 W..10 N. 9° E. .11 1903 Observed at the following places, viz.: Grant City, by Edwin Miller and Mrs. Miller, during the year 1869. Lizard, by J. J. Bruce, during the month of February, 1869. Onowa, by R. Stebbins, from February to September inclusive, in the year 1864. Rolfe, by Oscar J. Strong, for an aggregate period of 22 months, in the years 1868 and 1869. Sioux City, by Dr. J. J. Saville, for an aggregate period of 16 months, in the years 1857 and 1858; and by A. J. Millard, from January, 1860, to March, 1863, inclusive, and by U. S. Army Surgeons, during the first 4 months of 1864. in the year 1857.' 70. Aggregate number of obser- 69. Surface wind at Sioux City vations at all stations. From this table we obtain the following summary of results: 14 3 32 24 45 42 211 ... ... ... 318 164 518 168 215 185 9 S. 54 29 W..23 ... S. 8 26 W..11 N. 52 47 W..41 N. 7 29 E..04 N. 59 14 W..54 N. 67 29 W..28 963 46 N. 34 9 W..17 N. 7°E..12 True velocity in mean direction, giving to the winds from the several points of the Velocity in mean direction, on the supposition that the winds from every point of the compass move with the foregoing average velocity Force. Clarinda, by S. H. Kridelbaugh, M.D., during January and December, 1865, and February, 1866. Fontanelle, by A. F. Bryant, for an aggregate period of over 34 years, in the years 1866 to 1869 inclusive. Fort Croghan, by post surgeons, during nine months of the year 1843. St. Mary's, by D. E. Read, for an aggregate period of six months in the years 1853 and 1854. True velocity in mean direction, giving to the winds from the several points of the compass each Velocity in mean direction on the supposition that the winds from every point of the compass move with the foregoing average velocity. 1.40 3.02 +1.62 Afton, by Dr. B. F. Babcock, for an aggregate period of 34 months, in the years 1865, 1866, 1867 and 1869. Bowles Creek, by Andrew Stouffer, during the month of December, 1865. Chatfield, by T. F. Thickstun, for an aggregate period of 13 months, in the years 1860 and 1861. Danville, by Thomas A. Kellett, during five months of the year 1868. Fort Ridgely, by post surgeons, for an aggregate period of nearly 13 years, in the years 1853 to 1867 inclusive. Fort Snelling, by post surgeons, for an aggregate period of over 37 years, in the years 1822, 1824 to 1858, and 1867 to 1869, both inclusive. Hastings, by T. F. Thickstun, from June, 1861, to May, 1862, inclusive. Mankato, by William Kilgore, during the month of August, 1864. Minneapolis, by William Cheney, for an aggregate period of over five years, from November, 1864, to December, 1869, inclusive. New Ulm, by Charles Roos, from February, 1864, to December, 1869, inclusive. Pajutazee, by Rev. S. R. Riggs, for an aggregate period of 24 months, in the years 1860, 1861 and 1862. Red Wing, by Rev. Jabez Brooks, during the months of November and December, 1855, and April, 1856; and by A. M. Stephens, during the first eight months of the year 1867. Rochester, by Alfred Milmine, during the first three months of the year 1869. St. Paul, by Rev. A. B. Patterson, for an aggregate period of nearly 7 years, in the years 1861 to 1869 inclusive; and by J. M. Heimstreet, from October, 1866, to January, 1867, inclusive. Sibley, by C. W. and C. E. Woodward, for an aggregate period of over 5 years, in the years 1865 to 1869 inclusive. Source of the Des Moines, by Nicollet. Travers des Sioux, by Rev. R. Hopkins, during the months of March and April, 1851. "Whenever a bend, an angle, or some prominent bluff is more exposed to the fury of northwest winds, that blow violently a great part of the year," etc. 2 Danville, Fort Ridgely, New Ulm, Pajutazee and Sibley. 3 Computed from the resultants for the seasons. 35 January, 1875, |