Statement showing how many times the wind was observed blowing, &c.—Continued. * Observations began November 1, 1872. January and February incomplete. Statement showing how many times the wind was observed blowing, &c.-Continued. 445 30 October, '72. January, '73. S. W. St. Paul, Minn. S. S. E. N. E. Calm Blank N. N. W. W. 13 S. W. 12 Toledo, Ohio.. Toronto, Canada. Vicksburgh, Miss. Virginia City, Mont* 5 6 S. E. 5 E. 13 N. E. 0 Calm. Blank 25608 6 3 0 20 40 7 350 3 75 .... *No observations from February 23d to June 15, inclusive, and incomplete to September 30, 1873. Statement showing how many times the wind was observed blowing, &c.—Continued. REPORT OF OBSERVATIONS MADE AT THE ISLAND OF SAINT PAUL, (BEHRING SEA,) BY OBSERVER C. P. FISH, SIGNAL-SERVICE, U. S. A., FROM JUNE 5, 1872, TO MAY 31, 1873. ISLAND OF SAINT PAUL, Behring Sea, April 15, 1873. SIR: This final report that I have the honor to transmit is deemed expedient as a medium, not of exhaustive analysis or even of approximation to perfect results, but rather of conveying a general synopsis of the meteorological features incident to this area. ANALOGOUS FEATURES OF TWO AREAS. Naturally resembling that of the North Atlantic Ocean, the climate of Behring Sea presents but few of those more wonderful electric and other phenomena of interior climes; but, as fields for practical research, I can conceive of none more valuable than Iceland of the Atlantic and Saint Paul Island of the North Pacific. Similarly situated in relation to ocean currents, these areas can be readily pictured in the imagination as aerial maelstroms, where, throughout the year, the elements are scarcely ever at rest and storm succeeds storm with violent rapidity and complex change. PHENOMENA OF UPPER CURRENTS. The arrangement of observations on the upper currents, which I have attempted, is by no means perfect. The entries in the nephelogical and phenomenal reports are : |