Enclosure: Summary of Meteorological Observations by Alden Partridge, [ca. 9 December 1815]
Enclosure
Summary of Meteorological Observations by Alden Partridge
[ca. 9 Dec. 1815]
Meteorological Table
Containing the Results of a Series of Observations made at West Point, State of New York, from April 5th to October 31st 1810
Months | No of Observations | Thermometer | Barometer. | Date of the greatest degree of Cold in each month | Date of the greatest degree of heat in each month | No of Pleasant Days | No of Days on which rain fell. | No of Cloudy Days without Rain | No of Days partly clear and partly Cloudy. | |||||||
Greatest degree of Cold | Greatest degree of heat | Mean Temperature | Greatest Variations | Diff. of Temperature between each succeeding month | Greatest Altitude | Least Altitude | Mean Altitude | Greatest Variations | ||||||||
April | 73 | 33° | 80° | 60° | 47° | 30.00 | 29.16 | 29.60 | .801 | 11h sunrise | 27th PM | 12 | 7 | 6 | ||
May | 86 | 37 | 94 | 661⁄10 | 57 | 61⁄10 | 29.83 | 28.94 | 29.59 | .89 | 8h do | 29h 42 PM | 18 | 8 | 1 | 4 |
June | 85 | 52 | 86 | 72¾ | 34 | 613⁄203 | 29.85 | 29.40 | 29.61 | .45 | 8h do | 16h & 17h | 13 | 13 | 1 | 3 |
July | 70 | 65 | 88 | 76 | 23 | 3¼ | 29.80 | 29.38 | 29.59 | .42 | 2d do | 12th PM | 15 | 13 | 1 | 2 |
August | 90 | 49 | 90 | 74½4 | 41 | 1½ | 29.80 | 29.30 | 29.58 | .50 | 31st AM | 12th do | 13 | 15 | 3 | |
Septemr | 90 | 46 | 84 | 66⅔ | 38 | 8⅙ | 30.08 | 29.53 | 29.76 | .55 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 5 | ||
October | 73 | 29 | 79 | 55¼ | 50 | 113⁄12 | 30.16 | 29.04 | 29.70½ | 1.12 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 4 | ||
From the 5th April, to 31st Octr 1810 |
5675 | 29° | 94° | 67°2⁄7 | 65° | 30.16 | 28.94 | 29.63 | 1.22 | 101 | 74 | 7 | 27 |
Meteorological Table
Containing the Results of a Series of Observations made at West Point, State of New York from the 1st April to 31st May 1811, & also from the 11th May to the 30th Novr 1812
AD. 1811 | No of Observations | Thermometer | Barometer. | Date of the greatest Degree of Cold. | Date of the greatest Degree of heat. | Depth of Snow in inches | No of Clear Days. | No of Days on which rain fell. | No of Days on which Snow fell. | No of Cloudy Days. | No of Days partly Clear and partly Cloudy. | |||||||
Months. | Greatest degree of Cold | Greatest Degree of heat | Mean Temperature | Greatest variations | Diff. of temperature between each succeeding month. | Greatest Altitude | Least Altitude | Mean Altitude | Greatest variations | |||||||||
April. | 90 | 27° | 82° | 52° | 55° | 30.10 | 29.10 | 29.44 | 1.00 | 2d | 18h | 14. | 8 | 2 | 6 | |||
May. | 75 | 40 | 77 | 60 | 37 | 8° | 30.06 | 29.10 | 29.66 | .96 | 3d | 7h | 17 | 11. | 1 | 2 | ||
From April 1st to May 31st | 165 | 27° | 82° | 56° | 55° | 30.10 | 29.10 | 29.55 | 1.00 | Aprl 2d | Arl 18. | 31 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 8. | ||
AD. 1812 | ||||||||||||||||||
May | 59 | 46 | 79 | 61 | 33 | 29.91 | 29.23 | 29.60 | .68 | 17th | 31 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 7 | |||
June | 77 | 57 | 86 | 71⅓ | 29 | 10⅓ | 29.76 | 29.20 | 29.49 | .56 | 5h | 9h | 3 | 18 | 9 | |||
July | 92 | 56 | 91 | 76 | 35 | 4⅖6 | 29.80 | 29.40 | 29.59 | .40 | 1st | 7h | 8 | 11 | 12 | |||
August | 78 | 63 | 87 | 73⅓ | 24 | 2⅔ | 29.85 | 29.40 | 29.60 | .45 | 13h | 25h | 5 | 13 | 1 | 12 | ||
Septembr | 89 | 48 | 81 | 66⅓ | 33 | 72⁄15 | 29.98 | 29.27 | 29.72 | .71 | 21st | 2d | 6 | 11 | 3 | 10 | ||
Octr | 57 | 40 | 78 | 55⅔ | 38 | 108⁄15 | 30.00 | 29.20 | 29.66 | .80 | 24h | 2d | 5 | 9 | 1 | 16 | ||
Novemr | 89 | 22 | 67 | 44 | 45 | 11⅔ | 30.16 | 29.08 | 29.57 | 1.08 | 25h | 5h | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 13 | |
From may 11th to Novr 30th7 | 541 | 22° | 91° | 66° | 69° | 30.16 | 29.08 | 29.60 | 1.08 | Novr 25h | July 7th | 35 | 78 | 2 | 9 | 79 |
Meteorological Table.
Containing the Results of a Series of Observations made at Norwich, State of Vermont from the 1st July 1811 to the 1st May 1812.
Months. | No of observations | Thermometer | Barometer. | Date of the greatest degree of Cold. | Date of the greatest degree of heat. | Depth of Snow in inches | No of Clear Days. | No of Days, on which rain fell. | No of Cloudy Days. | No of Days on which snow fell.8 | No of Days partly Clear & partly Cloudy. | |||||||
Greatest degree of Cold | Greatest degree of heat | Mean Temperature | Greatest Variations | Diff. of temperature between each succeeding month | Greatest Altitude | Least Altitude. | Mean Altitude | Greatest variations | ||||||||||
July | 40 | 50° | 92° | 70⅔° | 42° | 29.199 | 28.71 | 28.91 | .4610 | 27th | 18th | 14 | 16 | 1 | ||||
August | 90 | 45 | 92 | 70 | 47 | ⅔ | 29.30 | 28.75 | 28.67 | .5411 | 9th | 20h | 18 | 9 | 1 | 3 | ||
September | 84 | 31 | 85 | 65 | 54 | 5 | 29.24 | 28.55 | 28.94 | .69 | 27th | 4h | 17 | 7 | 2 | 4 | ||
October | 83 | 17 | 75 | 47 | 58 | 18 | 29.42 | 28.50 | 28.99 | .92 | 27h | 12h | 35⁄10 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
November | 82 | 12 | 51 | 32½ | 39 | 14½ | 29.44 | 28.40 | 28.95 | 1.04 | 26h | 9h | 5 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
December | 87 | −16 | 48 | 19½ | 64 | 13 | 29.20 | 28.09 | 28.74 | 1.11 | 239⁄10 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | ||
January | 88 | −24 | 36 | 14 | 60 | 5½ | 29.23 | 28.09 | 28.60 | 1.14 | 18h | 26h | 234⁄10 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 6 | |
February | 75 | −31 | 35 | 15 | 66 | 1 | 29.14 | 28.15 | 28.77 | .99 | 25 | 4. | 38 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6. |
March | 86 | − 4 | 51 | 24⅔ | 4712 | 9⅓ | 29.25 | 28.45 | 28.90 | .80 | 2d | 27h | 141⁄10 | 10 | 3 | 4. | 7 | 7 |
April | 79 | 23 | 65 | 40 | 42 | 15⅔ | 29.26 | 28.38 | 28.89 | .88 | 12. | 25 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
From the 1st July 1811 to 1st May 181213 | 794 | −31° | 92° | 399⁄10° | 123° | 29.44 | 28.09 | 28.83 | 1.35 | Feb. 25. | July 18. | 1129⁄10 | 97 | 70 | 32 | 52 | 54. |
Note: | The Town of Norwich is situated in the East part, of the State of Vermont, adjoining Connecticut River, & opposite Dartmouth College, in the State of New Hampshire, in north Lat. 43.° 33.′14—The Altitude of that part of the Town, where the Observations were made, above tide-water, I found, by Barometrical Calculation, to be 917 feet & 629 feet above Connecticut River. In the 2d Column, of the above Table, whenever the sign −Cypher, thus −16° denotes that the Thermometer was 16 degrees below Cypher. |
Meteorological Table
Containing the Results of a Series of Observations made at West Point, State of New York, from April 1st to Decr 1st 1813.
Months | No of Observations | Thermometer | Barometer. | Date of the greatest degree of Cold | Date of the greatest degree of heat | No of Clear Days | No of Days on which rain fell. | No of Days on which [snow]15 fell. | No of Cloudy Days. | No of Days partly clear & partly Cloudy. | |||||||
Greatest degree of cold | Greatest degree of heat | Mean Temperature | Greatest Variations | Diff. of Temperature between each succing month | Greatest Altitude | Least Altitude | Mean Altitude | Greatest Variations | |||||||||
April | 90 | 37° | 76° | 56⅔° | 14⅓°16 | 30.06 | 29.14 | 29.68 | .8217 | 1st | 20th | 3 | 11 | 16 | |||
May | 87 | 46 | 80 | 61⅓ | 34 | 4⅔ | 29.90 | 29.37 | 29.63 | .53 | 7h | 24h | 2 | 18 | 1 | 10 | |
June | 90 | 53 | 90 | 75 | 37 | 13⅔ | 30.03 | 29.34 | 29.63 | .69 | 1st | 18h | 2 | 12 | 16 | ||
July | 92 | 62 | 93 | 75¼ | 31 | ¼ | 29.97 | 29.29 | 29.61 | .68 | 6th | 9th | 2 | 13 | 16 | ||
August | 91 | 61 | 91 | 78 | 30 | 2¾ | 29.97 | 29.29 | 29.66 | .6918 | 19h | 7h | 8 | 11 | 12 | ||
Sepr | 88 | 52 | 92 | 69¾ | 40 | 8¼ | 29.94 | 29.27 | 29.68 | .67 | 30h | 13h | 6 | 8 | 16 | ||
October | 93 | 32 | 68 | 55½ | 36 | 14¼ | 30.05 | 29.00 | 29.45 | 1.05 | 22d | 17th | 4 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
Novembr | 87 | 25 | 69 | 46½ | 22½19 | 9 | 30.10 | 29.23 | 29.66 | .8120 | 15h | 10th | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
From April 1st to Decr 1st | 718 | 25° | 93° | 64¾° | 68° | 30.10 | 29.00 | 29.62 | 1.10 | Novr 15th | July 9th | 35 | 90 | 4 | 5 | 110. |
Meteorological Table
Containing the Results of a Series of Observations, made at West Point, State of New York, from the 1st March to the 30th Novr 1814, inclusive.
Months. | No of Observations | Thermometer | Barometer | Date of the greatest Degree of Cold | Date of the greatest Degree of Heat. | Depth of Snow in inches | No of clear Days. | No of Days on which rain fell | No of Cloudy Days. | No of Days on which snow fell. | No of Days partly Clear, & partly cloudy. | |||||||
Greatest degree of cold | Greatest degree of heat | Mean Temperature | Greatest Variations | Diff. of temperature between each succeeding month. | Greatest Altitude | Least Altitude | Mean Altitude | Greatest Variations | ||||||||||
March | 92° | 8° | 65° | 39° | 31°21 | 29.98 | 28.83 | 29.46 | 1.15 | 5th | 30h | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | ||
April | 89 | 35 | 84 | 54⅙ | 49 | 15⅙ | 30.04 | 29.11 | 29.65 | 00.93 | 12h | 27h | 2 | 9 | 2 | 00 | 17 | |
May | 90 | 41 | 89 | 68¼ | 48 | 14½22 | 29.81 | 29.20 | 29.49 | 00.61 | 2d | 4h | 00 | 14 | 00 | 00 | 17 | |
June | 87 | 54 | 90 | 71⅓ | 36 | 31⁄12 | 29.93 | 29.34 | 29.64 | 00.59 | 24h | 29h | 2 | 9 | 00 | 00 | 19 | |
July | 92 | 53 | 92 | 75¼ | 39 | 311⁄12 | 29.80 | 29.19 | 29.59 | 00.61 | 13h | 16h | 6 | 10 | 3 | 00 | 12 | |
August | 56 | 55 | 94 | 721⁄9 | 39 | 31⁄7 | 29.98 | 29.30 | 29.68 | 00.68 | 22d | 2d | 5 | 7 | 2 | 00 | 17 | |
September | 87 | 40 | 90 | 66¼ | 50 | 56⁄7 | 29.97 | 29.28 | 29.59 | 00.69 | 26h | 3d | 3 | 9 | 2 | 00 | 16 | |
October | 91 | 31 | 75 | 53¾ | 44 | 12½ | 30.08 | 29.24 | 29.53 | 00.84 | 24th | 14h | 5 | 5 | 00 | 00 | 21 | |
November | 88 | 21 | 64 | 421⁄7 | 43 | 11⅔ | 30.25 | 29.16 | 29.74 | 1.09 | 29h | 14h | 3 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
From March 1st to Novr 30th 181423 | 772 | 8° | 94° | 60¼° | 86° | 30.25 | 28.83 | 29.60 | 1.42 | March 5h | Augst 2d | 3 | 33 | 80 | 11 | 8 | 143 |
MS (DLC: TJ Papers, 205:36532–7); written in an unidentified hand, with each table on a separate sheet; undated. MS (VtNN: Partridge Papers); in a bound volume of Partridge manuscripts; written in an unidentified hand; undated.
1. The correct figure is .84.
2. Word not in VtNN MS.
3. VtNN MS: “61⁄20.”
4. VtNN MS: “7.”
5. DLC MS: “576.” VtNN MS: “567,” which is correct.
6. VtNN MS: “4⅔.”
7. Preceding six words not in VtNN MS.
8. This and preceding column reversed in VtNN MS.
9. VtNN MS: “29.17.”
10. VtNN MS: “.40.” The correct figure is .48.
11. The correct figure is .55.
12. The correct figure is 55.
13. Phrase not in VtNN MS.
14. Reworked from: “33.° 33.′”
15. Manuscript: “rain.”
16. The correct figure is 39°.
17. The correct figure is .92.
18. The correct figure is .68.
19. The correct figure is 44.
20. The correct figure is .87.
21. The correct figure is 57°.
22. VtNN MS: “141⁄12.”
23. Preceding seven words not in VtNN MS.
Index Entries
- altitude; barometers used to calculate search
- barometers; and meteorological observations search
- latitude; of Norwich, Vt. search
- meteorological observations; by A. Partridge search
- New York (state); meterological observations in search
- Partridge, Alden; and calculation of altitude search
- Partridge, Alden; meteorological observations search
- scientific instruments; barometers search
- scientific instruments; thermometers search
- thermometers; and meteorological observations search
- Vermont; meteorological observations in search