Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean: Vol. 1, Pt. 2

PARTIAL RESULTS OF EXPLORATION.
Meteorological Observations at stations on the route-Continued.
II-Continued.
Extreme temperatures. Mean quantity Mean course and velocity Mean direction and force of
of clouds. of clouds. wind.
Date.
Q Day and hour. a Day and hour. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~. ~
O 0
Jan., 1854.... 52 31st, 2p.m. -29 19th, 9p.m. 4.8 6 7 Not recorded in register. s. I. 1 sw. 1.15sw. 1.19
Feb., 1854... 46 9th, 2p.m. 14 3d, 7a.m 6.4 5.3 4.7SE..7 wsw. 1.3 ssw..4 sw. 5 wsw.l.1 s. 5
March, 1854.. 61 24th, 2p.m. 22.5 lst,9p.m. 5.4 6 4 sw..6 sw..5 sw..6 ssw. 9 sw. 1.5 ssw. 5
2d, 7 a.m.
April, 1854... 74 17th, 18th, 31 1st, 7 a. m. 5 5.7 4. 8 sw..1 ssw..5 s..03s. 9 wsw..4 w. 8
29th, 2p.m.
May, 1854.... 80 21st, 2 p.m. 36 7th, 7a.m. 4.9 5.4 4. 6 ssE..16ssw..38w..03 SSE. 6 sw. I NW. 3
and9p.m.
REMARKS.
January, 1854.-The thermometer at 9 p. m. on the 5th is marked in the register as not readable. There fell about 1 inch of
rain, and 73 inches of snow.
February, 1854.-There fell about 4i inches of snow.
March, 1854.-There was a slight fall of snow on the night of the 3d. A snow squall at 3 p. m. on the 6th for a few minutes.
Snow from 7 p. m. to 11 p. m on the 7th (14 inch.) Squalls of snow at intervals all day on the 8th. Alternate snow and rain all
the morning of the 10th. It rained firom 3h. 30m. p. m. on the 27th till 8h. 30m. a. m. on the 28th. Occasional showers on the
28th. Squalls of snow and rain at intervals on the 29th. Squalls of snow on the 30th.
April, 1854.-Rain at 6h. 30m. p. m. on the 1st. Rained moderately all the forenoon, and again in the evening, on the 2d.
Slight rain f,n the evening of the 4th. Snow squall at 9 a. m. on the 7th. Shower in the north on the 15th. Occasional showers
during afternoon of the 19th. Distant thunder shower on the 20th. Slight rain on the 21st, and slight fall of snow on the night
of the 21st. Slight rain at 4h. 30m. p. m. on the 25th.
May, 1854.-Slight thunder shower, with north-northwest wind, on the 2d. Rain at 9 p. m. on the 5th. Raining slightly at
intervals all day on the 6th. Raining steadily until 7 p. m., again at 7h. 30m. p. m., with some snow, on the 7th. On the 8th it
rained from 8h. 45m. a. m. until 12 m., and there was rain at intervals all the afternoon. On the 13th there was a heavy shower
from 3 p. m. until 7h. 30m. p. m., with high east and southeast winds. On the 16th, at 11 p. m, heavy shower for 30 minutes.
On the 27th there was slight rain from 8h. 30m. p. m. until 9h. 30m. p. m. On the 28th there was a slight shower at 9 p.m.,
and snow firom 9h. 30m. p. m. until 3 a. m. 29th (1 inch.) On the 29th it rained slowly from 5 p. m. until 9 p. m. On the 30th
it rained from 10 a. m. until 4 p. m.
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