The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-23
The temperature on Long Island Oh the CORES
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By this brief statement it will readily be seen that
the temperature was equilibrous on the top OF
Mount Washington than 1t WAS on Long Island dur
ing the continuance OF the six days of heated atmos
phere here-the changes on Mount Washington
averaging but seven and hall degrees each day
for the six days, while that Long Island averaged
than eighteen degrees for each and all Of these
days.
The difference between the temperature on Mount
Washington and the temperature on Long Island was
a. Enthusiastically 9th, SO degrees; Wednesday
10th, 81 degrees; Thursday 18th, 20 degrees; Fri
day 12th, SO degrees; Saturday 18th, So degrees,
Sunday Nth, - degrees This is great difference
in the temperature oftbe the twopaces. The Sum
NIT House, on Mount Washington where the obser-
yations were made, has an altitude of 1866 feet
above tide-Long Island 81 feet.
Our correspondent states further, as follows
"Sincc wrote to you last have taken special pains
to notice The effect OF sound on the mountain top
and there il not the least echo when pst, Is dis
charged. The actual difference between the suns
rising and tina. put down BY the almanac is twenty
minutes, as near as ! can calculate have never
taken particular notice Of how many mornings in
each week the sun rises clear but should say not
more than three in q week. 1t has been near week
since have had clear sunrise sunset, it being
foggy You requested Inc 10 send yvu some 10 +. M.
and some midnight observations, and have since
that time kept it 1T 10 or half past 10, F. ~, and
find IL does not vary degree, on an average. from
the temperature at sunset the most being three de-
eTees, and considerable OF the time not one halt de-
gree kou will notice in the records sent you very
great change on the oath Of June; the temperature
at sunrise IS degrees ana at sunset 35-a change
Of II Degrees that morning was Beautiful but about
O'Clock became cloudy. and snow fell freely and at
sunset we needed good fire to keep comfortable
As we have heretofore stated, correspondent has
remained on the top Of the mountaH since the 18th
OF june and we have regular correspondence with
him. we hope TO be able, by an interchange Of ob-
| servatons to present something new. Physicians
who recommend change Of air to their patients-a
change to locality where the changes OF tempera-
ture arc neither great or sudden--wi find the com
parison OF our records with those of the White
| Mountains, full Of instruction on this head.
Weare gratfed that we are enabled to obtain the
records of observations on Mount Washington, made
simultaneously with our own observations here, dur
ing the days intervening between the 6th and 18th
Of August, during which the most extraordinary
state Of atmosphere was felt here before obser
the animal and vegetable creation alike suffered.
The length Of the days on Mount Washington, lat
the tOp) are about forty minutes longer than on The
ocean level in the same latitude.
Here, during the heated term 10 the second week
of the present month, VIC had fair weather. on the
top of Noun " askin2tOn ! fog prevailed nearly the
whole OF that time, during morning and evening.
Our correspondent, who is making three months
soourn upon the mountain top, will returning to
the ocean levcl, be able to form opinion Of the
high mount ain atmosphere, as coutrasted with that
Of the level plains near the ocean level.
he observations VIC are now engaged in, com.
parod with those OF others cooperating with in
the Arctic regions, with those on the high mountain
top, and With others at the Equator and in the
southern hemisphere, will present facts that will
prove instructive to the searcher after Knowledge.
MONDAY, Aug1st22-P. NJ T. MERRIAM.