Weather Conditions Summary


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Weather conditions summary table
PrecipitationDaysWindDays
Snow29Calm21
Rain30Light87
Fog4Fresh19
Clear183Moderate43
Strong48

Some other wind descriptions are hardly scientific but beautifully descriptive nontheless:
Wind typeDaysWind typeDays
hardly a breath3practically no wind3
scarcely any1slight4
variable5fairly stiff1
stiff1sharp1
blustering2half a gale4
gale1

The observers apparently did not have an anemometer, so wind speed was estimated and assigned a category, similar to the modern scale shown below. Knots are nautical miles per hour; mph are statute miles per hour; km/h are kilometres per hour; and, Beau refers to the Beaufort wind scale.
Wind knots mph km/h Beau
Light <14 <16 <26 4
Moderate 15-19 17-22 28-35 4-5
Strong 20-33 23-38 37-61 5-7
Gale 34-47 39-54 63-86 8-9
Storm 48-63 55-73 89-117 10-11
Hurricane >63 >73 >117 11