Meteorological Observations. 



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Abstract of the Results of the Hourly Meteorological Observations 

 taken at the Surveyor General's Office, Calcutta, 

 gin, the month of May 1873. 



Solar Badiation, "Weather, &c, 



£* 



o 

 145.0 



141.7 

 106.0 



136.5 



140.0 

 140.5 



141.7 



bo t> 



Wind. 



Prevailing 

 direction. 



PM 





Inches 



0.82 



0.06 



0.03 

 0.05 



Variable 



S S W 



S by W & S 



S & S by W 



Sby W &ENE 



ENE&NE 



N E & E by N 



4,0 



1.0 



5.0 



0.2 

 0.4 



1.2 



239.2 



280.4 



182.4 



124.0 



133.8 

 154.0 



218.2 



General aspect of the Sky. 



O to 2 A. M., B to 4 A. M.,W 



to 10 a. M.,-i to 4 p. M.,Vd to 

 8 p.m. S to 11 p.m. Brisk wind 

 from midnight to 0| a. m. L at 

 midnight & 1 a. m. and from 8 

 to 11 p. M 



O to 5 a. m.,V,t to 8 a. M.,->i 

 to 6 p. m. B to 11 p. m. T at 

 4 p. m. L from midnight to 2 

 a.m. Dat 12f a. m. &4 I P. M. 



B to 6 a. M.,^,i to 10 a. m. O 

 to 2 p. m. S to 4 p. M.,Vd to 6 

 p. m. B to 11 p.m. High wind 

 from 11 to IHa.m. T from l<)£ 

 a. m. to 1 p. m. B at 8 and from 

 11 to 12i A. M. 



B to 3 a. m., olouds of dif- 

 ferent kinds to 11 p. M. Tat 12 

 a. m. & 3| p. m. L between 7 

 & 8 p. m. Slight B at 12 a. m. 

 and 3f p. m. 



S to 5 a. M.,V_i to 7 A. M.,^1 



to 2 p.m. ^i to 7 p.m. S to 11 P.M. 



O to 7 a. M.,^i &\i to 7 

 p. M.,Hi to 9 p.m. B to 11 p. m. 

 Light B at 10| a. m. & 1| *>• m. 



S to 6 a. M.,^i to 4 p. M., 

 clouds of different kinds to 11 

 p. m. Slight B at 5 P. M. 



y.CK™ "7? Str f ti '" i Cumuli, \_i Cirro-strati, ^i Cumnlo-strati wi Nimbi, 

 W Lirro-Cumuli, B clear, S stratoni, overcast, T thunder, L lightning, 

 It rain, D drizzle. & ' 



