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Hourly Meteorological Observations, February 16 — 20, 1844. 



Gott. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



.1. h. 



16 21 

 22 

 23 



17 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 



23i 



18 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



19 

 1 

 2 



3 



4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 

 11 

 12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



IS 



19 



20 



21 



22 



23 



20 



1 



2 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



29-698 

 702 

 695 

 693 

 687 

 671 

 665 

 657 

 646 

 639 

 637 

 628 

 023 

 606 

 595 

 584 



29-378 



28-976 

 957 

 932 

 924 

 905 

 898 

 887 

 926 

 954 

 28-977 

 29-006 

 040 

 072 

 110 

 133 

 158 

 186 

 205 

 241 

 276 

 313 

 325 

 353 

 365 



29-383 

 385 

 393 

 409 

 438 

 470 

 475 

 499 

 525 

 531 

 544 

 557 

 557 

 553 



Thermometers. 



Dry. 



411 

 41-7 

 43-1 

 45-3 

 45-4 

 44-4 

 421 

 40-8 

 40-5 

 39-0 

 38-9 

 39-6 

 39-5 

 38-9 

 39-3 

 39-1 



40-1 

 42-3 

 41-4 

 41-4 

 41-3 

 41-1 

 40-7 

 36-2 

 36-3 

 36-0 

 136-8 

 36-0 

 36-2 

 35-3 

 36-1 

 36-7 

 34-S 

 34-3 

 33-1 

 32-2 

 30-9 

 31-2 

 29-7 

 29-3 



28-8 

 27-3 

 27-2 

 29-7 

 30-5 

 29-7 

 28-6 

 28-7 

 28-1 

 29-4 

 30-9 

 31-9 

 32-8 

 34-2 



Wet. 



Diff. 



390 

 39-4 

 41-0 

 42-6 

 42-1 

 41-3 

 40-7 

 40-3 

 40-2 

 38-9 

 38-4 

 39-0 

 38-9 

 38-4 

 39-0 

 38-9 



39-5 

 40-8 

 39-9 

 39-5 

 39-0 

 390 

 38-8 

 35-4 

 35-6 

 35-4 

 35-7 

 34-9 

 33-9 

 33-2 

 32-9 

 33-0 

 32-4 

 32-3 

 31-0 

 30-1 

 29-9 

 28-8 

 27-2 

 26-8 



26-0 

 24-9 

 24-9 

 27-0 

 28-6 

 27-9 

 26-9 

 26-3 

 26-0 

 27-0 

 28-2 

 29-0 

 30-0 

 310 



2-1 

 2-3 

 2-1 

 2-7 

 3-3 

 3-1 

 1-4 

 0-5 

 0-3 

 0-1 

 05 

 0-6 

 0-6 

 0-5 

 0-3 

 0-2 



0-6 

 1-5 

 1-5 

 1-9 

 2-3 

 2-1 

 1-9 

 0-8 

 0-7 

 0-6 

 1-1 

 1-1 

 2-3 

 2-1 

 3-2 

 3-7 

 2-4 

 2-0 

 2-1 

 2-1 

 1-0 

 2-4 

 2-5 

 2-5 



2-8 

 2-4 

 2-3 

 2-7 

 1-9 

 1-8 

 1-7 

 2-4 

 2-1 

 2-4 

 2-7 

 2-9 

 2-8 

 3-2 



Wind. 



iMaximum 

 force in 

 l'. 10». 



From 



IbB. 



0-1 

 0-0 

 0-3 

 0-1 

 0-3 

 0-5 

 0-4 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 



00 



1-9 

 0-4 

 0-8 

 0-9 

 1-1 

 0-4 

 0-4 

 0-2 

 01 

 0-3 

 0-6 

 3-3 

 2-9 

 2-8 

 1-8 

 3-0 

 1-5 

 0-8 

 2-8 

 2-0 

 2-6 

 1-9 

 0-5 

 1-5 



1-6 

 10 

 1-3 

 1-6 

 31 

 0-9 

 0-4 

 1-1 

 0-5 

 0-3 

 0-6 

 0-4 

 0-4 

 0-4 



lbs. 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-1 

 O-I 

 0-2 

 0-4 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 



0-0 



0-5 

 1-3 

 0-7 

 0-7 

 0-6 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-2 

 0-6 

 1-3 

 2-3 

 2-2 

 2-0 

 M 

 0-9 

 0-8 

 0-9 

 1-7 

 11 

 0-4 

 0-5 

 1-2 



Clouds, 



Sc. : C.-s. : Ci, 



moving 



from 



21 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 28 



30 























31 



31 



29 



30 



30 



30 



31 



29 



28 



28 



28 

 27 

 27 

 28 

 30 

 29 

 29 

 29 

 28 

 29 

 30 

 28 

 28 

 28 



Vt- pt. 



25: — : 



24: — 



25: — 

 25: — 



25 : — : — 



Sky 

 clouded. 



0— l(i. 



9-7 



9-9 



9-9 



9-7 



9-8 



10-0 



10-0 



10-0 



10-0 



10-0 



10-0 



100 



100 



10-0 



10-0 



10-0 



100 



7-0 



9-5 



100 



10-0 



10-0 



10-0 



10-0 



10-0 



10-0 



10-0 



10-0 



10-0 



100 



10-0 



9-9 



6-0 



5-0 



10-0 



10-0 



100 



4-0 



10 



0-5 



0-2 

 00 

 0-0 

 5-0 

 3-0 

 0-7 

 0-2 

 0-5 

 0-5 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 0-5 

 0-5 

 0-5 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Scud ; cir.-str. to E. ; greenish sky to NE. ; light rain. 

 Id. ; id. NE. ; cirrous clouds and haze. 

 Id. ; id. ; id. 



As before ; breaking up. 



Id. ; id. 



Scud ; thick cirro-strati. 

 Id. ; id. ; rain since 2''. 



Heavy shower. 

 Scud ; cirrous clouds. 



moving very slowly ; cirrous clouds, 

 id. ; id. 



Id., 



Id. 

 Dark. 



Id.; 



Id.; 



Id.; 

 Dark 



light rain. 



id. 



id. 

 ; light rain. 



[IS"", 

 heavy shower since 



Drizzling rain throughout the day. 



Dark ; light rain. 

 Stars indistiuct. 



Id. 



Very dark. 



Id. 



Id. 



Light rain. 



Patches of scud to S. ; light rain 

 Scud ; light rain. 

 Id. ; id. 

 Id. ; id. 



Id. ; showers of snow and sleet. 

 Id. ; id. 



Id. ; shower of snow. 

 Id. ; dense mass of cirro-strati. 

 Id. ; woolly cirri and cirro-strati. [of snow. 



Woolly and linear cirri ; cum.-str. and nimbi ; shower 

 Scud ; cirri to E. 

 Shower of snow. 



Id. 

 Snowing heavily. 

 Stars dim. 



Thin clouds, chiefly to N. 

 Id. ; stars bright. 



Cirri to SE. ; id. 

 Clear. 



Id. 

 Hazy ; stars dim ; small flakes of snow. 

 Cirrous clouds and scud ; id. 



Id. to S. [to E. 



Castellated cum.-str. on E. hor. : cir.-str. ; cir.-haze 

 Cir.-str. and cum.-str. on E. hor. ; scud on Cheviot. 



Id. 

 Cirro-strati, cmnulo-strati, and cirrims-haze on E. hor. 

 Loose cumuli and cirrous-haze on E. horizon. 

 Cir.-str., cir.-haze, and cmn.-str. on hor.. except to W. 



Id., id. 



Cum. to N. ; pat. of scud and cir.-haze to SE. and S. 



The 



The direction of the wind is indicated by the number of the point of the compass, reckoning N. = 0, E. = 8, S. = 16, W, = 24 

 motions of the three strata of clouds, Sc. (scud). C.-s. (cirro-stratus), and Cir. (cii-rus), are indicated in a similar manner 



l-'cb. igj la'. The vane of tlie anemometer was found to be frozen up, the opening being towards the north : it beinir found difficult ti 

 remnvi- the ice, the vane was set with its opening to the wind (NW). The ice %vas removed at 22i". 



