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Hourly Meteorological Observations, May 2 — 4, 1844. 



Giitt. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



L li. 



2 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 



13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



3 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 



13 



14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



4 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



lU 



Babo- 



METEB 



at 32°. 



30-228 

 205 

 190 

 172 

 159 

 168 

 163 

 160 

 156 

 151 



30140 

 130 

 115 

 112 

 102 

 106 

 097 

 094 

 096 

 084 

 074 

 066 

 056 

 048 

 040 

 037 

 042 

 049 

 062 

 100 

 121 

 146 

 161 

 167 



30- 170 

 165 

 165 

 161 

 168 

 173 

 174 

 177 

 177 

 172 

 165 

 170 

 160 

 157 

 135 

 128 

 121 

 114 

 119 

 114 

 111 

 112 



Thermometers. 



Dry. 



67-7 

 67-6 

 68-1 

 67-2 

 63-5 

 5S'l 

 540 

 500 

 45-7 

 43-6 



41-1 

 38-9 

 36-9 

 360 

 35-2 

 37-9 

 42-9 

 48-4 

 53-6 

 58-2 

 59-8 

 64-3 

 65-5 

 69-5 

 69-6 

 66-3 

 65-9 

 62-8 

 59-2 

 49-1 

 47-0 

 45-2 

 46-1 

 44-9 



46-2 

 46-1 

 45-9 

 44-3 

 44-8 

 45-0 

 45-3 

 46-0 

 46- 1 

 47-6 

 47-6 

 48-2 

 48-8 

 49-2 

 49-8 

 49- 1 

 48-2 

 46-4 

 46-6 

 45-7 

 450 

 144-5 



Wet. 



580 

 57-3 

 570 

 56-0 

 54-5 

 52-0 

 49-5 

 47-1 

 44-2 

 42-8 



40-9 

 38-7 

 36-8 

 360 

 35-2 

 37-9 

 41-8 

 46-0 

 49-6 

 52-9 

 530 

 55-9 

 54-3 

 55-1 

 56-0 

 54-6 

 53-5 

 500 

 49-2 

 46-9 

 45-4 

 44-4 

 450 

 43-8 



44-6 

 44-7 

 44-7 

 44- 1 

 44-3 

 44-4 

 44-6 

 45-2 

 45-5 

 46-6 

 46-5 

 46-7 

 46-8 

 47-3 

 47-7 

 46-7 

 46-1 

 45-6 

 44-9 

 43-9 

 43-4 

 43-0 



Diff. 



Wind. 



9-7 



10-3 



111 



11-2 



9-0 



6-1 



4-5 



2-9 



1-5 



0-8 



0-2 

 0-2 

 0-1 



1-1 



2-4 



40 



5-3 



6-8 



8-4 



11-2 



14-4 



13-6 



11-7 



12-4 



12-8 



10-0 



2-2 



1-6 



0-8 



1-1 



1-1 



1-6 

 1-4 

 1-2 

 0-2 

 0-5 

 0-6 

 0-7 

 0-8 

 0-6 

 1-0 

 11 

 1-5 

 20 

 1-9 

 2-1 

 2-4 

 21 

 0-8 

 1-7 

 1-8 

 1-6 

 1-5 



Alaximum 

 force in 

 Ik. lO". 



FromI 



111!. 



00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 



00 

 00 

 0-0 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-3 

 0-6 

 0-3 

 06 

 0-9 

 0-6 

 0-2 

 0-0 

 0-2 



His. 



00 

 00 

 0-0 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 



00 

 00 

 0-0 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-2 

 0-3 

 0-3 

 1-0 

 0-3 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-1 



00 

 0-1 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 00 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 01 

 01 

 0-0 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 01 

 0-2 

 0-4 

 0-2 

 O-I 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 



Clouds, 



Sc. :C.-s. :Ci. 



moving 



from 



pt, pt. pt. 



— : •— : 



clouded 



O-IO. 

 5-0 

 3-0 

 2-0 

 20 

 10 

 1-0 

 0-5 

 0-2 

 0-0 

 0-0 



00 

 00 

 00 

 0-2 

 1-5 

 2-5 

 6-0 

 7-0 

 7-0 

 7-0 

 6-0 

 70 

 70 

 8-0 

 8-0 

 8-0 

 60 

 7-0 

 70 

 6-5 

 70 

 5-0 

 9-5 

 3-0 



9-7 

 100 

 100 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 10-0 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 lO-O 

 10-0 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 



Species of Clouds and Sleteorological Keiniirks. 



dew. 



Sun red ; 

 [stratus. 



Cirrous clouds ; thick haze below. 

 Much haze. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 

 Streats of cirri tii W. ; thick haze on liorizon. 

 Thick haze on horizon. 



Id. [to E. 



Haze on hor. ; shooting star from Cassiopeia moving 

 Rather less haze than before. 



Nearly as last hour ; heavy dew. 

 Heavy dew ; clear. 



Id. id. 



Fine cirri to N. ; haze to E., red ; stratus 

 Lines of cirri lying N by E. to S by W. 

 Linear and crossed cirri ; haze on hor. 

 Cirri lying SSW. to NNE. ; id. 



Id. ; more haze. 



Id. ; hazy. 



Id. 

 Id. 



Id. ; haze on horizon. 



Cirri lying N. and 8. ; patches of scud to 8. and E. 

 Cirri, cirro-strati, and patches of scud. 

 Woolly cirri ; cirro-strati to E. ; patches of scud. 

 Id. ; scud to W. 



Id. ; patch of scud to N. ; solar halo. 



Var. of cirri ; many patches of scud and cum. ; halo. 

 Nearly as before ; cLrro-cumulous scud. 

 Loose smoky scud ; cirro-cumulo-strati ; cirri. 

 Thin scud ; cirri radiating from NE by E. ; sky milky. 

 Id., sky clouded varying from 8 to 2. 

 Id. 

 Loose scud. 



Loose 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id, 

 Id, 

 Id, 

 Id 

 Id, 

 Id 

 Id, 

 Scud. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



scud. 



very light drizzle, 

 id. 

 id. 

 id. 

 id. 

 id. 

 id. 

 id. 

 id. 

 id. 



The direction of the wind is indicated by the number of the point of the compass, recltoning N. := '), K. = 8, S. = 16, W. = 24. The 

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

 May 3-1 S"". A great change in the temperature and humidity of the air since 7^ ; the wind feeling quite damp. 



