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Hourly Meteorological Observations, July 1G — 18, 1844. 



Gott. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



16 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



h. 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



22 



23 



17 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 18 

 1 



2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 

 11 

 12 



Thermometers. 



Dry. 



29-698 

 714 

 727 

 745 



751 



757 



29-760 

 759 

 758 

 747 

 742 

 745 

 740 

 739 

 725 

 712 

 697 

 6S8 

 688 

 680 

 669 

 655 

 636 

 638 

 632 

 617 

 606 

 594 

 586 

 579 



29-561 

 549 

 531 

 518 

 513 

 505 

 502 

 500 

 489 

 484 

 478 

 468 

 462 

 455 

 447 

 440 

 440 

 441 

 445 

 448 

 451 

 460 

 469 

 484 



Wet. 



Diff. 



60-6 

 56-0 

 53-8 

 49-8 

 48- 1 

 45-6 



44-8 

 42-9 

 41-4 

 39-7 

 40-2 

 43-8 

 50-7 

 54-6 

 56-9 

 61-2 

 611 

 64-2 

 600 

 64-2 

 61-7 

 62-0 

 62-5 

 54-6 

 52-9 

 53-2 

 51-9 

 51-2 

 500 

 50-8 



49-9 



49-7 



49-8 



50-0 



50-3 



51-2 



54-5 



55-2 



58-8 



60-4 



62-5 



61-1 



63-8 



63-5 



60-1 



59-7 



57-7 



52-6 



54-3 



5.3-9 



51-9 



51-4 



50-1 



48-5 



52-1 

 50-9 

 49-8 

 47-2 

 460 

 44-7 



44-1 

 42-7 

 41-0 

 39-5 

 39-9 

 42-9 

 47-5 

 51-7 

 52-9 

 55-2 

 53-7 

 58-6 

 54-1 

 55-9 

 54-2 

 54-5 

 55-2 

 53-2 

 51-8 

 52-8 

 50-4 

 50-3 

 49-2 

 49-6 



49-2 



490 



490 



49-2 



49-2 



49-9 



51-0 



51-9 



53-3 



54-4 



54-0 



51-3 



54-2 



53-5 



52-9 



540 



53-2 



52-0 



53-0 



52-9 



51-0 



50-6 



48-8 



47-0 



Wind. 



Maximum 

 force in 

 l". 10". 



From 



8-5 

 45-1 

 4-0 

 2-6 

 2-1 

 0-9 



0-7 

 0-2 

 0-4 

 0-2 

 tO-3 

 0-9 

 3-2 

 2-9 



6-0 

 7-4 

 5-6 

 5-9 

 8-3 

 7-5 

 7-5 

 7-3 

 1-4 

 1-1 

 0-4 

 1-5 

 0-9 

 0-8 

 1-2 



0-7 

 0-7 

 0-8 

 0-8 

 11 

 1-3 



t3-5 

 3-3 



45-5 

 6-0 

 8-5 

 9-8 

 9-6 



10-0 

 7-2 

 5-7 

 4-5 

 0-6 

 1-3 

 1-0 

 0-9 

 0-8 

 1-3 

 1-5 



13 29-494 147-8 146-8 1-0 0-1 0-0 2 



11)8. 



0-6 

 0-3 

 0-0 

 00 

 00 

 0-1 



0-1 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-2 

 0-3 

 0-3 

 0-1 

 0-3 

 01 

 0-5 

 0-5 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-3 

 0-3 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 01 



0-0 



0-0 



0-1 



0-0 



00 



0-0 



0-0 



00 



01 



01 



0-2 



0-5 



0-4 



0-2 



0-2 



0-2 



0-3 



0-4 



0-1 



00 



0-0 



0-2 



0-3 



0-3 



lbs. 



0-3 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 



00 

 0-0 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 01 

 0-2 

 0-3 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-5 

 0-4 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 



00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-4 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-2 

 0-4 

 0-1 



(.'louds, 



Sc. : C.-s. : Ci., 



moving 



from 



pt. 

 31 

 28 

 20 

 12 

 20 

 14 



20 



18 

 18 



14 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 18 

 23 

 18 

 28 

 20 

 24 

 23 

 24 

 16 

 24 

 22 

 20 

 18 

 20 



22 



20 



23 



20 



20 



20 



21 



24 



28 



23 



1 



26 



28 



2 



2 



8 



12 



22 



22 



2 



2 



3 



pt. pt. pt. 



20 : 25 : - 



26 



Sky 

 clouded. 



25 



— : It 



23 



24 



24 



6,2,26 



24, 30 



2: — 

 3: — 



0— 111. 



1-5 



2-0 I 

 3-0 , 

 1-0 



0-8 

 I-O ' 



2-0 



0-8 



1-8 



2-5 



1-5 



4-0 



8-0 



9-5 



6-0 



8-5 



9-0 



9-9 



9-9 



9-0 



9-5 



9-9 



98 

 10-0 

 100 



9-9 



9-8 



9-9 

 10-0 

 10-0 



9-7 

 9-8 

 9-9 

 10-0 

 9-9 

 9-8 

 9-8 

 9-8 

 9-9 

 9-9 

 9-9 

 9-8 

 9-5 

 9-5 

 10-0 

 9-8 

 100 

 9-9 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 100 

 100 

 10-0 

 10-0 



10-0 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks, 



Cum.-str. and nimbi on hor. ; a few large hailstones. O 

 Id. O 



Thick scud ; thin cir.-cum. scud ; cum.-str. on hor. 

 Scud, cirro-strati, sheet of woolly cirri ; cumulo-strati. 

 Cirro-strati and cirri radiating from NW. 



Id. ; scud. 



Cirro-strati, cirro-cumuli, and cirri. 

 Cirro-strati and cirri. 

 Loose cirro-strati and cirri. 



Cirro-stratous scud ; cirri ; mist rising from the river. 

 As before ; fine cirri radiating from W. 



Loose cir.-cum. ; fine woolly , mottled, and linear cirri. O 

 As before. © 



Id. ; patches of scud to S. O 



Cirri, cir.-str., and cir.-cuni. ; cum. and scud on hor. O 

 Loose cum. and sc. ; curled and woolly cir. : cum.-str. © 

 Scud ; cumuli as before. © 



Id. ; cumuli, cumulo-strati, and cirro-strati. 



Id. ; loose cumuli, cirri ; a few drops of rain. 

 Cirro-cumulo-strati ; scud and cumuli on horizon. © 

 Scud and loose cumuli ; cumulo-strati and cirro-strati. 



Id. ; id. 



Scud ; cirri, cir.-str., cum.-str., nimbi ; rain to NW. 



Id. ; nimbi, cirro-strati ; rain^ 



Id. ; cir.-str. scud; loose cumuli, cir.-str. ; showers. 



Id. ; cum., cum-str., cirri ; greenish sky ; showers. 

 Woolly cirri, cirro-strati, scud ; showers. 

 Scud ; rainos 



Id. ; cirro-strati. 



Id. : id. 



Scud 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 



cirro-strati. 

 id. 

 id. 

 id. 

 id. 

 id. 



drops of rain, 

 id. 

 id. 

 Irregular mass of cir.-str. ; patches of scud on hor. O 



Id. ; id. 



Patches of scud to E. ; cirro-strati ; drops of rain. 

 Cirro-cumulous scud ; loose cumuli on horizon. © 



Scud : loose cumuli ; cirri and cirro-strati to N. 

 Scud and loose cumuli ; cirri and cirro-strati. © 



Cirro-cumulous scud ; cirri ; loose cumuli. © 



Scud and loose cumuli ; fine woolly cirri and cir. haze® 

 Thick scud ; cirrous haze ; cumulo-strati. 

 Scud, cir.-str. scud ; cir.-str., cum.-str. ; haze.* 

 Scud in var. currents ; nimbi, cir-str. ; thunder to N W.* 

 Patches of loose scud; dense cir.-str. ; thunder; rain^-i* 

 Three cur. of scud ; cir.-str., cum. ; thunder till 6*' 40"". 

 Loose vapour ; two currents of scud ; cir.-str. ; cum. 

 Thick heavy scud ; loose scud below ; cirro-strati. 

 Thick scud. 



Id. 



Id. 



Thick scud ; rather broken to NNE. 



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

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

 * See additional meteorological notes after the Hourly Meteorological Observations. 



