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Hourly Meteorological Observations, October 4 — 7, 1844. 



Gott. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



d. 

 4 



13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



5 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 



23 



6 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



7 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



Thermometers. 



Dry. 



29-597 

 583 

 576 

 575 

 576 

 563 

 523 

 488 



29-439 

 417 

 366 

 364 

 344 

 351 

 363 

 368 

 387 1 

 410 

 409 

 414 

 410 

 414 

 419 

 429 

 438 

 454 

 473 

 489 

 507 

 517 

 517 

 526 



29-480 



29-516 

 526 

 528 

 535 

 547 

 569 

 584 

 603 

 626 

 649 

 659 

 668 

 669 

 678 

 683 

 694 

 708 

 708 

 725 

 727 

 733 

 736 



52-0 

 50-3 

 49-2 

 48-9 

 47-6 

 46-0 

 45-5 

 44-8 



44-0 

 440 

 440 

 44-8 

 45-2 

 461 

 460 

 46-0 

 47-3 

 48-3 

 49-6 

 49 2 

 50-6 

 51-9 

 52-1 

 51-5 

 50-0 

 46-9 

 44-1 

 41-4 

 39-8 

 39-3 

 38-0 

 36-4 



50-6 



410 

 39-2 

 39-9 



j38-8 

 38-9 

 37-2 



J38-1 

 39-3 



i41-6 

 44-4 

 47-0 

 49-7 

 48-5 

 49-2 

 48-6 

 48-9 

 49-0 

 44-3 

 42-7 

 39-9 

 37-0 

 33-9 



47-6 

 46-8 

 46-9 

 47-3 

 45-8 

 45-2 

 44-9 

 44-2 



43-7 

 43-8 

 43-8 

 44-6 

 44-9 

 45-6 

 45-3 

 45-0 

 46-1 

 46-8 

 47-8 

 47-1 

 47-2 

 48-2 

 47-6 

 46-6 

 45-1 

 43-8 

 41-9 

 40-9 

 38-7 

 38-2 

 37-2 

 36-0 



46-5 



38-9 

 37-8 

 37-9 

 37-3 

 37-3 

 360 

 36-7 

 37-5 

 39-2 

 41-3 

 427 

 44-6 

 430 

 43-1 

 42-9 

 42-9 

 43-2 

 410 

 39-7 

 37-0 

 35-2 

 33-3 



Diff. 



Wind. 



Maximum 

 force in 

 It. lO". 



4-4 

 3-5 

 2-3 

 1-6 

 1-8 

 0-8 

 0-6 

 0-6 



0-3 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-3 

 0-5 

 0-7 

 1-0 

 1-2 

 1-5 

 1-8 

 2-1 

 3-4 

 3-7 

 4-5 

 4-9 

 4-9 

 3-1 

 2-2 

 0-5 

 11 

 11 

 0-8 

 0-4 



41 



2-1 

 1-4 

 2-0 

 1-5 

 1-6 

 1-2 

 1-4 

 1-8 

 2-4 

 3-1 

 4-3 

 5-1 

 5-5 

 61 

 5-7 

 60 

 5-8 

 3-3 

 3-0 

 2-9 

 1-8 

 0-6 



lbs. 

 0-1 

 01 

 0-1 

 01 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 0-0 



0-2 

 0-2 

 0-4 

 0-3 

 0-3 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-5 

 0-3 

 0-3 

 0-3 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 01 

 0-2 

 0-0 



3-4 

 0-3 

 0-3 

 0-3 

 0-2 

 0-3 

 0-3 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-4 

 0-4 

 0-4 

 0-4 

 0-3 

 0-4 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-1 



lbs. 



0-0 

 01 

 01 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 0-0 



0-2 

 0-2 

 0-3 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 01 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-2 

 0-3 

 0-1 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 00 

 0-2 

 0-0 

 0-0 



From 



2-2 1-7 



0-6 

 0-1 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 1 

 0-3 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-6 

 0-3 

 0-2 

 01 

 00 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 00 



4 



4 



3 



2 



3 

 31 

 29 

 29 

 28 

 25 

 22 

 23 

 23 

 22 

 28 

 20 

 28 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 18 



22 



22 



21 

 20 

 22 

 22 

 21 

 21 

 23 

 22 

 22 

 25 

 26 



26 

 28 

 26 

 28 

 26 

 23 

 24 



Clouds, 



Sc. : C.-s. : 01. 



moving 



from 



SIty 

 clouded. 



pt. pt. pt. 



— :22 



23: 



28 ; — ■ — 



28 



10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 



10-0 



10-0 



100 



10-0 



10-0 



10-0 



100 



10-0 



100 



10-0 



10-0 



100 



9-9 



9-9 



9-0 



50 



30 



4-5 



1-5 



0-5 



0-0 



0-0 



00 



0-3 



0-2 



0-2 



00 



0-0 



0-2 



0-2 



0-5 



0-5 



0-5 



03 



10 



40? 



2-5 



30 



8-0 



8-5 



60 



5-0 



0-2 



0-2 



0-0 



00 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



As before. 



Id. ; drops of rain. 

 Dense cirro-strati and haze. 

 Dart ; raini 



Id. ; rain2 



Id. ; rain' 



Id. ; raiiii-2 



Id. ; rain"''' 



Dark ; rain 

 Id. ; rain 



Id. 

 Id.; 

 Id.; 

 Id.; 



loose scud to N. 



id. 



id. 



rainO'2 



id. 



Nearly homogeneous. 



Id. ; cirro-strati 



Scud ; dense cirro-strati. 

 Id. 

 Id. 



Id. ; loose cumuli ; cirro-strati. 

 Scud and loose cumuli ; cirro-strati. t 



Thicli scud ; cumuli ; loose cumuli ; cirro-strati. 



Id. ; cir.-cum.-str. ; piles of cum. ; cirri; cir.-str. 

 Loose scud ; woolly cirri ; cumuli ; cirro-strati. Q) 



Id. ; as before. 



Loose cum. and cir.-str. ; sheets of cirri and cir. haze. 

 Cirro-stratous scud ; cirrous haze ; rain to WNW. ? 



Id. 

 Hazy on horizon. 



Id. : very faint aurora ? 



Clear ; auroral light to N., just perceptible. 

 Light clouds, chiefly to NW. 



(Sundaj- — Variable: clouds, scud, cum. -str., cirri ; at 

 I times clear ; passing showers. 

 Clouds to N. 



Id. to S. and W. D 



Quite clear. J 



Id. J 



Cirrous clouds to E. J 



Cirri ; cirro-strati. 

 Cir.-str. ; cumuli on E. horizon 

 As before. 



Cirri, and as before. O 

 Cir.-str. ; cum. on ENE. hor. ; 

 Detached loose cumuli ; cir.-str. 

 Loose cumuli. 

 Id. 



Id. ; cirri ; 



Id. ; cirri ; 



Scud ; loose cumuli 



Loose cumuli : cirri 



Cirri ; loose cumuli 



; strati on Cheviot. 



O 



[hor. O 



detached cum. round 



; cumuli on E. hor. O 



e 



o 

 o 



hazy. 



cirrous haze ; solar halo, 

 cirri ; cirrous haze. 

 ; haze on horizon, 

 id. 



Patches of scud ; 



Id.; 

 Hazy to E. 

 Id. 



id. 



Oct. 5-* 2'' 40'". A faint solar halo visible. 



Oct. S*" S*". A flash of lightning seen to B. : niurh lightning seen during the evening by various individuals; no thunder heard. 

 Oct. 7^ 3**. Masses of loose cumuli, some of them apparentiy acted on by diiferent currents : cirrous haze and cirri spreading over the 

 sky ; the haze on the horizon different from the cirrous haze. 



