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Hourly Meteorological Observations, December 29 — 31, 1844. 



Gott. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



li. 



29 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



30 

 I 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 



31 



BAno- 



METER 



at 32°. 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



22 



23 

 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 



U 



12 



13 



14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



29-765 

 765 

 778 

 792 



807 

 820 

 822 

 823 

 822 

 826 

 835 

 837 

 841 

 853 

 863 

 869 

 SSI 

 878 

 868 

 867 



29-859 

 862 

 866 

 872 

 873 

 871 

 875 

 885 

 895 

 910 

 916 

 913 

 908 

 910 

 918 

 933 

 934 

 945 

 953 

 960 

 977 

 29-995 

 30005 

 29999 



29-999 

 30-004 

 013 

 013 

 010 

 009 

 008 

 017 

 038 

 050 

 052 



Thermometers. 



Dry. 



AVet. 



34-7 

 34-7 

 34-7 

 34-8 

 35-3 

 34-8 

 35-7 

 37-4 

 38-7 

 40-1 

 39-4 

 39-4 

 37-7 

 36-7 

 36-7 

 36-5 

 36-2 

 35-5 

 35-5 

 35-7 



35-4 

 36-3 

 35-9 

 35-6 

 35-1 

 35-6 

 35-7 

 35-4 

 35-5 

 35-4 

 36-8 

 37-9 

 39-7 

 41-6 

 41-2 

 37-8 

 35-2 

 32-4 

 31-4 

 31-3 

 30-8 

 29-4 

 31-3 

 310 



30-9 

 31-2 

 29-3 

 28-2 

 29-4 

 28-8 

 28-0 

 27-3 

 26-8 

 28-2 

 29-2 



33-9 

 34-0 

 34-1 

 34-2 

 34-7 

 34-3 

 35-1 

 36-7 

 37-7 

 39-1 

 38-6 

 38-5 

 37-2 

 36-2 

 36-2 

 .36-1 

 35-8 

 35-0 

 35-2 

 35-4 



351 

 36-0 

 35-6 

 35-1 

 34-8 

 35-2 

 35-1 

 350 

 350 

 .34-9 

 36-2 

 37-2 

 38-7 

 39-8 

 38-6 

 37-0 

 34-6 

 32-2 

 31-1 

 31-1 



29-7 

 31-2 

 30-9 



30-7 

 31-0 

 29-5 

 28-4 

 29-2 

 28-8 

 28-0 

 27-3 

 26-7 

 28-0 

 28-7 



Diff. 



Wind. 



Slaximum 

 force in 

 li>. lO". 



From 



0-8 

 0-7 

 0-6 

 0-6 

 0-6 

 0-5 

 0-6 

 0-7 

 1-0 

 10 

 0-8 

 0-9 

 0-5 

 0-5 

 0-5 

 0-4 

 0-4 

 0-5 

 0-3 

 0-3 



0-3 

 0-3 

 0-3 

 0-5 

 0-3 

 0-4 

 0-6 

 0-4 

 0-5 

 0-5 

 0-6 

 0-7 

 I-O 

 1-8 

 2-6 

 0-8 

 0-6 

 0-2 

 0-3 

 0-2 



0-1 

 01 



0-2 

 0-2 



0-2 



0-1 

 0-2 

 0-5 



lbs. 



0-1 

 00 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 01 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 01 

 00 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 



0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-1 



Il)». 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 00 



0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-1 

 0-1 



pt. 



18 

 17 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 6 

 24 



18 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 17 



15 

 16 

 16 

 20 



16 

 20 

 16 

 20 



4 

 20 

 19 

 19 

 21 

 22 

 18 

 21 

 22 

 21 

 21 

 20 

 18 

 20 

 22 

 20 

 20 

 16 

 18 



17 



18 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 17 

 20 

 24 

 22 

 22 

 24 

 22 



Clouds, 



Sc.:C.-8.:Ci, 



moving 



from 



pt. pt. pt. 



28 



Sky 

 clouded. 



20 



0— 111. 



9-9 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 



5-0 



8-0 



9-5 



9-5 



9-8 



9-9 

 10-0 



8-0 



5-0 

 10-0 



9-0 

 100 

 10-0 

 10-0 



9-9 



10-0 

 9-8 



10-0 



10-0 



10-0 



10-0 



100 



10-0 

 9-9 

 9-8 

 6-0 

 0-5 

 0-2 

 0-5 

 0-5 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-3? 

 9-8 

 2-0 



2-5 

 8-2 

 1-0 

 1-0 

 6-0 

 5-0 

 3-0 

 3-5 

 6-0 

 7-0 

 7-0 



Species of Clouds and ft[eteorologicaI Kemarks. 



Cirro-cumulous scud ; cirro-strati. 



Id. 

 Scud and cirrous clouds ? 



Id. 

 Thick cirro-cumulous scud. 



Id. 

 Cirro-cumulous scud ; cirri. 



id. 

 id. 

 cirro-cumulous scud, 

 id. 



stars dim ; drops of rain. 



id.; 

 dark, 

 id. : stars dim. 



O 



cirrous clouds above, 

 cirro-strati, 

 id. 



Id.; 



Id.; 

 Cirro-stratous scud : 

 Id.; 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id.; 

 Id.; 

 Id.; 

 Id.; 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 



Cirro-stratous scud. 



Id. 



Id. 

 Cirro-cumulous scud. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id.; 



Id.; 



Id.; 

 Cirro-cumolo-strati. 



Id. ; cirro-strati. 



Id. 

 Cir.-str. ; cirri on hot. ; patch of scud on Cheviot. 

 Cirro-cumuli ; cirro-strati ; cirri. 

 Cirro-strati ; cirri ; haze on horizon. 

 Faint streaks of cirri to NE. 

 Thin cirri. 



Id. 

 Cirro-strati on NE. horizon. 

 Slight fog. 

 Cirro-cumulo-strati. 



Id. 



Cirro-cumulo-strati. 



Id. 



Id. ; faint aurora to N. ? 



Misty scud ; cirro-cumulo-strati ; aurora to N. J 



Cirro-cumulo-strati ; fog just gone. 



Id. ; lunar corona. 



Id. ; id. 



Cirro-cumulous scud. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



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

 motions of the three strata of clouds, Sc. (scudj, C.-s. (cirro-stratusj, and C'ir. (cirrus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



: 24. The 



