390 Dairy METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, AUGUST 18—24, 1846. 
THERMOMETERS. WIND. 
ts ||) Rabo [eee ia oe. Sky 
Mean || METER aximum bo eee SDs Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 
Time. | st 82°. | Dey. | Wet. | Dig. free i> | From mating: | oni 
d. h in. % s o lbs. | Ibs, pt pt. pt. pt. 0—10. 
18 0 || 29-274 || 58-8] 58-4) 0-4]| 0-4) 0-1] 6 |) 11:—:—|| 10-0 || Scud; mass of cirro-strati; rain? 
2 265 || 63-6] 61-0| 2-6|| 0-2) 0-1} 4 /11:—:—] 9-5 Id. ; loose cumuli; cirro-cumulo-strati. © 
4 261 || 66-7] 61-4| 5-3 |] 0-1] 0-1} 11 ||} 14:—:—]] 5-0 || Loose cumuli. 
6 273 || 62-6) 59-5| 3-1]} 0-1] 0-1) 18 || 14:—:— 7-5 || Electric clouds to S. and W.; cumuli; woolly cirri. 
8 307 || 56-2] 55-0} 1-2|| 0-2] 0-0] 10 |} 10:—:14 5-0 || Seud; cirri. 
10 339 || 55-8| 55-6/ 0-2] 0-1) 0-1) 2 10-0 || Overcast ; slight fog. 
18 || 29-406 || 52-0| 51-6) 0-4)! 0-2} 0-0) 14 10-0 || Fog, rendering trees invisible at 4 of a mile. 
20 439 || 53-0] 52-5} 0-5 || 0-1) 0-0] 24 ||}22: 6:—|| 8-5 || Loose foggy scud clearing off; scud and woolly cir.-str. 
22 456 || 62-8] 60-3 2-5|| 0-1) O-L| 6 || 3: O0:—) 8-5 || Misty seud; loose cumuli; woolly cirri. 
19 0 468 || 64-0] 58-8| 5-2]/ 0-3) 0-4) 2 |) 2:—-:—|| 8-5 || Seud and loose cumuli; large piles of cumuli to W. 
2 478 || 65-0} 59-2| 5-8] 0-5) 0-2) 4 ||31:—:—|] 3-5 || Loose cumuli. © 
4 483 || 65-4] 59-0} 6-4]] 0-4] 0-2) 2 1: b - 420. Id. (0) 
6 503 || 64-0) 59-0} 5-0]/ 0-2} 0-1 7 1-5 || Cum., cum.-str., cirri, and cirrous haze round horizon. © 
8 512 || 59-2] 57-9] 1-3]} 0-1] 0-1] 31 0-2 || Stratus and haze round horizon. 
10 536 || 54-8] 54-2) 0-6]| 0-1) 0-1} 18 7-5 || Send and cirro-strati ; misty. 
18 || 29-514 || 52-8} 52-3} 0-5|| 0-1} 0-0} 20 || —:30:— || 9.8 || Cirro-cumulo-strati and cirro-strati. 
20 512 || 57-0} 55-3| 1-7] 0-2] 0-2| 20 || 24:30:—|| 10-0 || A few patches of seud ; cir.-str., cir.-cum., and cir. haze, 
22 509 || 59-7| 56-0| 3-7 || 0-5| 0-4) 22 10-0 Id. ; dense mass of cirro-stratus. 
20 0 498 || 59-6] 57-8| 1-8]| 0-4] 0-1) 18 |} 18:—:—]] 10.0 || Loose seud ; dense mass of cir.-str. ; rain!” since last 
2 481 || 60:6] 58-8] 1-8 || 0-4) 0-3} 20 |} 20:—:—]| 10.0 || Scud; rain! [observation. 
4 460 || 62-1} 60-0} 2-1}! 0-2] 0-1] 17 ||21:—:—|} 10-0 || Id.; cirro-strati. 
6 457 || 60-8| 58-6| 2-2}| 0-2| 0-1} 21 || 21:—-:—|| 9.9 Tass id. 
8 471 |} 59-6} 58-0] 1-6]| 0-1} 9-1) 22 | 24:—:—J] 10-0 Id.;  cirro-stratus. 
10 488 || 58-3] 57-5} 0-8|| 0-1} 0-1} 19 10-0 der id. 
18 || 29-564 || 59-0} 57-5 | 1:5]| 0-1] O-1| 24 2:—:—|] 10-0 || Scud; cirro-stratus. 
20 621 || 60-1} 58-2} 1-9}| 0-5] 0-1] O || 2:—:—]) 10-0 Id. 
22 671 || 60-0} 57-3} 2-7|| 0-5] 0-7} 1 2:—:—| 10-0 Id. ; id. 
21 0 705, || 62-2} 58-0) 4-2]| 0-4) 0-3} 1 1: 1:—J| 9-9 || Seud and cirro-cumulo-strati; cirro-stratus. ) 
2 733 || 65-0} 60-2| 4-8 }| 0-3] 0-1] 5] 0: 0:—] 9-9 Id. ; id. e 
4 741 || 66-7} 61-6} 5-1 |) 0-1} 0-1] 18 || 14:30:—|| 7-0 || Seud and loose eumuli; loose cirro-cumulo-strati. © 
6 755 || 66-7} 60-8| 5-9|| 0-1] 0-1] 1 |}——:30:—|| 9-0 || Cirro-cumulo-strati. 
8 793 || 59-2] 57-0] 2-2|| 0-1] 0-1} 4 |}28:—-:—| 3-0 || Scud; woolly cirri. 
10 815 || 58-0} 56-5} 1-5 || 0-1] 0-0 9-0 || Scud and cirro-strati. 
18 || 29-819 || 54-0] 53-0| 1-0]] 0-1] 0-0) 20 |} —:26:—|| 6.0 | Cirro-cum.-strati. [from about WSW. an hour ago. 
20 836 || 54-2| 53-2) 1-0|) 0-2) 0-1) 30 10-0 || Fog, trees are invisible at 400 yards. The fog came up 
22 836 || 60-4) 57-6] 2-8|| 0-1| 0-1) 20 1-0 || Cumulo-strati; cumuli and haze round horizon. (0) 
22 0 828 || 66-5| 62-2} 4-3]] 0-3] 0-2} 18 || 24:—:—|| 6.0 || Loose cumuli. (>) 
2 827 || 67-8| 62-8} 5-0]| 0-7] 0-3} 18 || 21:—:— || 5-0 Id. e 
4 819 || 69-4| 63-9) 5-5|| 0-5) 0-3| 20 | 29:—:—|} 2-5 || Send and loose cumuli; streaks of cirro-stratus. (0) 
6 825 || 66-0| 62-0) 4:0 || 0-2| 0-1} 3 ||}29:24:—]| 4-5 || Loose cum.; cir.-cum.-str.; cirri rad. from SW by S.; 
8 843 || 63-0] 60-0} 3-0|| 0-1) 0-1 4 ||—:29:—]| 10-0 || Cirro-stratous scud. [very hazy on hor.© 
10 858 || 61-7| 60-0] 1-7 || 0-1] 0-1] 20 10-0 Id. 
23 0 | 29-995 || 56-0} 55-7] 0-3|| 1-0) 0-4) 4 || 4:—:—J] 10-0 || Scud; drizzling rain. 
18 | 30-051 || 50-3) 50-1} 0-2|} 0-6] 0-0) 18 }—:31:21] 8-0 || Cirro-cumulo-strati; woolly cirri. 8 
20 067 || 55-2} 53-5} 1-7} 0-1} 0-1) 15 |} —:31:—] 9-8 Id. ; id. : loose seud on §S. hor. 
22 065 || 59-2) 54-7) 4-5 |/ 0-1} 0-0), 8 | 2: 1:—|| 9-8 || Scud; cirro-cumulo-str. ; both currents moving slowly. 
24 0 080 || 64-0) 57-7| 6-3)|| 0-2| 0-1] 16 || 4:30:—J 9-0 || Masses of eumuli; cirro-cumulo-strati. 8 
2 081 || 63-:7| 57-1) 6-6|| 0-3) 0-1) 4 }—:31:—)] 10-0 Tak; id. 
4 077 || 61-7| 55-5) 6-2|) 0-2) 0-2} 5 0: 28:— 5-0 Id. ; id, (0) 
6 083 || 60-0| 54-2} 5-8 || 0-5] 0-3} 4 | 1-0 || Cumuli. 0} 
8 095 || 55-7} 53-1] 2-6|| 0-3).0-3) 4 | 0-5 || Haze and cirro-strati on horizon. 
10 || 117 || 47-3) 46-6] 0-7)) 0-1} 0-0) 20 | 0-0 || Very clear. 
18 | 30-124 || 42-0} 41-7 |f0-3 || 0-1} 0-0| 16 | 0-1 || Streak of cloud on N. hor. ; mist in the valleys. {O) 
20 132 || 48-8] 48-1 |0-7 0-1| 0-0} 20 1-5 | Cirri radiating from NW. ; cum. and haze on N. hor.© 
The direction of the wind is indicated by the number of the point of the compass, reckoning N. = 0, BE. =8,8.=16, W.= 24. The 
motions of the three strata of clouds, Sc. (seud), C.-s. (cirro-stratus), and Ci. (cirrus), are indicated in a similar manner. 
Aug. 185 65, Two or three peals of thunder since 5 from S. and SW. 
