Meteorological Observations. 



lxi 



Abstract of the Results of the Hourly Meteorological Observations 



taken at the Surveyor General's Office, Calcutta, 



in the month of August, 1865. 



Solar Radiation, Weather, &c. 





03 33 





■ . 



i M § 









1 => "i 



6^ E 



Prevailing direction 



General Aspect of the Sky. 



i g % 



~ 'i ? 



of the Wind. 





n j s ** 



i|S?B 











Inches. 







1 131.7 



1.72* 



S. & S. E. 



Overcast to 2 p, it, ^i & M afterwards. 

 Rain from Midnight to 9 A. M. 



2 ... 



0.75 



S. & S. E. 



Overcast. Rain at midnight & 3 A. M. & 

 from 5 to 11 A. M. 



3 126.0 





S. 



M & ^i to 2 p. m. Overcast afterwards. 



4 126.0 





S. 



M & n i. 



5 131.0 



... 



S. 



v — i to 3 a. m. Scud, from S. to 7 a. m. <"u 



afterwards. 



6 122.4 





S. 



"i to 7 p. m. M afterwards. Thin rain at 

 2 & 4 p. m. 



7 124.0 





S. 



Overcast to 6 A. M. ^ i to 5 p. m. Cloud- 











less afterwards. Thin rain at 1 & 3 









• 



A. M. & 5 P. M. 



8 1 





s. & s. w. 



Cloudless to 4 a. m. V— i to 3 P. ar. M & <->i 











afterwards. 



9 



125.0 



0.22 



s. 



^—i & ^i to 2 p. M. Overcast afterwards. 









Rain at 2 a. m. & 3 p, m. 



10 129.0 



... 



s. 



v — i to 6 a. m. ^i afterwards. 



11 131.4 





s. 



^i to 7 A. ir. "i to 3 p. m. Cloudless 

 afterwards. Light rain at 2 & 3 p. m. 



12 131 6 





s. 



v — i to 6 A. M. <~>i to 2 p. M. V^j afterwards. 



13 127.0 





s. 



Cloudless to 5 a. m. ^i to 9 p. m. Cloud- 

 less afterwards. Light rain at 8 p. M. 



14 134.0 





s. 



Cloudless to 5 a. m. r\i to 6 p. m. ^-i to 











the E. afterwards. Thin rain at 1 p, M. 



15 



137.0 





S. E. &E. & S. 



^— i & M to 10 a. m. ^i afterwards. Light 

 rain between 2 & 3 P. M. 



161 126.0 



0.20 



S. E. &E. &S. 



Cloudless to 2 a. m. Overcast to 7 p. m. 

 Cloudless afterwards. Rain at 2, 3, 5 



& 6 P. M. 



17 129.6 



0.13 



S. 



Overcast to 7 a. m. V\-i to 1 p. sr. Overcast 

 to 6 p. M. Cloudless afterwards. Rain 

 at 1, 5 & 6 a. M. 



18 131.5 





S. &E. 



Cloudless to 4 a. m. <-*i to 7 p. m. Cloud- 

 less afterwards. Light rain at 3 p. m. 



l&l 132.0 



0.18 



"S. & S. E. 



Cloudless to 5 a. m. ^i to 8 p. m. Cloud- 











less afterwards. Thin rain at 2, 3 & 6 



20J 129.0 



0.12 E. & S. E. 

 1 



P. M. 



<">i. Thin rain at 1, 2 & 6 p. m. 



M Cirri, — i Strati, n i Cumuli, ^-i Cirro-strati, ^-i Cumulo-strati, ^i Nimbi, 

 V\i Cirro cumuli. 



* Fell from 2 p. m. of the 31st July to 9 A. «. of the 1st, 



