Meteorological Observations. 



Ixxvii 



Jistract of the Results of the Hourly Meteorological Observations 



tahen at the Surveyor OeneraVs Office, Calcutta, 



in the month of October, 1864. 



Solar Radiation, Weather, &c. 





Rain G-auge 

 5 feet above 

 Grround. 







Inches. 



1340 



0.12 



1440 



1.57 





0.20 



... 



*1.55 



140.0 



... 



142.8 



... 



132.5 



1.59 



132.2 



o!87 



143.0 



,,, 



125.0 





126.0 





135.0 





136.4 



... 



146.2 



... 



145.4 



... 



... 



0.16 



... 



QJL6 



Prevailing direction 

 of the Wind. 



S. & S. E. 



Sunday. 



N. & N". W. & E. 



E. &S. 



E. (vanes broken.) 



Sunday. 



S.' & S. E. & N. E. 



S. & N. E. 



Variable. 

 S. E. & N, 



Sunday. 



1ST. 



N. & S. E. 



K. & S. E. & 3ST. W. 

 N". W. & E. & S. E, 

 N. E. & E. 





General Aspect of the Sky. 



Cloudless till 5 a. m. Scatd. clouds 

 till 6 p. M. cloudless afterwards, 

 also raining between 1 & 2 P. m. 



Cloudless till 10 a. m. ^i till 5 p. m„ 

 cloudy afterwards ; also thunder- 

 ing and raining at 7 & 8 p. m. 



Cloudy ; also drizzling at noon & 1 

 p. m. & from 5 to 11 p. m. 



Heavy scud also heavy driving 

 rain. From midnight to 6 p. m. a 

 Cyclone passed over Calcutta. 



Cloudy till 6 a. m. N-i & ^i till 5 p. 

 m. cloudless afterwards. 



Cloudless till 4 a. m. ^~i & ^i after- 

 wards. 



Scatd. clouds till 4 p. m. cloudy after- 

 wards ; also raining between 5 & 

 6 P. M. 



Cloudy ; also raining after intervals. 



\-i till 3 a, m. Scatd. clouds till 1 p. 

 m. ^i till 6 p. m. cloudless after- 

 wards. 



Cloudless till 7 a.m. N— i & ^i after- 

 wards. 



Cloudless till 4 a.m. ^i afterwards. 



M & \— i till 9 a. m. ^i afterwards. 



W till 10 a. m. V-i & rxi till 6 P. M. 

 cloudless afterwards also slightly 

 foggy from 9 to 11 p. m. 



Cloudless till 10 a. m. r\j till 4 p. m. 

 cloudless afterwards. 



v-i till 7 a.m. ^i till 4 p. m. cloud- 

 less afterwards. 



M till 5 a. m. v_i till 10 a. m. ^i till 5 

 p. m, M & \— i afterwards. 



Cloudy; also^ drizzling from 1 to 11 

 p. M. 



Cloudy ; also drizzling nearly the 

 whole day. 



. 



* By gauge attached to the Anemometer. 



\i Cirri,— i Strati, <-u Cumuli, ^-i Cirro strati, <M Cumulo strati, Vv-i Nimbi 

 Y» i Cirro cumuli. 



