988 A Seventh Memoir on the Law of Storms in India. [No. 131. 



At 5 p. m. heavy clouds accumulated in N. W. At 5| p. m. wind 

 N. W. Therm. 84°. At 6J p. m. wind suddenly shifted to S. W. 

 and blew for half an hour, as if from a furnace, it was so hot ; and 

 the thermometer rapidly rose to 90°. A few drops of rain fell. — (N. B. 

 To the S. W. was the open sea about 400 yards off.) The wind then 

 continued variable for about an hour, frequently shifting suddenly 

 in a most remarkable manner, from N. W. to S. W., blowing gently 

 from either quarter for a few minutes. At 74 p- m. the clouds broke, 

 and the threatened storm appeared to pass away to the Northward ; 

 the usual cool S. W. breeze succeeding the hot one, changing however 

 during the night to S. E. From this time until the -end of the 

 month, the weather was generally sultry and oppressive ; the highest 

 range of the thermometer was 90° 25', the lowest 79°; the winds were 

 variable, but chiefly from S. E. during the day, with squalls from 

 N. W. in the evening, and the nights calm. Thunder and lightning, 

 but no rain, accompanied the squalls until the 30th and 31st, when 

 nearly an inch of rain fell. On the last day, the wind was from the 

 N., and the sky overcast. 



1st June.— Wind from N. cloudy, rain, lightning; rain 0.10. Ther- 

 mometer 83°, lowest 79.° 



2d June. — Wind N. to N. W. cloudy, rain 0.20. Thermometer 

 83°, lowest 78°- 



3d June. — Cloudy, wind from N. W. to S. W. at night calm, and 

 towards morning S. W., rain 0.10. Thermometer 87°, lowest 84°. 



4th June. — Cloudy, wind S. W. At 7 p» m. thunder, lightning, 

 and rain from N. W., rain 0.05. Thermometer 90°, lowest 82°. 



5tk June. — Early part of day, wind N. W. with rain. At 10 a. m. 

 S. W. cloudy, fresh breeze. At 4 p. m. blowing almost a gale. At 6 

 a. m. moderate, rain 0.30. Thermometer 87°, lowest 83°. 



6tk June. — Wind S. W. rain at 6 p. m. heavy squall from N. W. 

 with thunder, lightning and rain. Thermometer 86°, lowest 76°, rain 

 inches 85 tenths. 



7th June. — S. W. cloudy, at night N. W., rain 0.05. 



1 may here remark, that the surf has been higher during the pre- 

 sent month, than I ever witnessed it before at this season. The above 

 may be useful, as shewing the extent of the storm which did so much 

 damage in Calcutta On the 3d instant. During the night of the 3d 



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