XXXVlll 



Meteorological Observations. 



Abstract of the Results of the Hourly Meteorological Observations 



taken at the Surveyor General 1 s Office, Calcutta, 



in the month of May, 1859. 



Solar Radiation, Weather, &c. 



■31 



03 « 



Rain Gauge 

 5 feet above 

 Ground. 



o 



Inches. 



131.0 



•• 



Sunday. 

 139.0 



0.78 



130.0 



0.50 



131.0 



• • 



•• 



0.12 



131.8 



.. 



Sunday. 

 135.5 



i 



•• 



0.16 



Prevailing direction 

 of the Wind. 



E. & S. E. & S. 



S. 

 S. 

 S. &E. 



S. &N.E.&E. 

 S. & E. & S. E. 



S. & S. W. 



S. & E. 

 E. & S. E. 



General Aspect of the Sky. 



Cloudy till 4 a. m. Scatd. V-i & r»i till 

 6 p. M. cloudy afterwards ; also slight- 

 ly drizzling at 8 p. M. 



Cloudless till 7 A. M. Scatd. N-i 

 afterwards. 



Scatd. clouds ; also lightning and driz- 

 zling at 9 p. M. 



Cloudy, also raining & thundering & 

 lightning at 6 & 7 P. M. 



Cloudless till 5 a. m. Scatd. *"»i till 5 p, 

 m. cloudless afterwards. 



Cloudless till 3 a.m. cloudy afterwards ; 

 also thundering & lightning & driz- 

 zling between 8 & 11 P. M. 



Scatd. clouds ; also drizzled slightly at 

 Midnight. 



Cloudless till 6 A. M. Scatd. \— i & ^i 



afterwards. 

 Cloudy till 6 p. M. cloudless afterwards j 



also drizzled between 3 & 6 A. m. 



