Meteorological Observations. 



XXIX 



Abstract of tlie Results of tlie Hourly Meteorological Observations 



taken at the Surveyor General's Office, Calcutta, 



in the month of September, 1859. 



Solar Radiation, Weather, &c. 





Rain Gauge 

 5 feet above 

 Ground. 



O 



Inches. 



126.0 





119.0 



0.11 



.. 



0.72 



Sunday. 

 123.0 



0.56 



124.8 





127.0 



1.11 



118.0 



0.26 



126.2 



0.79 



Sunday. 



1.34 



•• 



•• 



128.5 



•• 



130.4 



.. 



.. 



0.76 



.. 



1.16 



• • 



0.16 



Sunday. 





135.2 



1.26 





1.96 



•• 



0.14 



•• 



0.67 



127.6 



.. 



135.3 



0.32 



Prevailing direction 

 of the Wind. 



Calm &. K E. 



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



S. E. &. E. 



S. E. &. S. 



S. 



S. &S. E. &N. W. 



N. W. & W. 

 W. & S. W. 



s. & w. 



s. w. & s. 



N. E. & S. W 

 S. W. & N. W. 



s. w. 



s. 



S. &E. 



s. 

 s. 



s. 



s. & s. w. 

 s.&s. w. 



General Aspect of the Sky. 



Cloudy. 



Cloudy, with slight drizzling ac 11 a. 

 m. and 2 p. M. 



Cloudy, with constant drizzling be- 

 tween 6 a. m. and 4 p. M. 



Cloudy with rain at 3 and 6 p. m. 



Scatd. clouds. 



Cloudy, with rain at 8 A. M. and 7 P. M. 



Scatd. **— i till 8 A. M. cloudy after- 

 wards, with rain between 10 and 11 

 A. M. 



Cloudy, with constant rain between 2 

 and 8 P. M. 



Cloudy and drizzling occasionally. 



Cloudy till 1 p. m. Scatd. N-i till 8 P. 



M. cloudless afterwards. 

 Cloudless till 8 A. M. Scatd. ^i and ^— i 



till 6 p. M. cloudless afterwards. 

 Cloudless till 5 a. m. Scatd. ^— i and 



^i afterwards. 

 Cloudy, with rain between 4 and 5 a. 



m. and also between 8 and 11 p. m. 

 Cloudy, with rain between 4 and 5 a. 



m. and also at 9 A. M. 

 Scatd. M and ^-i till 9 A. M. Scatd. ^i 



afterwards ; also slightly raining be- 

 tween 11 a. m. and 1 p. m. 



Scatd. ^-i till 8 A. m. cloudy after- 

 wards ; also raining at 2 and 5 and 

 6 p. M. 



Cloudy, with rain from 8 A. M. till Noon. 



Cloudy, with slight drizzling at 7 and 

 10 a. M. and also at 6 P. M. 



Cloudy till 6 P. M. with rain from 3 

 a. M. to 7 A. m., cloudless after 6 



P. M. 



Cloudless till 8 A. m. Scatd. V-i and ^i 

 till 9 P. M. cloudless afterwards. 



Cloudless till 5 a. m. Scatd. clouds 

 afterwards with rain at 10 P. M. 



M Cirri, v— i cirro strati, ^i cumuli, 

 ^i cirro cumuli. 



n-i cumulo strati, Vw nimbi, — i strati, 



