Meteorological Observations, 



xxxiu 



Abstract of the Results of tlie Hourly Meteorological Observations 



taken at the Surveyor GeneraVs Office, Calcutta, 



in the month of September, 1855. 



Solar radiation, Weather, &c. 





S.2 









a 

 Q 



'o a 



Rain. 



Prevailing direction 

 of the Wind. 



General Aspect of the Sky. 





o 



Inches. 







1 



129.8 



0.20 



E. or S. 



Cloudless till 5 a. m. scattered 'M till 

 8 p. m. cloudless afterwards. 



2 



Sunday. 



.. 



.. 





3 



119.0 



•• 



E. or S. E. 



Various clouds till 7 p. m. cloudless 

 afterwards, also drizzling at 1 a. m. 



4 



.. 



.. 



E. or E. S. E. 



Cloudy. [and 1 p. M. 



5 



. . 





E. or S. E. 



Cloudy with drizzling between 11 a. m. 



6 





0.20 



E. 



Cloudy and constantly raining. 



7 



. . 



0.80 



E. or S. E. 



Ditto. 



8 



.. 



4.29 



E. or S. E. 



Cloudy and raining the whole day. 



9 



Sunday. 



2.61 







10 





0.46 



E. 



Cloudy with little rain before sunrise. 



11 



, . 



1.46 



E. S. E. orS. W. 



Cloudy with rain between 3 and 5 p. m. 



12 



•• 



•• 



S. W. or N. E. orS. 



Cloudless till 5 a.m. scattered ^i after- 

 wards, [also at 11 a. m. 



13 



. . 



0.51 



S. orE. or S. E. 



Cloudy with rains before sunrise and 



14 



•• 



0.62 



S. E. or W. or S. 



Cloudy and raining between Midnight 

 and 5 a. m. and also at 5 p. m. 



15 



•• 



0.59 



Variably. 



Cloudless till 5 a. m. cloudy afterwards, 

 also raining at 2^ and 4 p. m. 



L6 



Sunday. 



0.28 



.. 





17 



115.0 



0.22 



S. E. or N. or N. E. 



Cloudy with rains between 4 and 5 p. M. 



1* 



.. 



4.15 



N. or N. W. or W. 



Cloudy with rains the whole day. 



19 



,. 



1.36 



N, E. or W. 



Cloudy with much rain before sunrise. 



20 



•• 



0.28 



W. 



Cloudless till 3 a. m. Cloudy afterwards 

 with little rain between 10 and 1 1 p.m. 



21 



108.0 



. . 



W. or W. S. W. 



Cloudy. [wards. 



n 



132.7 





S. W. or W. or E. 



Cloudless till 5 a. m. scattered ^i after- 



23 



Sunday. 



.. 





[tween 3 and 4 p.m. 



21 



135.5 



0.19 



S. or N. E. or S. E. 



Cloudy with a smart shower of rain be- 



25 



130.0 



0.22 



Calm or S. E. or s.s.e. 



Scattered M till 3 a. m. cloudless till 

 7 A. M. scattered *"»i afterwards also 

 rain between 2 and 3 p. m. 



2i. 



134.0 



,. 



S. E. or S. 



Scattered ^i. 



27 



136.7 



0.47 



S. or S. W. or S. 



^— i at horizon till 7 a. m. scattered n i 

 till 6 p. m. overcast afterwards with 

 lightning and rain at 7 and 8 P. M. 



2h 



145.0 



0.22 



S. or E. 



Cloudy till 2 A. M. scattered M and ^-i 











till 11 a. M. cloudy afterwards with 

 rain at 3 P. M. 



29 



•• 



• . 



N. E. or S. E. 



Cloudy more or less the whole day with 

 little drizzling at Noon. 



30 



Sunday. 



0.26 



•• 





M Cirri, ^-i cirro strati, ^i cumuli, <M cumulo strati, V\-i nimbi, — i strati. 



Vt ; cirro cumuli. 



