Meteorological Observations. 



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Abstract of the Results of the Hourly Meteorological Observations 

 taken at the Surveyor General's Office, Calcutta, 

 in the month of Aicgust, 1856. 

 Solar radiation, Weather, &c. 



Sunday. 

 1170 



121.5 

 122.4 



114.0 



Sunday. 



129.0 



Sunday, 



Sunday. 



131.0 

 122.0 

 135.0 



Sunday. 



Rain. 



Inches, 



0.20 

 0.50 



0.34 



048 



0.07 



1.21 



150 

 0.07 

 0.52 

 1.49 



0.36 



0.04 

 010 

 0.72 



0.53 

 0.40 



0.97 

 Oil 

 0.25 



0.32 



0.12 



Prevailing direction 

 of the Wind. 



S. E or S. 

 S. E. 



E. 



E. 



S. or S. E. 



S. or S. W. 



S. or S. W. 



S. W. 



S. W. or S. or S. E. 

 S. W. or S. 

 S. or S. E. 



S. 



S. E. or S. 



N. E. or N. or W. 



S. E. or E. 



E. or S. E. 



S. E. orE. 



S.E. 



S. E. or S. 



S.E. 

 S.E. 



S. 



s. 



s. 



General Aspect of the Sky. 



Cloudy and constantly drizzling. 

 Cloudy and raining between midnight 

 [and 2 a, m, 



Cloudy and drizzling occasionally. 

 Cloudy and occasionally raining. 

 Cloudy & also rain between 9 & 10 a. m. 

 Cloudless till 4 a. m., clouds of various 

 [kinds afterwards 

 Scattered clouds, also slightly drizzling 

 [between 3 & 4 a. m. 

 Cloudy, and constantly raining. 



[tween midnight and 6 a. m. 

 Cloudy, and also constantly raining be- 

 Cloudy & slightly drizzling at midnight. 

 Cloudy and occasionally raining. 

 Cloudy, and raining very heavily be- 

 tween midnight and 2 A. M. 

 Scattered clouds of various kinds. 

 Cloudy and occasionally raining. 



[and 3 p. m. 

 Cloudy, also a shower of rain between 2 

 Cloudy and occasionally raining. 

 Scattered ^— i. 



Cloudy & occasionaly slightly drizzling. 

 Cloudy and constantly raining. 

 Cloudy and occasionally raining. 



Cloudy and occasionally drizzling. 

 Cloudy and occasionally drizzling 

 Scattered <^i. [wards. 



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

 Scattered clouds and a shower of rain 

 [at 4 p. M. 

 Cloudy till 6 a. m scattered clouds of 

 [various kinds afterwards. 



M Cirri. ^— i cirro strati, «"»i cumuli, <M euuiulo strati, V-^-i 

 Vx i cirro cumuli. 



Nimbi, — i strati, 



