Meteoro logica I Observations , 



xix 



Abstract of the liesults of the Hourly Meteorological Observations 



taken at the Surveyor General 1 s Office, Calcutta, 



in the month of December, 1856. 



Solar Radiation, Weather, &c. 





U a 











r3 O 



"rt 



2 O . 









DDlS 





Prevailing direction 



General Aspect of the Sky. 



6 



W ^ 



d * 



of the Wind. 





P 



. 1" 



g'SG 













Inches. 







1 



135.0 





ST, W. & K. 



Cloudless till 10 a. m. scattered ^i till 

 5 p. m. cloudless afterwards. 



2 



130.5 





N. W. & N. 



Cloudless till 11 a. m. scattered ^i till 

 6 p. m. cloudless afterwards. 



3 



132.0 





S. W. & N. W. 



Cloudless till 10 a. m. scattered ^i & ^—i 

 till 6 p. M. cloudless & foggy afterwards. 



4 



140.0 





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



Cloudless till 11 a. m. scattered ^-i & ^i 

 till 9 P. M. cloudless afterwards. 



5 



136.0 





N. W. & N. 



Cloudless till 11 a. m. scattered ^i & \— i 

 till 5 P. M. cloudless afterwards. 



6 



133.4 





N. W. & N. 



Cloudless till 11 a. m. scattered *^i till 

 3 p. m. cloudless afterwards. 



7 



Sunday. 









8 



133.4 





N. W. & N, 



Cloudless till 1 p. m. scattered clouds 



9 



10 



•• 





N. 



N. W. & N. 



Cloudy. [afterwards. 

 Cloudy. 



11 



136.5 





N. W. & W. 



Scattered ^— i. [wards. 



12 



132.0 





N. 



Scattered W till 3 A. M. cloudless after- 



13 



133.2 





N. 



Cloudless. 



14 



Sunday. 







[7 P. M. cloudless afterwards. 



15 



134.0 





N. 



Cloudless till 3 p. m. scattered N— i till 



16 



130.2 





N.W. 



Cloudless. 



17 



135.0 





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



Cloudless, also foggy before sunrise. 



IS 



131.6 





N. & N. W. 



Cloudless. 



19 



132.0 





N. W. & N. 



Cloudless. 



20 



133.0 





N. W. & N. 



Cloudless. 



21 



Sunday. 







[8 A. M. cloudless afterwards. 



22 



131.0 





N. & N. W. 



Cloudless till 2 a. m. scattered ^-i till 



213 



126.5 





N.W. 



Cloudless. 



24 



129.8 





N. & N. W. 



Cloudless. 



25 



Xmas. 









2G 



134.3 





N.W. 



Cloudless. 



27 



135.6 





N. W. & N. 



Cloudless. 



28 



Sunday. 









29 



135.6 





Variable. 



Cloudless. * 



30 



132.0 





Calm & N. W. 



Cloudless till 11 a. M. scattered ^-i till 

 4 r. M. cloudless afterwards. 



31 



131.0 



•• 



Calm & W. 



Cloudless till 6 a. m. scattered M & ^-i 

 till 8 p. m. cloudless afterwards. 



M Cirri, V_ i Cirro strati, 

 V\-i Cirro cumuli. 



^i Cumuli, *vi Cuniulo strati, V>_i Nimbi, — i Sti 



