Meteorological Observations, 



lxii 



Abstract of the Results of the Hourly Meteorological Observations 

 taken at the Surveyor GeneraVs Office, Calcutta, 

 in the month of April, 1855. 

 Solar radiation, Weather, &c. 



83 



S a 

 o.2 



.2 



Prevailing direction 

 of the Wind. 



General Aspect of the Sky. 



£ 



| 2 



CO 



S3 













Inches. 







i 



Sunday . 



0.14 



.... 





2 



145.0 





S. or S. W. 



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

 ^i or M till 8 p. m. cloudless after- 

 wards. 



3 



151.9 





W. or S. 



Cloudless till 7 a. m. scattered s —\ till 1 

 p. m. cloudless afterwards. 



4 



151.7 





S. or N. E. 



Cloudless. 



5 



144.2 





S. or S. E. 



Cloudless till 8 a. m. scattered M and 



C 



Good-fri 



day. 





\— i till 7 p. m. cloudless afterwards. 



7 



135.7 





S. or S. V. 



Cloudless till 5 a. m. scattered r*i or ^— i 

 till 5 p. m. cloudless afterwards. 



8 



Sunday. 





.... 





9 



153.5 





S. S. E.orS.orS.W. 



More or less cloudy till 4 p. m. cloud- 

 less afterwards. 



10 



139.0 





S. or S. E. 



Cloudless. 



11 



133 4 





S. E. or S. 



Cloudless till 7 a. m. various clouds till 

 7 P. m. cloudless afterwards. 



12 



140.0 





S. 



Cloudless till 5 a. m. more or less 

 cloudy afterwards. 



13 



129.4 





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



Cloudy till 6p.m. cloudless afterwards. 



14 



143.0 





Calm or S. E. 



Cloudless till 4 A. m. various clouds 



t 







till 8 p. M. cloudless afterwards. 



15 Sunday. 





.... 





16 



133.6 





S. or N. E. 



Cloudless till 5 a. m. scattered \-i till 

 5 p. m. cloudless afterwards. 



17 



133.8 



0.14 



N. E. or S. E. 



More or less cloudy the whole day. 



18 



133.0 





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



Cloudless till 4 a. m. more or less 

 cloudy afterwards, also drizzling at 



8 P. M. 



19 



•• 





S. or S. W. 



Cloudy nearly the whole day. Also 

 drizzling from 2 P. M. to 4 p. M. 



20 



120.0 



0.65 S. or S. E. 



Cloudy and constantly drizzling. 



21 



•• 



^ 0.36 



S. or S. E. 



Cloudy, also raining from 4 p. m. to 8 



22 



Sunday. 



1 2.20 



.... 



P. M. 



23 



• * 



J 



E. orS. E. orS. W. 

 [or s. s. w. 



Scattered ^— i till 6 a. m. cloudy after- 

 wards, also drizzling between 9 and 

 10 a. m. 



24 



125.0 





s. w. or x. w. or s. b 



Various clouds the whole day. 



25 



128.2 





S. E. or S. 



Cloudless till 7 a. m. scattered ^i or ^— i 

 afterwards. 



26 



•' 



0.34 



S. or E. orS. W. 



> 



s.e. or n.e. or w.orN. 



Cloudy till 7 p. m. cloudless after- 

 wards. 



27 



136.0 





More or less cloudy till 6 p. m. cloud- 











less afterwards. 



28 



135.5 





E. or N. E. 



Cloudless till 2 a. m. cloudy till 6 p. m. 

 cloudless afterwards. 



29 



Sunday. 





.... 





30 



134.0 





S. E. or S. 



Cloudy till 10 a. m. cloudless afterwards. 



\i Cirri, N— i Cirro-strati, *i Cumuli, 

 i Cirro-cumuli. 



«-4 Cumulo-strati, V*-i Nimbi, —i Strati, 



