544 Reduction of the Meteorological Register, 



March 1844. 

 High winds from south and south-west on the 14th, 21st and 23d. 

 The following are the relative proportions of the direction of the 



wind during the month. 



South wind 12f ; 



south-west 5£, west 5 J north-west l£, north-east 

 1 ; east and south-east, each 1 ; north 0| in 31 days. 



N. B. — The south wind prevailed chiefly in the early and latter 

 part of the day throughout the month, becoming an arid dry wester- 

 ly wind towards noon, frequently continuing so till sunset, or subsid- 

 ing into a suffocating calm. 



TABLE, XI. A. 



Variation of the Wind at different Hours in the Month < 



if Ma 



rc7i, 1844. 





Result of Observations. 





Hours of Observa- 

 tion. 



53 



525 



1 

 2 



2 

 1 



53 



CO 



&3 



CO 



3 

 1 



1 



CO* 



1 



12 



10 

 3 

 4 

 2 



1 



a 



13 

 9 



*8 





Sunrise, 



9h. 50m 



Noon, 



2h. 40m 



4h. p. m. ... 

 Sunset, 



1 

 1 



1 



1 



4 

 2 



1 



14 

 11 



8 

 13 

 13 

 17 



"2 



10 

 9 

 9 

 1 



2 

 2 



1 

 1 





Total of each, 6-f- 



2 



6 



9 



76 



6 



32 



31 



6 



17 



185 Obs. 



Proportion of each 



.33 



1. 



1.5 



12.66 



1. 



5.33 



5.16 



1. 



2.83J 



31 in days. 



The following are the different aspects of the sky, and the propor- 

 tions in which they respectively prevailed, 11^ clear, 3 cirro strati, 

 3J- cumuli, 21 cumuli strati, 7 cumuli, 2| cloudy, Of foggy, 1 haze, 

 0^ nimbi in 3 1 days. 



N. B. — Short partial storms from north-west, with one or two 

 very light partial showers (not affecting the pluviometer) took place. 











TABLE 



XI. 



B. 













Aspect of the Sky at different hours during the Month of March, 1844. 





Result of Observations. 





Hours of 





>, 



«5 



a 



















Observation. 



ctJ 



S3 g 



go 







2^ 



.5 a 



a * 

 3 c 



i 



3 



'3 



-a 

 



be 

 be 

 



CD 

 N 



cci 



13 



S 







O 



CD 











O <M 







05 



O 



ta 



w 



15 





Sunrise, 



il 





3 



7 





7 



. 



, , 



3 





# 





9h. 50m 



15 





'2 



3 



, . 



8 



. . 



1 



.. 



1 



1 





Noon, .. .. 



14 





1 



3 



, , 



8 



,, 



2 





3 



. , 





4 2h.40m, .. .. 



11 



. . 



2 



3 



5 



8 



. . 



2 











4h. P. m 



9 



, , 



5 



3 



4 



6 



. , 



4 











Sunset, .. .. 



9 



• • 



5 



1 



4 



5 



•• 



4 



1 



2 



•• 





Total 6 -r 



69 



• • 



18 



20 



13 



42 



•• 



13 



4 



6 



1 



= 186 



Froportion. 



11.5 





3. 



3.33 



2.16 



7. 



.. 



2.16 



.66 



1. 



.16 



= 31 



