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HouELY Meteorological Observations, February 17 — 20, 1845. 



Gott. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



d. h. 



17 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



18 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 



13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



19 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 



10 

 11 



12 



13 



14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 



23 

 20 



in. 



29-751 

 754 

 763 

 lib 

 11% 

 795 

 806 

 820 

 813 

 813 

 812 

 812 

 812 

 817 

 825 

 844 

 857 

 863 

 882 

 878 



29-882 

 887 

 893 

 891 

 898 

 907 

 910 

 910 

 926 

 923 

 927 

 927 

 918 

 907 

 891 

 884 

 885 

 888 

 892 

 885 

 888 

 889 

 887 

 886 



29-882 

 868 

 860 

 851 

 838 

 820 

 818 

 821 

 824 

 818 

 801 

 799 



Thermometers. 



Dry. 



31-9 

 32-7 

 34-4 

 34-7 

 32-8 

 36-2 

 36-9 

 37-8 

 40-8 

 40-7 

 41-5 

 43-9 

 40-6 

 38-3 

 33-8 

 29-0 

 27-6 

 26-2 

 29-7 

 29-9 



28-0 

 25-8 

 24-6 

 25-8 

 26-0 

 25-2 

 24-9 

 24-8 

 25-6 

 28-0 

 29-3 

 31-6 

 33-5 

 36-3 

 37-2 

 37-7 

 36-6 

 33-2 

 35-0 

 350 

 34-9 

 34-3 

 34-6 

 34-8 



34-5 

 34-0 

 340 

 33-9 

 33-9 

 32-2 

 32-0 

 33-0 

 34-0 

 35-7 

 36-4 

 39-4 



Wet. 



Diff. 



31-8 

 32-3 

 33-6 

 33-7 

 32-2 

 34-8 

 35-2 

 36-0 

 38-4 

 37-8 

 37-8 

 40-0 

 37-2 

 35-8 

 32-7 

 28-6 

 27-9 

 26-9 

 29-6 

 29-5 



28-0 

 26-0 

 25-0 

 25-8 

 26-0 

 25-1 

 24-7 

 24-6 

 25-3 

 27-6 

 28-9 

 30-8 

 32-1 

 35-0 

 35-4 

 36-0 

 350 

 32-3 

 33-5 

 33-5 

 33-4 

 33-3 

 33-3 

 33-5 



33-2 

 33-0 

 32-6 

 32-6 

 326 

 31-9 

 32-0 

 32-0 

 32-3 

 340 

 34-1 

 36-2 



01 

 0-4 

 0-8 

 1-0 

 0-6 

 1-4 

 1-7 

 1-8 

 2-4 

 2-9 

 3-7 

 3-9 

 3-4 

 2-5 

 11 

 0-4 



0-4 



Wind. 



Maximum 

 force in 



li. 10> 



From 



0-2 

 0-2 

 0-3 

 0-4 

 0-4 

 0-8 

 1-4 

 1-3 

 1-8 

 1-7 

 1-6 

 0-9 

 1-5 

 1-5 

 1-5 

 1-0 

 1-3 

 1-3 



1-3 

 1-0 

 1-4 

 1-3 

 1-3 

 0-3 



1-0 

 1-7 

 1-7 

 2-3 

 3-2 



lbs. 



00 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 01 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 01 

 0-1 

 02 

 0-3 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 00 



0-2 

 0-2 

 0-0 

 00 

 01 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 00 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 I 0-2 

 '0-1 

 0-0 



0-0 

 0-0 

 0-4 

 0-3 

 0-2 

 0-5 

 0-7 

 0-3 

 0-1 

 0-3 

 0-5 

 0-7 



lbs. 



00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-2 

 00 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 00 

 0-2 

 00 

 01 

 0-0 

 01 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 



01 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 01 

 01 

 01 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-0 

 0-0 



0-0 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-2 

 01 

 0-3 

 0-3 

 0-3 

 0-9 

 1-0 



pt. 

 22 

 22 

 26 

 24 

 19 

 24 

 22 

 24 

 24 

 28 

 26 

 22 

 23 

 25 

 16 



20 

 16 

 20 

 20 



20 

 17 



16 



20 



22 

 24 

 20 

 24 

 25 

 26 



12 

 6 



16 

 16 

 21 



24 

 18 

 18 



20 



18 

 18 

 20 

 18 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 18 

 20 

 17 

 21 

 18 



Clouds, 



Sc.:C.-s.:Ci., 



moving 



from 



Sky 

 clouded. 



pt. pt. pt. 



21 



24 



— : 18 



18: — 

 18 : — 



18 : — : — 



19 



24 : 30 : — 



0—10. 



10-0 

 100 

 10-0 

 100 



6-0 

 100 

 100 

 10-0 



9-9 



7-0 



9-5 



9-0 



7-0 



3-0 



0-2 



0-1 



0-2 



20 



9-5 



9-5 



0-2 



0-2 



0-5 



0-5 



0-5 



0-5 



0-2 



0-5 



0-5 



8-0 



0-5? 



0-0 



00 



0-0 



1-5 



50 



30 



7-0 



10-0 



10-0 



100 



100 



10-0 



100 



10-0 



10-0 



10-0 



100 



10-0 



7-0 



90 



9-0 



9-5 



9-8 



2-0 



2-2 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Dark. 

 Id. 



Scud? 



Loose cirro-cumulous scud ; cirri ; atmosphere hazy. 

 Id. ; bank to S. ; id. to 1 



Cirro-stratous scud ; cirrous mass ; hazy. 

 Id. ; id ; id. 



Cirro-strati ; cirrous mass ; hazy. 

 Cirro-stratous scud ; cirro-strati ; haze on horizon. 

 Loose cumuli ; cirro-stratous scud ; streaks of cirri. 



Id. ; id. ; id. 



Id. ; id. ; haze. 



Id. ; id. ; id. 



Id. ; id. ; streaks of cirri. 



Streaks of cirri ; haze on horizon. 



Id. ; id. 



Id. ; id. 



Tliin cirri over the sky ; haze. 

 Large cirro-cumuli. 

 Id. 



Clouds and haze on E. horizon. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id, 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Haze on horizon ; very thick to E. 

 Very hazy round horizon ; a patch of cloud to E. 

 Haze brown to E., bluish to W ; loose cirri to SW. 

 Loose misty scud ; general haze. 

 Hazy ; very thick on horizon ; no clouds visible. 

 As before. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Cirro-strati and cirri in haze near horizon. 

 Cirro-cumulous scud ; very hazy. 

 Loose cirro-strati ; id. 



Cirro-strati ; id. 



Cirro-cumulous scud ; id. 

 Id. ; id. 



Id. : id. 



Id. 

 Scud? id. 



Id. 



Scud? 



Id., cirrous clouds above. 



Id. 



Id. ' 



Homogeneous. 



Cirrous clouds and haze. 



Cir.-cum.-str. ; cir.-str, 



Ir 



Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 



id. 

 id. 

 id. 

 id. 



hazy to E 

 id. 

 id. 

 id. 

 id. 



; fiery red to SB. 



Cirro-cum. scud ; loose cirro-str. ; cirri ; cir. haze. 



The direction of the wind is indicated by the number of the point of the compass, reckoning N. = 0, E. = 8, S. = 16, W. ;= 24. The 

 motions of the three strata of clouds, Sc. (scud), C.-s. (cirro-stratus), and Ci. (cirrus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



Feb. 19'! 5^. There has been a very dense haze in the atmosphere throughout the day ; objects being invisible at a distance of three 

 miles. 



