190 



Hourly Meteorological Observations, May 24 — 27, 1845. 







Thermometers. 





Wind 











—^ 



Gott. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 















Clouds, 









Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maxi 

 fore 

 Ih. 



mum 

 e in 



lO-". 



From 



Sc.:C.-s.:Ci.; 



moving 



from 



Sky 

 clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 





d. h. 



in. 



° 



o 



o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. pt. 



0-10. 







24 9 



29-769 



44-0 



43-0 



1-0 



0-8 



0-4 



3 





10-0 



Nearly uniform mass of scud ; light drizzle. 





10 



764 



43-6 



42-5 



M 



0-5 



0-2 



3 





100 



Id. 





11 



764 



43-3 



42-4 



0-9 



0-4 



0-2 



2 





100 



Id. ; light drizzle. 





12 



759 



43-0 



42-4 



0-6 



0-4 



0-2 



3 





10-0 



Id. 





231 



29-703 



47-0 



44-6 



2-4 



0-5 



0-3 



6 



4 : — : — 



10-0 



Sunday — Nearly uniform mass of scud. 





25 13 



29-656 



43-4 



43-0 



0-4 



0-5 



0-3 



2 





10-0 



Nearly uniform mass of scud. 





14 



655 



43-3 



41-7 



1-6 



0-3 



0-2 



4 





10-0 







15 



630 



430 



41-8 



1-2 



0-4 



0-2 



2 





10-0 



Scud ; slight drizzle. 





16 



628 



42-8 



42-1 



0-7 



0-2 



0-1 



2 





100 



Id. 





17 



616 



43-3 



42-5 



0-8 



0-2 



0-1 



2 



3 



— 



— 



10-0 



Misty scud ; fine rain"-- 





18 



597 



43-6 



43-0 



0-6 



0-4 



0-6 



2 



3 



— 



— 



100 



Id. ; cirro-stratous scud ; clouds breaking. 





19 



600 



44-6 



43-3 



1-3 



0-7 



0-6 



3 



3 



— : 



— 



10-0 



Id. ; id. 





20 



590 



45-2 



43-8 



1-4 



1-2 



1-7 



4 



3 



— 



— 



100 







21 



596 



44-9 



43-9 



1-0 



1-8 



1-1 



3 



3 



— 



— 



10-0 



Dense clouds, chiefly misty scud ; light drizzle. 





22 



602 



45-3 



44-0 



1-3 



1-1 



0-6 



3 



3 



— 



— 



10-0 



Id. 





23 



592 



44-8 



44-2 



0-6 



1-2 



0-8 



2 



3 



— 



— 



100 



Id. ; rain"-' 





26 



572 



45-4 



44-2 



1-2 



1-9 



1-6 



3 





10-0 



Dense clouds. 





1 



565 



44-8 



44-0 



0-8 



2-5 



1-2 



4 



3: — : — 



10-0 



Id. ; rain^'-^ 





2 



547 



45-2 



44-3 



0-9 



1-7 



0-7 



3 





100 



Id. ; rain-' 





3 



541 



45-0 



441 



0-9 



2-3 



1-8 



2 



3: — : — 



10-0 



Id. ; rain^ 





4 



541 



44-7 



44-4 



0-3 



1-7 



1-3 



2 



3: — : — 



10-0 



Id. ; rain^ 





5 



537 



44-6 



44-2 



0-4 



2-8 



1-3 



3 





10-0 



Id. ; rain- 





6 



531 



440 



43-8 



0-2 



1-8 



l-l 



3 





10-0 



Dense scud; raia-^ 





7 



533 



43-6 



43-6 



0-0 



2-0 



1-7 



3 





100 



Id. ; rain^ 





8 



532 



43-9 



43-7 



0-2 



2-0 



1-2 



3 





10-0 



Scotch mist, objects invisible at 1 mile ; rain''' ? 





9 



536 



44-3 



44-1 



0-2 



1-4 



1-1 



3 





100 



Id. ; rain- 





10 



551 



44-8 



44-6 



0-2 



1-6 



0-9 



4 





10-0 



Id. ; rain^ 





11 



562 



45-5 



45-4 



0-1 



1-4 



0-7 



4 





10-0 



Id. ; rain"-^ 





12 



584 



45-6 



45-4 



0-2 



0-8 



0-6 



4 





100 



Id. ; id. 





13 



29-592 



45-5 



45-3 



0-2 



0-7 



0-3 



4 





10-0 



Scotch mist ; rain'''^ 





14 



598 



45-3 



45-0 



0-3 



0-6 



0-7 



3 





10-0 



Id. ; id. 





15 



622 



450 



44-7 



0-3 



0-8 



0-5 



6 





10-0 



Id. ; id. 





16 



635 



44-7 



44-3 



0-4 



0-6 



01 



5 





10-0 



Id. 





17 



648 



45-0 



44-6 



0-4 



0-4 



0-4 



7 



7 



— 



— 



100 



Misty scud ; dense mass of clouds. 





18 



667 



44-6 



44-2 



0-4 



0-7 



0-3 



6 



6 



— 



— 



10-0 



As before ; rain''- 



1 



19 



690 



450 



44-5 



0-5 



0-5 



0-5 



4 



5 



— 



— 



10-0 



Id. ; id. 



1 



20 



709 



46-1 



45-4 



0-7 



0-7 



05 



5 



5 



— 







10-0 



Id. ; rainO-5 





21 



727 



46-7 



45-9 



0-8 



0-7 



0-7 



4 



5 



— 



— 



100 



Id. ; rain«-2 





22 



752 



46-7 



45-9 



0-8 



0-8 



0-6 



4 



5 



— 



— 



10-0 



Misty scud ; Scotch mist. 



i 



23 



766 



47-0 



460 



10 



1-2 



1-1 



5 



5 



— 



— 



10-0 



Id. ; id. ; rainO-5 





27 



788 



46-8 



45-9 



0-9 



1-1 



0-5 



4 



5 



— 



— 



10-0 



Id ; clouds breaking. 





1 



800 



46-8 



45-9 



0-9 



0-7 



0-7 



4 



5 



: — 



— 



100 



Id. ; id. 





2 



819 



47-7 



46-3 



1-4 



0-9 



0-6 



4 



4 



— 



— 



100 



Scud ; id. 





3 



828 



47-2 



45-6 



1-6 



0-7 



0-6 



4 



4 



— 



— 



10-0 



Id. ; id. 



1 



4 



834 



47-3 



45-3 



20 



0-9 



0-9 



4 



4 



— 



— 



10-0 



Id. ; id. 





5 



847 



46-7 



44-5 



2-2 



1-3 



1-0 



4 



4 



— 



— 



10-0 



Id. 





6 



852 



46-4 



44-2 



2-2 



0-9 



0-5 



4 



; 5 



— 



— 



10-0 



Id. ; clouds breaking. 





7 



865 



45-6 



43-5 



2-1 



1-0 



0-5 



4 



4 



: — 



— 



10-0 



Id. 





8 



879 



45-0 



42-9 



2-1 



0-6 



0-5 



6 



4 



— 



— 



10-0 



Id. 





9 



887 



44-0 



42-4 



1-6 



0-7 



0-7 



4 





10-0 



Id. 





10 



896 



44-2 



42-4 



1-8 



0-4 



0-2 



4 



3 ) — : — 



100 



Id. 





11 



913 



43-9 



42-2 



1-7 



0-4 



0-3 



4 





10-0 



Id. 





12 



915 



43-5 



41-4 



2-1 



0-4 



0-3 



4 





10-0 



Id. 





13 



29-922 



43-2 



41-7 



1-5 



0-3 



0-2 



3 





10-0 



Scud. 





14 



925 



43-1 



41-2 



1-9 



0-4 



0-3 



3 





10-0 



Id. 





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

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



