270 



HouELY Meteorological Observations, December 25 — 27, 1845. 



Gbtt. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



d. h. 



25 2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



26 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 



13 



14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



27 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



29-913 

 918 

 934 

 950 

 974 

 973 

 973 

 969 

 948 

 926 

 895 



29-860 

 812 

 766 

 718 

 662 

 601 

 561 

 492 

 433 

 407 

 371 

 317 

 251 

 200 

 162 

 145 

 168 

 162 

 170 

 162 

 165 

 165 

 172 

 212 



29-228 

 262 

 294 

 324 



348 

 389 

 434 

 445 

 478 

 512 

 515 

 524 

 516 

 489 

 449 

 405 

 296 

 184 

 29-089 

 28-964 

 889 



Thermometers. 



Dry. 



44-7 

 44-3 

 42-9 

 39-1 

 41-4 

 37-9 

 37-4 

 36-8 

 38-0 

 38-5 

 37-0 



38-0 

 400 

 40-5 

 40-1 

 40-3 

 41-7 

 40-5 

 43-3 

 46-9 

 46-3 

 46-7 

 46-8 

 47-4 

 47-6 

 47-3 

 48-0 

 45-7 

 44-5 

 41-6 

 40-9 

 40-0 

 36-5 

 36-2 

 36-8 



37-6 



38-2 

 36-8 

 360 

 37-0 

 360 

 33-6 

 33-9 

 36-0 

 360 

 35-2 

 36-8 

 38-6 

 37-7 

 37-9 

 38-4 

 39-6 

 40-7 

 40-6 

 430 

 46-0 



Wet. 



41-0 

 40-6 

 39-6 

 37-2 

 38-6 

 36-4 

 36-4 

 36-0 

 371 

 37-5 

 36-3 



37-3 

 390 

 38-8 

 38-4 

 38-4 

 39-5 

 39-7 

 42-4 

 45-2 

 44-7 

 45-0 

 45-4 

 45-9 

 46-0 

 46-3 

 46-7 

 41-8 

 41-0 

 38-0 

 36-8 

 36-6 

 35-6 

 35-0 

 34-8 



35-3 

 35-3 

 35-0 

 34-8 

 35-2 

 34-4 

 33-2 

 33-3 

 33-9 

 33-8 

 34-0 

 34-8 

 36-0 

 36-0 

 36-1 

 36-7 

 37-8 

 39-4 

 39-8 

 420 

 45-2 



Diff. 



3-7 

 3-7 

 3-3 

 1-9 

 2-8 

 1-5 

 1-0 

 0-8 

 0-9 

 10 

 0-7 



0-7 

 1-0 

 1-7 

 1-7 

 1-9 

 2-2 

 0-8 

 0-9 

 1-7 

 1-6 

 1-7 

 1-4 

 1-5 

 1-6 

 1-0 

 1-3 

 3-9 

 3-5 

 3-6 

 41 

 3-4 

 0-9 

 1-2 

 2-0 



2-3 

 2-9 

 1-8 

 1-2 

 1-8 

 1-6 

 0-4 

 0-6 

 21 

 2-2 

 1-2 

 2-0 

 2-6 

 1-7 

 1-8 

 1-7 

 1-8 

 1-3 

 0-8 

 1-0 

 0-8 



Wind. 



Maximum 

 force in 



lbs. 



0-3 

 0-4 

 0-4 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-3 

 0-1 



0-1 

 0-2 

 0-9 

 2-4 

 1-3 

 20 

 0-5 

 0-1 

 21 

 3-7 

 1-3 

 4-8 

 3-8 

 4-2 

 3-6 

 1-9 

 3-7 

 2-3 

 3-8 

 4-5 

 3-7 

 6-6 

 4-3 

 2-6 



1-1 

 1-3 

 30 

 2-7 

 1-3 

 2-4 

 2-3 

 2-4 

 1-3 

 2-2 

 0-8 

 21 

 0-6 

 0-8 

 11 

 1-8 

 1-2 

 1-8 

 5-0 

 5-1 

 4-2 



lbs. 



0-2 

 0-4 

 0-3 

 00 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 00 



0-0 

 01 

 10 

 0-8 

 01 

 1-3 

 0-0 

 01 

 1-8 

 1-9 

 0-9 

 1-7 

 2-2 

 2-2 

 2-1 

 0-6 

 1-2 

 2-8 

 2-2 

 1-8 

 39 

 2-9 

 2-0 

 1-6 



0-2 

 0-8 

 0-2 

 0-5 

 1-5 

 1-6 

 2-3 

 0-4 

 1-7 

 1-3 

 0-4 

 0-3 

 0-3 

 0-1 

 0-6 

 0-3 

 1-0 

 2-2 

 4-5 

 3-9 

 2-6 



From 



pt. 

 20 

 20 

 21 

 20 

 21 

 20 

 20 

 25 

 20 

 19 

 19 



16 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 17 

 18 

 18 

 20 

 20 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 17 

 20 

 20 

 21 

 20 

 19 

 20 

 20 

 21 

 20 



22 

 21 

 24 

 22 

 22 

 24 

 22 

 24 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 19 

 19 

 17 

 18 

 18 

 17 

 20 



Clouds, 





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

 moving 



Sky 

 clouded. 



from 





pt. pt. 

 24: — 



pt. 



0—10. 



3-0 



25 



— 



— 



2-0 



25 



— 



25 



6-0 



25 



— 



26 



7-5 





3-0 





1-5 





1-5 





5-0 





7-0 





5-0 





8-0 





10-0 





10-0 





9-0 





4-0 





10-0 





10-0 





100 



20 



— 



— 



100 



21 



— 



— 



100 



21 



— 



— 



10-0 



21 



— 



— 



10-0 



21 



— 



— 



100 



21 



— 



— 



10-0 



20 



— 



— 



100 



20 



22 



— 



9-9 



22 



— 



— 



100 



24 



21 



— 



70 





1-0 





40 





10 





0-4 





10-0 





20 





30 





7-5 





3-0 





7-5 





2-5 





30 





100 





10-0 





9-5 





9-8 



25 : — : — 



9-8 



26 : — : — 



50 





70 



24 



— 



— 



10-0 



24 











10-0 



23 



— 



— 



100 



22 



— 



— 



10-0 



19 



: — 



— 



100 





10-0 





10-0 





100 









100 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Masses of loose cumuli ; thin cirri. g 



Id. ; id. Q 



Patches of scud ; mottled cirri and small cirro-cumuli. 

 Id. ; beautifully-mottled and lin. cir., lyiDc 



Scud. [N. and S. ; cii.-str, 



Id. ; cirro-strati. 



Thin cirrous clouds and cirro-strati. 

 Cirro-stratus and cirrous haze. 



Id. : sky very hazy. 



Id. 



Id. 



Thick cirro-stratus. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 CiiTO-strati. 

 Dark. 



Id. ; drops of rain. 

 Id. ; rain"'- 

 Scud. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. - mass of niTTn-strafiis - raiTiO"2 



Id. 

 Id. 



drifting rain^ 



id. 

 mass of cirro-stratus 



cirro-cumulo-strati ; cirro-strati. 



id. ; rain*-' 



Loose smoky scud ; cirro-strati ; sky looking wild. 

 Scud on horizon. 



Id. 



I off soon ; a flash of lightning to ^ 

 Veiy dark ; shovvtr lately, with heavy gusts of wind ; clouds cleare 



Scud ; rain- at 10" 55". 

 Scud and cirro-strati. 



Scud and cirro-strati. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id.; 

 Id.; 

 rain^ 



drops of rain. 



Scud ; 

 Snow^ 

 Scud and cirro-strati. 



Id. ; snow' 



Loose scud ; cirro-strati ; snow*' 

 Loose nimbi and scud ; cir.-str. ; cirri ; passing show! 

 Thin cirro-strati and cirrous haze. Q [of sno 



Masses of scud ; cirro-stratus and cirrous haze. 



Id.; 

 Id.; 

 Id.; 

 Thick scud 

 Id.; 

 Id.; 

 Scud ; rain""'"^ 

 Id. ; rain^ 



rain-" 

 rain'^ 



id. 

 id. 

 id. 



very stormy, 

 id. 



becoming thick 



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. 

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



