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Hourly Meteorological Observations, January 21 — 24, 1844. 







Thermometers. 





Wind. 







""" " — ~ ■ 



Gbtt. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 







( 



?loud 



s, 





Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maxi 

 fore 



1\ 



mum 

 e in 

 10 m . 



8c: 



Prom 



C.-s. 

 novir 

 from 



:Ci., Sky 

 g clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



d. h. 



in. 



° 



° 



° 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. pt. 



pt. 



pt. 0—10. 





21 21 



29-691 



34-6 



34-4 



0-2 



0-0 



00 



— 



: 



:— 9-7 



Cir.-str.-scud, red to SE. ; cir.-cum.-str. to N. 



22 



689 



35-3 



34-7 



0-6 



00 



00 



— 



: 2 



:— 9-5 



Cirro-cumulo-strati. 



23 



685 



38-2 



36-9 



1-3 



0-0 



00 



— 



: 1 



:— 9-7 



Id. 



22 



700 



37-6 



36-8 



0-8 



0-0 



0-0 



20 — 



: 1 



:— 5-0 



Id. 



1 



695 



41-8 



39-1 



2-7 



00 



00 



28 





2-5 



Id., woolly cirri. 



2 



690 



45-6 



41-4 



4-2 



0-2 



0-0 



— 



: 1 



:— 5-0 



Id., id. 



3 



695 



45-8 



41-4 



4-4 



0-2 



00 



— 



1 



1 60 



Id., id. 



4 



712 



45-2 



41-5 



3-7 



01 



0-0 



— 



30 



— 9-7 



Id. 



5 



719 



43-6 



40-4 



3-2 



00 



0-0 



— 



30 



— 100 



Id. 



6 



726 



43-3 



39-9 



3-4 



00 



00 



30 — 



30 



— 90 



Id. 



7 



737 



42-4 



39-3 



3-1 



00 



0-0 



28 





8-5 



Id. ; stars indistinct. 



8 



756 



40-7 



38-9 



1-8 



00 



00 







10-0 



Cirrous clouds. 



9 



760 



40-7 



38-6 



2-1 



0-0 



00 







90 



Id. ; stars dim. 



10 



777 



38-8 



37-7 



11 



0-0 



00 







6-5 



Id. ; id. 



11 



794 



39-3 



38-0 



1-3 



00 



00 







100 



Dark. 



12 



801 



39-4 



38-2 



1-2 



00 



00 







100 



Id. ; a few drops of rain. 



13 



29-803 



38-7 



37-8 



0-9 



00 



00 







100 



Dark ; a few drops of rain. 



14 



811 



38-9 



38-0 



0-9 



00 



0-0 







100 



Id. ; id. 



15 



819 



38-4 



37-8 



0-6 



0-0 



00 







100 



Id. ; id. 



16 



822 



137-6 



370 



06 



00 



0-0 







100 



Id. ; id. 



17 



832 



37-3 



36-9 



0-4 



0-0 



00 







100 



Id. 



18 



828 



37- 1 



36-9 



0-2 



0-0 



00 







9-5 



A few stars visible. 



19 



823 



370 



36-6 



0-4 



0-0 



00 







9-5 



Id. 



20 



839 



36-9 



36-5 



0-4 



00 



0-0 







100 



Cirro -cuniulous-scud . 



21 



855 



36-6 



36-2 



0-4 



0-0 



0-0 



16 — 



24 



— 10-0 



Id., having an internal motion. 



22 



857 



36-8 



36-4 



0-4 



00 



0-0 



16 





8-2 



Id., clearing off, sky to SW. ; cir.-str. 



23 



860 



35-7 



360 





00 



0-0 







1-2 



Id. ; woolly cirro-cumuli, cirri. 



23 



863 



39-9 



38-3 



1-6 



0-0 



0-0 



22 — . 



— : 



28 2-5 



Mottled and pectinated cirri and cirro-cumuli. 



1 



866 



40-7 



39-7 



10 



00 



0-0 



20 





30 



The same ; patches of cumuli to SE. [cir.-cum.-sc. 



2 



862 



43-3 



40-1 



3-2 



0-0 



0-0 



18 20- 



28: 



— 4-0 



Zig-zag cirri, cirro-strati, cir.-cum. ; scud, loose cum., 



3 



860 



42-9 



40- 1 



2-8 



00 



00 



26 — : 



20: 



— 90 



Cirro-cumulous-scud ; cirri. 



4 



863 



40-9 



39-8 



11 



00 



00 



18 — • 



24: 



28 1-5 



Id. ; cirro-cumuli ; patches of cirri. 



5 



868 



37-8 



35-9 



1-9 



00 



0-0 



17 — : 



26: 



— 3-0 



Id. to N. 



6 



876 



35-7 



35-0 



0-7 



00 



00 



21 — : 



25: 



— 6-0 



Id. 



7 



884 



32-0 



32-3 





0-0 



00 







1-5 



Thin cirri to E. 



8 



889 



31-8 



32-1 





0-0 



00 







0-2 



Cirrous-haze on E. horizon. 



9 



898 



311 



310 



0-1 



00 



0-0 







00 



Clear. 



10 



903 



28-9 



30- 1 





0-0 



0-0 







00 



Id. 



11 



903 



28-9 



29-0 





0-0 



0-0 







00 



Id., hazy on horizon. 



12 



908 



29-9 



29-2 



0-7 



00 



0-0 







0-0 



Id., id. 



13 



29-909 



30-9 



30-5 



0-4 



0-0 



0-0 







00 



Clear, hazy on horizon. 



14 



907 



30-0 



30-5 





0-0 



00 







00 



Id., id. 



15 



912 



300 



29-7 



0-3 



0-0 



0-0 







0-0 



Id., id. 



16 



916 



28-3 



28-5 





00 



00 







00 



Id. 



17 



909 



27-7 



27-5 



0-2 



0-0 



00 







00 



Id. 



18 



910 



27-9 



27-5 



0-4 



0-0 



00 







0-0 



Id. 



19 



895 



28-3 



28-4 





0-0 



00 







00 



Id. 



20 



904 



30-2 



29-7 



0-5 



0-0 



00 







0-2 



Cirro-strati on horizon. 



21 



912 



29-4 



29-7 





00 



00 



20 





0-5 



Id. 



22 



914 



29-0 



29-6 





0-0 



00 







0-5 



Id. 



23 



921 



34-5 



32-5 



20 



0-0 



0-0 







0-2 



Cirro-strati and cirrous-haze on E. horizon. 



24 



922 



370 



36-1 



0-9 



0-0 



0-0 



20 





0-1 



Id. to E. 



1 



920 



40-3 



38-8 



1-5 



00 



00 







10 



Scud to S., SW., and on Cheviot ; haze on E. horizon. 



2 



918 



41-9 



40-8 



1-1 



0-0 



00 



20 





0-5 



Patches of scud ; cirrous-haze on E . horizon. 



3 



912 



42-9 



40-9 



20 



0-1 



0-1 



18 





0-5 



Scud to NW. and on Cheviot ; cir.-haze on E. hor. 



4 



907 



41-9 



40-0 



1-9 



0-2 



0-1 



18 — : 



22: 



— I 2-0 | 



Cirro-cumulo-strati to W. ; cirrous-haze to E. 



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 Cir. (cirrus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



