910 



Hourly Meteorological Observations, February 16 — 20, 1844. 







Thermometers. 



Wind. 







1 



Grtitt. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 









Cloud 



Sc. : C.-s. 



movin 



from 



s, 



: Ci., Sky 



g clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



DifF. 



Maxi 

 fore 



mum 

 e in 



10™. 



Prom 



d. h. 



in. 



° 



° 



° 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. 



pt. 0—10. 



- 



16 21 



29-698 



41-1 



390 



2-1 



01 



00 



20 



25: — 



:— 9-7 



Scud ; cir.-str. to E. ; greenish sky to NE. ; light rain. 



22 



702 



41-7 



39-4 



2-3 



0-0 



00 





24 ; 



— 9-9 



Id. ; id. NE. ; cirrous clouds and haze. 



23 



695 



43-1 



41-0 



2-1 



0-3 



0-1 



21 





9-9 



Id. ; id. ; id. 



17 



693 



45-3 



42-6 



2-7 



0-1 



0-1 



20 





9-7 



As before ; breaking up. 



1 



687 



45-4 



42- 1 



3-3 



0-3 



0-2 



21 





9-8 



Id.; id. 



2 



671 



44-4 



41-3 



31 



0-5 



0-4 



21 



25: — 



— 100 



Scud ; thick cirro-strati. 



3 



665 



42-1 



40-7 



1-4 



0-4 



00 





25: — 



— 100 



Id. ; id. ; rain since 2 h . 



4 



657 



40-8 



40-3 



0-5 



00 



0-0 







10-0 



Heavy shower. 



5 



646 



40-5 



40-2 



0-3 



0-0 



0-0 







100 



Scud ; cirrous clouds. 



6 



639 



39-0 



38-9 



01 



0-0 



00 





25: — 



— 100 



Id., moving very slowly ; cirrous clouds. 



7 



637 



38-9 



38-4 



0-5 



0-0 



0-0 







100 



Id. id. ; id. 



8 



628 



39-6 



390 



0-6 



0-0 



0-0 







100 



Dark. 



9 



623 



39-5 



38-9 



0-6 



00 



0-0 







100 



Id. ; light rain. 



10 



606 



38-9 



38-4 



0-5 



0-0 



00 







10-0 



Id. ; id. 



11 



595 



39-3 



39-0 



0-3 



00 



0-0 







10-0 



Id. ; id. 



12 



584 



39-1 



38-9 



0-2 



0-0 



00 







100 



Dark ; light rain. 



23J 



29-378 









00 



0-0 









Drizzling rain throughout the day. 



18 13 



28-976 



40-1 



39-5 



0-6 



1-9 



0-5 



21 





100 



Dark ; light rain. 



14 



957 



42-3 



40-8 



1-5 



0-4 



1-3 



20 





7-0 



Stars indistinct. 



15 



932 



41-4 



39-9 



1-5 



0-8 



0-7 



20 





9-5 



Id. 



16 



924 



41-4 



39-5 



1-9 



0-9 



0-7 



20 





100 



Very dark. 



17 



905 



41-3 



39-0 



2-3 



11 



0-6 



20 





10-0 



Id. 



18 



898 



41-1 



39-0 



21 



0-4 



0-2 



20 





10-0 



Id. 



19 



887 



40-7 



38-8 



1-9 



0-4 



0-1 



28 





10-0 



Light rain. [19 h . 



20 



926 



36-2 



35-4 



0-8 



0-2 



00 







100 



Patches of scud to S. ; light rain ; heavy shower since 



21 



954 



36-3 



35-6 



0-7 



01 



0-0 



30 







— 



— 100 



Scud ; light rain. 



22 



28-977 



36-0 



35-4 



0-6 



0-3 



0-2 











— 



— 10-0 



Id. ; id. 



23 



29-006 



36-8 



35-7 



11 



0-6 



0-6 











— 



— 100 



Id. ; id. 



19 



040 



36-0 



34-9 



11 



3-3 



1-3 











— 



— 10-0 



Id. ; showers of snow and sleet. 



1 



072 



36-2 



33-9 



2-3 



2-9 



2-3 



o 







— 



— 10-0 



Id. ; id. 



2 



110 



35-3 



33-2 



21 



2-8 



2-2 









10-0 



Id. ; shower of snow. 



3 



133 



36-1 



32-9 



3-2 



1-8 



20 



31 







— 



— 10-0 



Id. ; dense mass of cirro-strati. 



4 



158 



36-7 



330 



3-7 



30 



1-1 



31 







22 



22 9-9 



Id. ; woolly cirri and cirro-strati. [of snow. 



5 



186 



34-8 



32-4 



2-4 



1-5 



0-9 



29 



— 



28 



22 60 



Woolly and linear cirri ; cum.-str. and nimbi ; shower 



6 



205 



34-3 



32-3 



2-0 



0-8 



0-8 



30 



30 



— 



— 5-0 



Scud ; cirri to E. 



7 



241 



331 



31-0 



2-1 



2-8 



0-9 



30 





10-0 



Shower of snow. 



8 



276 



32-2 



30-1 



2-1 



2-0 



1-7 



30 





100 



Id. 



9 



313 



30-9 



29-9 



1-0 



2-6 



1-1 



31 





10-0 



Snowing heavily. 



10 



325 



31-2 



28-8 



2-4 



1-9 



0-4 



29 





40 



Stars dim. 



11 



353 



29-7 



27-2 



2-5 



0-5 



0-5 



28 





1-0 



Thin clouds, chiefly to N. 



12 



365 



29-3 



26-8 



2-5 



1-5 



1-2 



28 





0-5 



Id. ; stars bright. 



13 



29-383 



28-8 



26-0 



2-8 



1-6 



0-5 



28 





0-2 



Cirri to SE. ; id. 



14 



385 



27-3 



24-9 



2-4 



10 



0-6 



27 





0-0 



Clear. 



15 



393 



27-2 



24-9 



2-3 



1-3 



0-4 



27 





0-0 



Id. 



16 



409 



29-7 



27-0 



2-7 



1-6 



1-9 



28 





5-0 



Hazy ; stars dim ; small flakes of snow. 



J7 



438 



30-5 



28-6 



1-9 



31 



0-7 



30 





3-0 



Cirrous clouds and scud ; id. 



18 



470 



29-7 



27-9 



1-8 



0-9 



0-2 



29 





0-7 



Id. to S. [to E. 



19 



475 



28-6 



26-9 



1-7 



0-4 



0-6 



29 





0-2 



Castellated cum.-str. on E. hor. ; cir.-str. ; cir. -haze 



20 



499 



28-7 



26-3 



2-4 



11 



0-9 



29 





0-5 



Cir.-str. and cum.-str. on E. hor. ; scud on Cheviot. 



21 



525 



28-1 



26-0 



21 



0-5 



0-4 



28 





0-5 



Id. 



22 



531 



29-4 



27-0 



2-4 



0-3 



0-4 



29 





0-2 



Cirro-strati, cumulo-strati, and cirrous-haze on E. hor. 



23 



544 



30-9 



28-2 



2-7 



0-6 



0-3 



30 





0-1 



Loose cumuli and cirrous-haze on E. horizon. 



20 



557 



31-9 



29-0 



2-9 



0-4 



0-3 



28 





0-5 



Cir.-str., cir.-haze, and cum.-str. on hor.. except to W. 



1 



557 



32-8 



30-0 



2-8 



0-4 



0-4 



28 





0-5 



Id., id. 



2 



553 



34<2 



31-0 



3-2 



0-4 



0-8 



28 





0-5 



Cum. to N. ; pat. of scud and cir.-haze to SE. and S. 



The 



direction t 



>f the w 



ind is indicated by the number 



3f the poi 



nt of the com] 



>ass, reckoning N. = 0, E. = 8, S. = 16, W. = 24. The 



motion 



s of the th 



ree stra 



ta of clouds, 8c. (scud), C.-s. (cir 



ro-stratus / 



, and Cir. (cir 



rus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



Feb 



19 d 12 h . 



The va 



ne of the anemometer was fount 



. to be fro 



zen up, the op 



ening being towards the north ; it being found difficult to 1 



remov 



; the ice, t] 



le vane 



was set with its opening to the 



wind (N"W 



r ). The ice w 



as removed at 22 h . 



