Hourly Meteorological Observations, February 20 — 22, 1844. 



If)] 



Gbtt. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



Thermometers. 



Wind. 



Clouds, 



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



moving 



from 



Sky 

 clouded. 







Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maxi 

 fore 



lh. 



mum 

 e in 

 10™. 



From 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



1. h. 



in. 



o 



o 



o 



Ids. 



Ids. 



pt. 



pt. pt. pt. 



0—10. 





10 3 



29-531 



34-5 



30-7 



3-8 



0-6 



0-4 



28 





10 



Fine cumuli all round the horizon. 



4 



526 



34-4 



30-6 



3-8 



0-4 



01 



25 



26 : — : — 



20 



Cumuli and cum.-str. ; nimbi to E. ; fine blue sky. 



5 



517 



33-7 



29-7 



4-0 



0-3 



00 





26 : — : — 



2-0 



Cum.-str. on hor. ; patches of cum. ; cir.-cum. to W. 



6 



511 



321 



29-1 



30 



0-0 



0-0 



24 



26 : — : — 



90 



Scud or loose cum. ; snowing to SW. ; cum. and cum.-str. 



7 



509 



28- 1 



27-0 



11 



0-0 



0-0 







10 



Scud ; cumuli, &c, to E. 



8 



489 



28-0 



270 



1-0 



0-0 



0-0 







0-0 



Clear ; stars bright. 



9 



484 



27-0 



25-5 



1-5 



00 



0-0 







0-0 



Id. 



id. 



10 



452 



27-3 



25-0 



2-3 



00 



00 







0-0 



Id. 



id. 



11 



438 



27-5 



250 



25 



0-2 



0-5 



22 





0-0 



Id. 



id. 



12 



413 



27-9 



25-4 



2-5 



0-3 



0-2 



21 





00 



Id. 



id. 



13 



29-383 



26-9 



24-8 



2-1 



01 



00 







00 



Clear ; stars bright. 



14 



362 



260 



24-5 



1-5 



0-2 



0-1 







0-5 



Clouds on N. and E. horizon. 



15 



318 



27-0 



25-2 



1-8 



0-2 



0-2 



20 





50 



Clear in zenith ; clouds all round. 



16 



309 



28-8 



26-7 



2-1 



0-2 



01 



20 





50 



Hazy in zenith ; id. 



17 



283 



29-8 



28-0 



1-8 



0-0 



0-0 







10-0 



Light fall of snow. 



18 



290 



28-3 



27-6 



0-7 



0-2 



00 







100 



Snowing heavily ; 0*5 inch, of snow fallen since 17 h . 



19 



285 



26-6 



25-8 



0-8 



00 



0-0 







100 



Light fall of snow. 



20 



274 



250 



24-7 



0-3 



0-0 



0-0 





28 : — : — 



90 



Scud; strati to SE. ; cirri to NE. 



21 



274 



21-7 



22-1 



0-6 



0-0 



0-0 





— : 26 : — 



50 



Cir.-cum.-str. and woolly cirri ; scud to S. [scud. 



22 



257 



25-4 



25-0 



0-4 



0-0 



00 





— : 26 : — 



50 



Cir.-cum.-str. radiating from WNW. ; strati, cumuli, 



23 



254 



28-9 



27-9 



10 



00 



00 







8-5 



As before, but much thicker ; cum. to E. ; sky to NE. 



1 



252 



29-9 



27-8 



2-1 



0-0 



00 







8-5 



The same. 



1 



234 



28-8 



25-8 



3-0 



00 



00 



30 



— : — : 27 



2-0 



Woolly cirri and cirrous-haze ; scud to E. 



2 



232 



310 



27-7 



3-3 



0-1 



0-0 



1 



— : 4 : — 



7-0 



Cirro-cumulo-strati ; diffuse and linear cirri to NW. 



3 



202 



32-5 



28-7 



3-8 



0-2 



0-3 



3 



4 : — : 26 



8-0 



Loose cumuli ; diffuse cirri ; solar halo. 



4 



193 



311 



28-0 



31 



0-4 



0-1 



2 



4 : — : 26 



4-0 



Id. ; id. ; halo gone. 



5 



185 



30-3 



27-0 



3-3 



0-3 



0-2 



2 





2-5 



Id. ; id. ; id. 



6 



188 



28-2 



25-5 



2-7 



0-1 



0-0 



1 



5 : — : — 



5-0 



Id. ; cirro-strati ; cirro-cumuli. 



7 



189 



27-1 



241 



30 



00 



0-0 



2 





0-7 



Cirro-strati on horizon ; very clear. 



8 



191 



24-5 



22-4 



21 



0-0 



0-0 







10 



Clouds to E. and NE. 



9 



184 



23-7 



220 



1-7 



00 



0-0 







0-0 



Hazy on horizon. 



10 



180 



19-5 



190 



0-5 



0-0 



00 







0-0 



Clear. 



11 



183 



16-9 



16-9 





0-0 



0-0 







02 



Clouds to NE. ; very clear. 



12 



186 



18-8 



18-9 





0-0 



00 







01 



Clouds and haze on horizon. 



13 



29-209 



18-7 



18-7 





0-0 



0-0 







4-0 



Scud, slight shower of snow at 13 h 30'". 



14 



205 



22-2 



22-2 





00 



0-0 



8 





0-2 



Clouds on NE. horizon. 



15 



215 



18-8 



19-0 





00 



00 







0-2 



Id. 



16 



213 



15-7 



16-0 





00 



0-0 







0-0 



Clear. 



17 



228 



12-3 



12-6 





0-0 



00 







0-2 



Scud to E. 



18 



246 



14-6 



14-8 





00 



0-0 







0-2 



Id. toN. 



19 



260 



12-9 



12-4 



0-5 



00 



00 







0-5 



Cumuli on E. and NE. horizon. 



20 



278 



120 



12-5 





0-0 



0-0 







1-0 



Scud to E. and NE. ; range of cumuli to N. and E. 



21 



310 



15-7 



16-0 





0-0 



00 







10 



Nimbi and cumulo-strati to NE. ; cumuli to E. 



22 



334 



20-9 



21-2 





0-0 



00 





5 : — : — 



6-5 



Thin scud ; cumuli, cirro-cumulo-strati ; slight snow. 



23 



361 



24-7 



24-3 



0-4 



0-0 



00 







1-0 



Cirrous-haze and cumulo-strati to E. ; cirri. 



2 



374 



29-7 



27-7 



2-0 



00 



0-0 







0-5 



Cumuli and cumulo-strati on E. horizon. 



1 



385 



310 



28-3 



2-7 



00 



00 







0-5 



Id. ; haze. 



2 



393 



32-2 



28-8 



3-4 



00 



00 







0-5 



Cauliflower cumuli and nimbi to E. and S. 



3 



400 



32-2 



290 



3-2 



00 



0-0 



23 





0-5 



Cum., cum.-str., and haze to E. ; cirro-strati to NE. 



4 



396 



32-4 



28-9 



3-5 



0-0 



0-0 



23 



— : — : 



50 



Thin woolly cirri ; cumuli, cumulo-strati, and haze. 



5 



396 



32-8 



28-9 



3-9 



0-2 



0-0 



23 



— : — : 30 



8-0 



Woolly cirri ; cumuli to SE. 



6 



397 



30-5 



27-1 



3-4 



0-2 



0-2 



20 



28 : — : — 



9-7 



Cirro-cumulous-scud ; cirro-cumulo-strati and cirri. 



7 



397 



300 



27-2 



2-8 



0-2 



0-2 



20 





9-2 



Id. ; cirrous clouds. 



8 



384 



29-6 



27-0 



2-6 



0-4 



0-7 



22 





50 



Cirrous clouds and haze. 



9 



392 



28-6 



27-6 



10 



0-5 



00 







1-5 



Thin cirri radiating from WNW. 



10 



397 



26-9 



26-0 



0-9 



00 



00 







0-5 



Thin cirri. 



The 



direction of the w 



ind is indicat 



?d by 



;he nu 



mber of the point of the comp 



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



>tioi 



s of the three stra 



ta of clouds, S 



c. (set 



id), C. 



-s. (cirro-stratus), and Cir. (cii 



-rus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



