192 



Hourly Meteorological Observations, February 22 — 25, 1844. 







Thermometers. 



Wind. 









Gbtt. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 









Clouds, 







Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maxi 



fore 

 l h . 



mum 

 e in 

 10". 



From 



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



moving 



from 



Sky 

 clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



d. h. 



in. 



° 



o 



° 



Its. 



lbs. 



P t. 



pt. pt. pt. 



0—10. 





22 11 



29-394 



27-9 



26-7 



1-2 



0-0 



0-0 







0-5 



Thin cirri to S. 



12 



404 



27-0 



260 



10 



0-0 



00 







0-0 



Clear. 



13 



29-413 



28-0 



26-0 



2-0 



0-2 



0-2 



24 





0-0 



Clear ; shooting star to S. 



14 



420 



27-2 



24-9 



2-3 



0-2 



0-2 



24 





0-7 



Cirri to SW. 



15 



415 



23-9 



22-7 



1-2 



0-1 



00 







0-7 



Id. 



16 



412 



260 



24-4 



1-6 



0-2 



01 



21 





0-5 



Id. 



17 



415 



26-9 



25-0 



1-9 



0-0 



00 







0-2? 



Id. 



18 



415 



26-2 



24-8 



1-4 



0-0. 



0-0 







0-0? 



[and cum.-str. to E 



19 



413 



25-5 



24-0 



1-5 



0-0 



00 







2-5 



Linear cirri lying NW by N. to SE by S. ; cir.-str 



20 



419 



21-7 



21-1 



0-6 



00 



00 







0-2 



Cirri and cirro-strati ; cumulo-strati on E. horizon. 



21 



413 



21-9 



21-5 



0-4 



00 



00 







1-0 



Cumuli, cirro-strati, cumulo-strati, linear cirri. 



22 



412 



26-5 



25-0 



1-5 



0-0 



0-0 





— : — : 27 



2-0 



Woolly and linear cirri radiating from NW by N. 



23 



387 



30-0 



28-2 



1-8 



0-0 



0-0 







7-0 



Woolly cirri and cirrous-haze ; cum.-str. ; solar halo 



23 



363 



34-1 



31-2 



2-9 



00 



00 



16 





9-5 



General cirrous-haze ; cumulo-strati ; halo. 



1 



329 



351 



31-7 



3-4 



0-0 



0-0 



14 



20 : — : — 



9-7 



Scud ; dense cir.-str. ; cum.-str. on E. hor. ; halo gone 



2 



286 



34-8 



31-4 



3-4 



00 



00 



14 



18 : — : — 



100 



Scud ; dense cirro-strati ; cumuli on E. horizon. 



3 



208 



34-9 



32-5 



2-4 



0-3 



0-1 



14 





10-0 



Dense cirro-strati ; a few flakes of snow at 2J h . 



4 



143 



33-4 



30-8 



2-6 



0-4 



0-4 



14 



14: — : — 



100 



Patches of scud ; very dense cirro-strati. 



5 



080 



31-8 



32-0 





10 



0-8 



13 





100 



As before ; snowing. 



6 



29018 



30-9 



300 



0-9 



0-5 



0-3 



12 





10-0 



Snowing. 



7 



28-935 



311 



30-6 



0-5 



2-3 



0-9 



10 





100 



Id. 



8 



879 



32- 1 



31-6 



0-5 



0-7 



0-3 



12 





10-0 



Id., large flakes. 



9 



804 



32-4 



31-9 



0-5 



0-5 



00 



10 





100 



Id., id. 



10 



754 



32-5 



32-5 





0-5 



00 







100 



Id. 



11 



710 



32-8 



32-2 



0-6 



00 



0-0 







10-0 



Id. 



12 



682 



32-8 



32-2 



0-6 



00 



0-0 







10-0 





13 



28-673 



32-8 



32-3 



0-5 



0-0 



00 







10-0 



Light fall of snow. 



14 



666 



32-2 



32-3 





0-0 



0-0 







100 



Cirrous clouds and haze ; stars occasionally. 



15 



663 



331 



32-4 



0-7 



jl-0 



0-9 



7 





100 



Sleet. 



16 



665 



32-6 



32-6 





3-0 



2-8 



7 





100 



Id. 



17 



719 



32-7 



32-6 



0-1 



2-5 



1-6 



7 





10-0 



Id. ; three inches of snow on the ground. 



18 



775 



32-5 



32-5 





1-5 



1-5 



7 





100 



Snowing. 



19 



820 



31-8 



31-4 



0-4 



1-4 



0-7 



6 



6: — : — 



100 



Id. ; scud. 



20 



878 



310 



30-7 



0-3 



11 



0-7 



6 





100 



Id. ; dense clouds to E. 



21 



920 



32-3 



30-7 



1-6 



1-4 



0-6 



6 



6: — : — 



9-5 



Scud ; light rain. 



22 



28-965 



32-7 



311 



1-6 



0-9 



0-6 



8 



8: — : — 



9-0 



Id. ; cirro-cumulo-strati. 



23 



29-016 



33-0 



31-6 



1-4 



0-9 



0-2 



8 





100 



Homogeneous ; a few flakes of snow. 



24 



058 



33-3 



31-8 



1-5 



0-5 



0-2 



8 





100 



As before ; slight fall of snow. 



1 



094 



33-6 



321 



1-5 



0-2 



0-2 



8 





10-0 



Id. ; id. 



2 



124 



35-0 



32-7 



2-3 



0-2 



0-4 



9 





10-0 



Id. ; id. 



3 



144 



33-3 



31-7 



1-6 



0-2 



0-1 



9 





10-0 





4 



164 



32-2 



31-2 



1-0 



0-2 



0-1 



9 





100 





5 



194 



31-8 



30-2 



1-6 



0-0 



00 



10 





100 





6 



234 



30-6 



29-8 



0-8 



0-1 



0-0 







10-0 



Slight fall of snow. 



7 



255 



29-5 



29-4 



01 



00 



00 







100 



Id. 



8 



284 



29-4 



29-3 



0-1 



00 



00 







10-0 



Id. 



9 



315 



29-4 



29-1 



0-3 



0-0 



0-0 



10 





10-0 



A few flakes of snow ; Moon's disc visible. 



10 



329 



29-6 



29-0 



0-6 



0-0 



0-0 







10-0 



Slight snow. 



11 



353 



29-6 



28-9 



0-7 



0-0 



0-0 







10-0 



Id. 



12 



369 



29-1 



28-7 



0-4 



0-0 



00 







9-9 



Clouds breaking. 



25 



28-990 









1-4 





14 







Snowing heavily. 



2 



849 





















4 



773 





















5J 



762 





















13 



28-637 



26-3 



26- 1 



0-2 



0-8 



0-0 







100 





The direction < 



)f the w 



ind is indicated by the number of the point of the compass, reckoning N. = 0, E. z^ 8, S. = 16, \V. = 24. The 



motions of the th 



ree stra 



ta of clouds, Sc. (scud), C.-s. (cirro-stratus), and Cir. (cirrus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



Feb. 22* i7h. 



A belt 



of lighter sky extends from NNW. to SE. with strips of darker sky at its upper edge. 



Feb. 23 d 5 h . 



The wal 



er in the cistern of the anemometer having become frozen, it was melted by pouring in hot water. 



