200 



Hourly Meteorological Observations, March 14 — 18, 1844. 







Thermometers. 





Wind 











Gbtt. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 













Clouds, 







Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maxi 

 fore 



mum 

 e in 



10"'. 



From 



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



moving 



from 



Sky 

 clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



d. li. 



in. 



" 



o 



o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. pt. 



0—10. 





14 18 



29-284 



33-4 



32-3 



1-1 



0-2 



0-0 







100 



Snowing more heavily. 



19 



265 



33-3 



330 



0-3 



0-2 



0-2 



3 





10-0 



Slight fall of sleet. 



20 



269 



33-6 



33-2 



0-4 



0-3 



0-2 



6 





100 



Id. snow. 



21 



266 



33-9 



33-5 



0-4 



0-3 



0-3 



4 



8: — : — 



100 



Scud ; nearly homogeneous ; slight snow. 



22 



269 



34-3 



33-9 



0-4 



1-5 



1-4 



6 





100 



Snow falling pretty heavily ; scud. 



23 



272 



34-7 



34-0 



0-7 



2-7 



1-2 



6 





10-0 



Id.; ' id. 



15 



279 



34-3 



340 



0-3 



1-4 



0-9 



5 





100 



Snowing rather heavily. 



1 



288 



34-7 



34-4 



0-3 



0-9 



0-5 



5 





100 



Id. id. 



2 



289 



34-9 



34-3 



0-6 



1-3 



0-4 



6 





100 



Sleet id. 



3 



296 



34-4 



34-3 



0-1 



1-0 



1-4 



6 





100 



Id. id. 



4 



308 



34-3 



340 



0-3 



1-2 



0-8 



5 





100 



Id. id. 



5 



324 



33-6 



33-3 



0-3 



0-6 



0-4 



6 





10-0 



Snowing. id. 



6 



336 



33-3 



33-0 



0-3 



0-7 



0-4 



4 





100 



Id. id. 



7 



346 



330 



32-9 



0-1 



0-6 



0-5 



4 





10-0 



Id. 



8 



361 



33-4 



33-2 



0-2 



0-4 



0-6 



4 





100 



Id. lightly. 



9 



373 



32-9 



32-5 



0-4 



1-3 



0-5 



4 





10-0 



Id. id. 



10 



398 



33-3 



33 



0-3 



1-2 



0-8 



6 





100 



Snow ceased. 



11 



424 



34-2 



33-3 



0-9 



1-3 



2-6 



4 





100 



Slight shower of hail since 10 h . 



12 



437 



33-9 



33-0 



0-9 



2-1 



10 



4 





10-0 



Snowing since soon after last observation. 



13 



29-454 



33-6 



32-9 



0-7 



2-6 



0-6 



4 





10-0 



Snow showers. 



14 



471 



34-9 



32-8 



2-1 



1-9 



2-5 



3 





100 



Fair. 



15 



491 



34-8 



32-7 



2-1 



2-3 



2-6 



4 





10-0 



Snow showers. 



16 



515 



34-3 



31-7 



2-6 



2-4 



2-3 



3 





80 



Sky to NW. 



17 



531 



33-1 



30-9 



2-2 



2-7 



1-2 



3 





3-0 



Clouds to E. and SE. 



18 



552 



32-8 



31-2 



1-6 



2-9 



2-2 



3 



6 







— 



7-0 



Scud and nimbi ; hail shower ; black to SE. 



19 



565 



32-6 



30-8 



1-8 



2-4 



2-0 



5 



4 



— 



— 



5-0 



Thick scud ; cumuli ; woolly cirri ; shower of hail. 



20 



585 



32-9 



30-2 



2-7 



1-3 



0-7 



6 



6 



— 



— 



7-0 



Scud ; snow showers around. 



21 



618 



34-0 



32-0 



2-0 



2-0 



1-8 



6 



6 



— 



— 



4-0 



Scud and loose cumuli ; patches of linear cirri. 



22 



643 



31-8 



31-4 



0-4 



4-2 



22 



5 





10-0 



Showers of snow ; heavy drift. 



23 



654 



34-7 



32-3 



2-4 



2-2 



20 



4 



6: — : — 



8-0 



Cirro-stratous scud ; cumuli and haze on E. horizon. 



16 



678 



35-3 



32-6 



2-7 



2-9 



2-3 



5 



8 : — : — 



3-5 



Scud, loose cumuli. 



1 



708 



35-2 



320 



3-2 



3-6 



20 



6 





9-5 



Id., frequent showers of hail. 



2 



722 



35-2 



33-3 



1-9 



2-4 



1-9 



6 





100 



Snowing. 



3 



739 



34-8 



330 



1-8 



2-5 



2-0 



5 





100 



Id. lightly. 



4 



750 



34-6 



321 



2-5 



2-7 



2-2 



6 





100 



Snow ceased. 



5 



766 



34-3 



31-7 



2-6 



2-5 



1-5 



6 



6 • — ■ 



10-0 



Scud. 



6 



798 



33-8 



32-1 



1-7 



1-4 



0-9 



6 





9-9 



Id. 



7 



827 



33-2 



30-6 



2-6 



1-4 



0-5 



6 





100 



Id. 



8 



847 



330 



310 



2-0 



1.-3 



0-7 



6 





100 



Id. 



9 



869 



33-2 



30-7 



2-5 



20 



1-7 



5 





100 



Id. 



10 



900 



33-0 



31-1 



1-9 



1-6 



0-7 



5 





10-0 



Dark. 



11 



916 



32-9 



301 



2-8 



20 



0-4 



5 





90 



Scud. 



12 



920 



32-9 



30-2 



2-7 



0-9 



0-5 



4 





100 



Id. 



17 13 



30054 



20-4 







0-8 



00 







0-2 



Cirrous haze to NE. 



14 



055 



19-8 



20-0 





00 



0-0 







0-2 



Id. ; stars dim. 



15 



035 



J 9-8 



19-8 





00 



0-0 







0-1 



Id. ; id. 



16 



030 



19-6 



19-7 





0-0 



00 







0-2 



Id. E., id. 



17 



30021 



19-0 



190 





0-0 



00 







0-2 



Cirro-strati to NE. ; stars dim. 



18 



29-996 



19-7 



19-7 





0-0 



0-0 





— : 4: — 



2-0 



Cirro-cumuli ; cirri and cirro-strati ; cirrous haze. 



19 



997 



19-3 



19-3 





00 



0-0 





— : 6: — 



8-0 



Bands of cir.-cum. radiating from WN W. ; cir.-str., cir. 



20 



993 



23-0 



22-9 



1 



0-0 



0-0 



23 





9-9 



Cirro-cumulous scud ; sky to SW. 



21 



993 



27-8 



26-9 



0-9 



0-0 



00 



20 



— : 3 : — 



9-7 



Id. 



22 



993 



32-4 



30-9 



1-5 



00 



0-0 



20 





9-7 



Id., very light rain. 



23 



992 



36-5 



32-4 



4-1 



0-0 



00 







9-7 



Id. ; sky to N. and S. 



18 



997 



40-1 



37-0 



31 



00 



00 



20 





100 



Id. 



1 



978 



451 



41-4 



3-7 



0-0 



00 



22 





10-0 



Id. 



The 



direction of the \ 



find is indie; 



-ted b 



y tne 



aumber of the point of the co 



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



motioi 



is of the three stra 



ta of clouds, i 



5c. (sci 



id), C 



-s. (cirro-stratus), and Oir. (ci 



rrus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



Mai 



eh 18 d l h . New 



iilk put on wi 



it-bult 



then 



uometer before this observatio 



n. 



