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Hourly Meteorological Observations, March 31 — April 2, 1844. 



Gott. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



d. h. 



31 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



1 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 



13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



2 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 



13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°.. 



m. 



29-968 

 959 

 949 

 952 

 953 

 957 

 962 

 965 

 957 

 949 

 943 

 940 

 938 

 938 

 924 

 919 

 923 

 929 

 920 

 920 

 921 

 910 

 887 

 870 



29-852 

 833 

 813 

 788 

 781 

 756 

 761 

 746 

 723 

 695 

 668 

 642 

 599 

 596 

 565 

 572 

 554 

 531 

 511 

 493 

 470 

 459 

 448 

 445 



29-432 

 421 

 415 

 412 

 407 

 413 

 423 

 431 



Thermometers. 



Dry. 



38-1 

 37-4 

 33-9 

 33-8 

 32-9 

 31-3 

 32-4 

 35-2 

 39-8 

 47-8 

 54-2 

 56-3 

 57-2 

 56-9 

 56-1 

 550 

 53-7 

 52-0 

 48-0 

 44-9 

 43-7 

 44-8 

 42-5 

 47-1 



43-3 



43-2 

 44-9 

 44-8 

 43-9 

 44-4 

 450 

 46-0 

 46-8 

 48-2 

 51-0 

 50-5 

 540 

 511 

 51-9 

 49-0 

 48-0 

 47-6 

 46-8 

 46-4 

 46-5 

 46-1 

 45-5 

 45-7 



45-5 

 45-3 



44-9 

 43-6 

 42-9 

 42-8 

 42-8 

 43-1 



Wet. 



38-0 

 37-3 

 34-0 

 33-7 

 32-9 

 31-2 

 32-4 

 35-0 

 39-2 

 45-8 

 49-5 

 50-2 

 51-8 

 51-7 

 50-7 

 49-8 

 49-3 

 48-0 

 45-8 

 43-7 

 42-9 

 43-8 

 42-0 

 47-0 



43-0 

 42-8 

 43-6 

 43-3 

 430 

 43-4 

 44-0 

 44-1 

 44-4 

 45-6 

 47-1 

 46-3 

 490 

 46-9 

 47-4 

 46-0 

 46-0 

 460 

 45-6 

 45-1 

 45-3 

 45-1 

 45-2 

 45-3 



45-1 

 45-0 

 44-3 

 43-0 

 42-5 

 42- 1 

 42-2 

 42-6 



I tiff. 



0-1 

 0-1 



01 



0-1 



0-6 

 2-0 

 4-7 

 6-1 

 5-4 

 5-2 

 5-4 

 5-2 

 4-4 

 40 

 2-2 

 1-2 

 0-8 

 10 

 0-5 

 01 



0-3 

 0-4 

 1-3 

 1-5 

 0-9 

 1-0 

 1-0 

 1-9 

 2-4 

 2-6 

 3-9 

 4-2 

 5-0 

 4-2 

 4-5 

 3-0 

 20 

 1-6 

 12 

 1-3 

 1-2 

 1-0 

 0-3 

 0-4 



0-4 

 0-3 

 0-6 

 0-6 

 0-4 

 0-7 

 0-6 

 0-5 



Wind. 



Maximum 

 force in 



l h . 10 m . 



lbs. 



1-4 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 01 

 0-3 

 0-5 

 1-0 

 21 

 1-3 

 1-0 

 0-6 

 0-5 

 0-2 

 0-0 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 



00 

 00 

 00 

 1-0 

 0-8 

 0-4 

 1-3 

 1-3 

 1-5 

 1-3 

 2-8 

 2-4 

 3-9 

 4-3 

 3-4 

 3-9 

 1-8 

 1-7 

 2-0 

 1-6 

 1-2 

 0-5 

 0-3 

 0-6 



0-5 

 0-5 

 0-2 

 00 

 0-0 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 



lbs. 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 0-3 

 0-4 

 0-6 

 0-7 

 0-9 

 0-6 

 0-5 

 0-2 

 01 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 



00 

 0-0 

 0-1 

 0-8 

 0-2 

 0-4 

 0-4 

 0-5 

 1-0 

 1-6 

 1-5 

 2-0 

 4-2 

 2-4 

 3-4 

 2-4 

 1-0 

 1-2 

 1-5 

 0-7 

 0-4 

 0-3 

 0-3 

 0-3 



0-1 

 0-2 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-0 



From 



pt. 



20 



20 

 19 

 21 

 22 

 20 

 20 

 21 

 20 

 18 

 21 



22 

 18 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 20 

 19 

 20 

 20 

 21 

 20 

 19 

 19 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 19 

 19 

 18 

 18 



18 

 18 

 19 



Clouds, 



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



moving 



from 



pt. pt. pt. 



24 



: 18 



— 



20: 



— 



20: 



19 



— : 



19 



— : 



21 



— : 



22 



— : 



22 



_; 



22 



— : 



— 



— : 



— : — : 24 



— :20 



— :20 



— :20 

 20: — 



22 



Sky 

 clouded 



o—io. 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-0 

 00 

 0-0 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 3-0 

 20 

 2-5 

 2-5 

 5-0 

 30 

 4-0 

 30 

 6-0 

 6-0 

 60 

 40 

 7-0 



9-0 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 100 

 10-0 

 100 

 100 

 9-7 

 9-7 

 100 

 10-0 

 100 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 



100 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 10-0 

 100 

 100 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



Slight haze on N. and E. horizon. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Cirrous haze on E. horizon. 

 Increasing patches of clouds ; cirrous haze ; heavy dew. 

 Hazy on horizon ; slight fog ; hoar-frost. 

 Id. ; id. id. 



Id. 

 Thin cirri lying N. and S. ; patches of cir.-str. to SE, 

 Patches of scud and cirro-cumuli. 

 Cirro-stratous scud ; cir.-str., cumuli, cum.-str. on hor, 



Id. ; cumulo-strati and haze on hor. 



Scud and loose cumuli ; fine cirri to W. 



Id. ; woolly and linear cirri. 



Id. ; id. 



Patches of scud ; id. 



Cirri radiating from SSW. ; masses of scud. 

 Patches of scud ; woolly and linear cirri. 

 Scud ; cirrous clouds. 

 Woolly, diffuse, and linear cirri ; scud to N. 



Id. 

 Cirro-stratous scud ; cirro-cumuli; haze to E. and NE. 

 Id. ; id. 



Cirro-stratous scud ; haze. 

 Thick scud. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Scud. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 



Id. ; cirro-cumuli and cirro-strati. 

 Scud moving rapidly ; cirri and cirro-strati. 



Id. ; cirro-strati. 



Scud ; cirro-strati and cirrous haze. 

 Id. ; dark stormy looking cirro-strati to SE. 

 Id. ; cirro-strati. 

 Id. ; id. ; very light rain. 

 Id. ; very light rain. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 



light rain, 

 id. 



Scud ; moderate rain. 



Id. ; light rain. 



Id. ; moderate rain. 



Id. ; light rain. 



Id. ; id. 



Id. ; id. 

 Homogeneous mass of clouds. 

 Uniform mass of scud and cir.-str. 



[cumuli, 

 patches of scud and 



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), O.-s. (cirro-stratus), and Oir. (cirrus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



