228 



Hourly Meteorological Observations, May 29 — 31, 1844. 



Gbtt. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



Thermometers. 



Wind. 



Clouds, 



Sky 

 clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Re 





Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maximum 

 force in 



From 



Sc. :C.-s. :CL, 



moving 



from 



marks. 













l h . 



10 m . 













d. h. 



in. 



o 



o 



o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. pt. 



0-10. 







29 1 



29-918 



51-8 



47-0 



4-8 



0-3 



0-2 



4 



5 



: — 



:• — 



100 



Scud. 





2 



913 



510 



46-1 



4-9 



0-4 



0-2 



4 



4 



: — 



: — 



9-5 



Id. 





3 



909 



50-7 



46-1 



4-6 



0-3 



0-3 



2 



4 



: — 



: — 



9-8 



Id. 





4 



911 



50-1 



46- 1 



4-0 



0-3 



0-3 



2 



4 



: — 



: — 



10-0 



Id. 





5 



910 



49-6 



45-3 



4-3 



0-3 



0-1 



4 



4 



: — 



: — 



10-0 



Id. 





6 



905 



48-2 



450 



3-2 



0-4 



01 



3 



3 



: — 



: — 



100 



Id. 





7 



918 



47-3 



43-3 



4-0 



0-3 



0-1 



4 





100 



Id. 





8 



910 



46-5 



43-0 



3-5 



0-2 



0-2 



2 





10-0 



Id. ; a few drops of rain. 





9 



907 



46-0 



44-0 



20 



0-2 



0-1 



3 



2: — : — 



10-0 



Id. 





10 



913 



45-5 



43-2 



2-3 



0-1 



00 







100 



Id. 





11 



924 



45-7 



43-6 



2-1 



01 



0-1 



2 





100 



Id. 





12 



919 



45-3 



43-3 



2-0 



0-5 



0-3 



3 





10-0 



Id. 





13 



29-915 



44-5 



43-1 



1-4 



0-5 



0-8 



2 





100 



Scud ; rain 1 





14 



907 



44-4 



43-2 



1-2 



0-7 



01 



2 





10-0 



Id. ; rain ' 5 





15 



900 



44-0 



43-0 



10 



01 



00 



1 





100 



Id. ; raini 





16 



898 



44-3 



43-5 



0-8 



0-0 



00 



1 



4 



— 



— 



100 



Id. ; rain 1 





17 



894 



44-5 



440 



0-5 



00 



00 



2 



4 



— 



— 



100 



Id. ; rain ' 5 — l 





18 



901 



45-4 



44-8 



0-6 



00 



00 



2 



3 



— 



— 



10-0 



Id. 





19 



887 



47-0 



45-9 



11 



0-0 



00 





4 



. — 



— 



10-0 



Id. ; fair. 





20 



893 



48-4 



46-9 



1-5 



01 



01 



2 





100 



Id. 





21 



900 



49-6 



47-7 



1-9 



0-2 



0-2 



2 





100 



Id. ; rain ' 2 . 





22 



897 



50-7 



48-2 



2-5 



0-4 



0-4 



2 



2 



— 



— 



100 



Id. 





23 



905 



52-0 



49-2 



2-8 



0-5 



0-2 



3 



2 



— 



— 



100 



Id. 





30 



902 



51-9 



48-8 



31 



0-4 



0-4 



2 



2 







— 



100 



Id. 





1 



901 



53-4 



49-6 



3-8 



0-3 



0-2 



3 



2 



— 







100 



Id. 





2 



903 



52-5 



49-3 



32 



0-5 



0-5 



4 





100 



Id. 





3 



909 



52-0 



48-9 



3-1 



0-4 



01 



2 I 





100 



Id., approaching to cirro-strati to E. 





4 



908 



51-2 



48-1 



31 



0-5 



00 



3 



2 







— 



10-0 



Id. 





5 



908 



50-9 



47-3 



3-6 



0-3 



0-2 



2 



1 



— 







100 



Id. 





6 



916 



51-1 



47-7 



3-4 



0-5 



0-2 



3 



2 







— 



90 



Id. 





7 



920 



49-2 



46-0 



3-2 



0-3 



01 



3 



2 







— 



35 



Id. ; streaks of linear cirri lying WNW 



to ESE. 



8 



931 



48-5 



46-0 



2-5 



01 



0-0 



2 





8-0 



Id. 





9 



940 



46-9 



44-9 



2-0 



00 



0-0 



2 





100 



Id. 





10 



942 



46-1 



44-2 



1-9 



00 



00 



2 





100 



Id. 





11 



938 



45-7 



44-0 



1-7 



00 



00 







100 



Id. 





12 



941 



45-3 



43-3 



20 



00 



0-0 



2 





100 



Id. 





13 



29-944 



45-3 



43-2 



2-1 



0-0 



00 







100 



Scud. 





14 



946 



45-1 



43-5 



1-6 



00 



00 







100 



Id. 





15 



934 



45-1 



43-6 



1-5 



0-0 



0-0 







100 



Id. 





16 



937 



44-7 



42-9 



1-8 



01 



01 



3 





100 



Id. 





17 



946 



44-5 



42-9 



1-6 



0-1 



00 







100 



Id. 





18 



953 



45-0 



43-4 



1-6 



0-0 



0-0 





4 







— 



10-0 



Id. 





19 



964 



45-4 



44-7 



0-7 



00 



00 



2 



3 



, 



— 



100 



Id. ; rain 1 





20 



962 



47-0 



45-2 



1-8 



0-2 



0-2 



5 



3: 



— 







10-0 



Id. ; rain ' 5 





21 



955 



47-9 



46-0 



1-9 



0-2 



0-1 



3 



3 



— 



— 



100 



Id. ; rain ' 5 





22 



952 



4S-9 



46-5 



2-4 



0-3 



01 



3 





100 



Id. ; rain ' 5 





23 



950 



49-0 



47-0 



2-0 



0-3 



01 



3 





100 



Id. ; rain " 2 





31 



954 



51-6 



48-4 



3-2 



0-3 



0-1 



5 



3 : 



: 



— 



100 



Id. 





1 



944 



53.3 



50-2 



3-1 



0-3 



0-2 



8v. 



3 : 



— : 







9-9 



Id. 





2 



946 



53-9 



50-3 



3-6 



0-2 



0-1 



8 



3: 



: 



— 



10-0 



Id. 





3 



935 



54-1 



501 



4-0 



0-2 



0-1 



4v. 



3: 



: 







9-8 



Id. 





4 



924 



52-0 



49-1 



2-9 



0-2 



0-1 



4 





100 



Id. 





5 



920 



51-6 



48-8 



2-8 



0-1 



0-1 



4 





10-0 



Id. 





6 



918 



49-8 



47-3 



2-5 



0-0 



0-0 







10-0 



Id. 





7 



914 



49-0 



47-0 



20 



00 



00 







100 



Id. 





8 



918 



48-0 



460 



2-0 



0-0 



00 







10-0 



Id. 







The 



direction of the wind is indicated by the nu 



mber of the point of the compass, reckoning N. = 0, E. = 8, S. = 16, W. = 



24. The 



motion 



s of the three strata of clouds, Sc. (scud), C. 



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





May 



31 a oh_ rnjjg vane having been moving stiff 



y, it was slightly altered and oiled. 



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