230 



Hourly Meteorological Observations, June 3- 



-5, 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. 



movin 



from 



Ci., Sky 

 t clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



d. h. 



in. 



o 



o 



° 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. 



pt. 0—10. 





3 15 



29-817 



43-0 



42-2 



0-8 



00 



00 



19 



28 



— 



— 1-5 



Patches of scud ; cirro-strati and cirrous haze. 



16 



808 



41-0 



40-7 



0-3 



0-0 



0-0 



20 



27 



— 



— 3-5 



Scud, smoky scud ; cirro-strati to NE., tinged with red. 



17 



796 



41-7 



41-2 



0-5 



0-0 



0-0 





— 



26 



— 8-0 



Cirro-cumulo-strati ; cirro-strati, cirrous haze ; foggy. 



18 



786 



46-1 



45-0 



1-1 



0-0 



0-0 





26 



— 



— 9-7 



Scud and loose cumuli ; haze. 



19 



795 



49-9 



47-8 



2-1 



00 



00 



20 



21 



— 



— 100 



Loose scud ; hazy ; nearly homogeneous. 



20 



798 



521 



50-4 



1-7 



0-0 



00 



20 





100 



As before ; rather more homogeneous. 



21 



787 



54-0 



521 



1-9 



01 



0-1 



20 



20 



— 



— 100 



Misty scud. 



22 



777 



55-4 



52-9 



2-5 



0-6 



0-3 



18 



20 



— 



— 100 



Id. 



23 



772 



59-2 



55-8 



3-4 



1-0 



0-6 





20 



— 



— 100 



Id. 



4 



747 



62-6 



58-0 



4-6 



10 



0-8 



18 



21 



— 



— 9-5 



Scud and loose cumuli ; very hazy ; sultry. 



1 



716 



65-8 



57-8 



8-0 



2-0 



20 



18 



21 



— 



— 70 



Id. 



id. 



2 



709 



65-7 



56-9 



8-8 



2-7 



1-7 



19 



22 



— 



— 8-0 



Id. 



linear cirri, cirrous haze. 



3 



712 



66-7 



570 



9-7 



2-2 



1-8 



20 



24 



— 



— 90 



Id. 



cirrous haze, cirro-strati. 



4 



712 



61-0 



54-4 



6-6 



1-9 



1-3 



24 



24 



— 



— 9-8 



Id. 



id. 



5 



703 



61-2 



550 



6-2 



0-7 



0-9 



21 



24 



— 



— 9-9 



Id. 



haze ; cirro-strati to S. 



6 



701 



58-9 



53-7 



5-2 



1-4 



1-6 



20 



24 



— 



— 100 



Id. 



id. ; id. 



7 



697 



58-3 



53-5 



4-8 



2-0 



1-0 



20 



24 



— 



— 100 



Id. 



id. ; id. 



8 



694 



56-6 



53-2 



3-4 



1-3 



0-8 



20 



24 



— 



— 8-5 



Scud ; woolly and linear cirri. 



9 



703 



54-7 



520 



2-7 



1-0 



0-5 



20 



— 



— 



24 7-5 



Cirri ; cirro-cumuli, scud, cirrous haze. 



10 



700 



532 



51-0 



2-2 



0-5 



0-3 



22 



24 



— 



— 9-2 



Scud ; cirro-strati, cirrous clouds ; haze. 



11 



704 



52-5 



50-8 



1-7 



0-4 



0-1 



21 



24 



— 



— 9-8 



Id.; id.; id.; id. 



12 



702 



50-5 



49-5 



1-0 



0-1 



00 







9-2 



Scud and cirrous clouds ; sky hazy. 



13 



29-690 



50-0 



49-1 



0-9 



0-0 



00 







9-8 



Scud and cirrous clouds. 



14 



671 



50-5 



49-7 



0-8 



00 



00 



20 



20 



— 



— 10-0 



Scud. 



15 



654 



520 



510 



1-0 



0-0 



0-0 



20 



20 



— 



— 100 



Id. 



16 



637 



510 



50-0 



1-0 



01 



0-0 



20 



20 



20 



— 9-8 



Thin scud ; cir.-cum., cir.-str. ; woolly cirri, cir. haze. 



17 



618 



51-6 



50-5 



11 



0-0 



00 



20 



19 



. — 



— 100 



Scud; id., id.; a few drops of rain. 



18 



610 



53-5 



51-8 



1-7 



0-0 



01 



17 



18 



24 



— 10-0 



Id. ; cirrous clouds ; clouds thicker ; drops of rain. 



19 



595 



53-0 



52-7 



0-3 



0-1 



0-0 



16 





10-0 



Id. ; rain 25 



20 



575 



55-3 



54-0 



1-3 



0-3 



0-2 



15 





10-0 



Id. ; cirro-strati to S. ; rain 20 



21 



565 



56-7 



55-2 



1-5 



0-3 



01 



15 



18: — 



. — 100 



Id. ; rain 2 



22 



548 



55-2 



53-4 



1-8 



0-5 



0-3 



15 





10-0 



Id.; id. 



23 



523 



55-7 



54-4 



1-3 



0-6 



01 



15 



17 



: — 



— 100 



Id. 



5 



500 



60-2 



57-7 



2-5 



0-9 



0-6 



19 



19 



— 



— 100 



Id. 



1 



491 



62-0 



59-2 



2-8 



1-1 



1-5 



18 



19 



— 



— 100 



Id. ; cirri and cirro-strati to S. 



2 



489 



61-2 



58-8 



2-4 



11 



11 



18 



18 



: — 



— 10-0 



Id. 



3 



491 



60-8 



58-0 



2-8 



1-4 



0-9 



18 





100 



Id. 



4 



475 



60-4 



57-2 



3-2 



2-5 



1-4 



20 





100 



Id. ; cirro-strati to S. 



5 



468 



61-9 



58-7 



3-2 



2-3 



0-9 



17 



19:20 



— 9-9 



Id. ; cirro-cumulo-strati ; cirro-strati. 



6 



457 



60-9 



58-1 



2-8 



1-7 



0-4 



18 



18 : 20 



— 9-8 



Id. ; id. 



7 



453 



60-8 



58-1 



2-7 



0-4 



0-6 



18 



19:20 



— 9-9 



Id. ; id. 



8 



453 



60-2 



56-9 



3-3 



0-9 



0-3 



18 



19:20 



— 100 



Id. ; id. ; rain 1 — 2 , drops large. 



9 



451 



58-3 



56-4 



1-9 



0-5 



0-3 



18 





10-0 



Id. ; id. ; rain 1 since 8 h . 



10 



452 



57-3 



55-4 



1-9 



0-3 



0-4 



19 





100 



Id. ; id. ; rain 1 



11 



437 



56-3 



54-6 



1-7 



0-2 



0-2 



20 





10-0 



Id. ; cirro-strati. 



12 



436 



54-9 



53-7 



1-2 



0-4 



00 







100 



Id. ; id. 



13 



29-430 



53-7 



53-1 



0-6 



00 



0-0 







10-0 



Scud ; cirro-strati. 



14 



421 



54-3 



53-2 



1-1 



00 



0-0 







100 



Id. ; id. 



15 



399 



53-7 



52-9 



0-8 



00 



0-0 





i 



100 



Id. ; id. 



16 



388 



54-2 



52-9 



1-3 



0-1 



0-0 



16 





17 



— 10-0 



Cirro-strati and cirrous clouds ; scud. 



17 



377 



55-7 



54-0 



1-7 



0-4 



01 



17 



19 



— 



— 100 



Scud ; cirro-strati and cirrous clouds. 



18 



372 



56-3 



54-2 



2-1 



0-2 



0-2 



16 



19 



— 



— 10-0 



Id. ; id. 



19 



367 



56-8 



54-9 



1-9 



0-7 



0-4 



16 



18 



17 



— 100 



Id. ; id. 



20 



365 



60-4 



57-1 



3-3 



0-8 



1-0 



16 





9-9 



Id. ; id. ; drops of rain. 



21 



369 



59-3 



56-3 



3-0 



0-6 



0-6 



17 



18 : — 



— 10-0 



Id. ; a few drops of rain. 



22 



357 



64-6 



59-8 



4-8 



0-8 



0-4 



17 



17: 17 



17 9-5 



Scud, cumuli, cirri, cirro-strati, cirrous haze. 



The 



direction 



of the v, 



ind is i 



ndicai 



ed by 



the n\ 



imber 



of the po 



int of the com 



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



motioi 



is of the th 



ree stra 



ta of cl 



ouds, i 



5c. (sci 



id), C 



-s. (cii 



"ro-stratus 



), and Cir. (ci 



~rus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



Jun 



e 3* 22\ 



A nemo 



meter a 



ltered 



; a sre 



all ac 



dition 



al weight 



applied so as t 



o keep the inverted vessel from touching the bottom of the 



cisterr 



i ; it is bel 



ieved tt 



at in tl 



le prei 



nous s 



tate tl 



le indi 



cations be 



low 1 lb. were 



slightly too small. 



