Hourly Meteorological Observations, October 7 — 9, 1844. 



277 



Baro- 

 meter 

 at 32°. 



m. 



29-732 

 728 



29-710 

 705 

 676 

 671 

 651 

 624 

 612 

 604 

 580 

 564 

 551 

 518 

 479 

 460 

 432 

 406 

 383 

 369 

 347 

 317 

 289 

 266 

 247 

 209 



29-178 

 136 

 122 

 080 

 060 

 048 

 008 

 019 

 29010 

 28-994 

 966 

 954 

 960 

 929 

 916 

 886 

 879 

 850 

 850 

 834 

 805 

 781 

 758 

 740 



Thermometers. 



Dry- 



32-6 

 32-3 



Wet. 



32-0 

 32-0 



30-7 

 31-7 



29-9 

 32-2 

 32-4 

 331 

 33-2 

 34-3 

 36-7 

 42-2 

 44-7 

 46-3 

 46-2 

 46-7 

 470 

 45-9 

 45-6 

 45-5 

 45-5 

 45-8 

 45-2 

 45-8 

 45-8 

 45-4 



44-0 

 43-4 

 43-4 

 43-7 

 43-7 

 43-6 

 43-4 

 43-9 

 44-3 

 45-0 

 45-5 

 46-2 

 46-3 

 47-2 

 47-3 

 47-7 

 48-0 

 48-5 

 49-1 

 49-8 

 50-1 

 50-3 

 510 

 520 



52-3 

 52-8 

 51-2 

 50-3 

 49-2 



Diff. 



0-6 

 0-3 



Wind. 



Maximum 

 force in 



1\ 10™. 



lbs. 



0-1 

 01 



00 

 00 

 00 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 00 

 00 

 01 

 00 

 00 

 0-8 

 0-6 

 0-5 

 0-6 

 10 

 0-6 

 0-6 

 0-9 

 11 

 1-9 

 2-4 

 2-7 

 2-3 

 2-8 



10 

 2-5 

 2-5 

 1-7 

 1-8 



lbs. 



00 

 0-0 



0-0 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 0-0 

 00 

 00 

 0-1 

 0-0 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-4 

 0-3 

 0-4 

 0-4 

 0-5 

 0-3 

 0-6 

 0-3 

 1-1 

 1-9 

 2-6 

 1-3 

 0-9 



1-8 

 2-8 

 2-7 

 2-7 

 31 

 1-7 

 3-8 

 2-4 

 2-1 

 2-6 

 2-2 

 2-7 

 1-7 

 1-3 

 1-5 

 2-6 

 1-3 

 20 

 10 

 1-5 

 1-8 

 1-1 

 20 

 2-3 



1-4 

 2-0 

 1-8 

 20 

 1-3 



Prom 



pt. 

 20 

 10 



4 

 18 

 7 

 7 

 30 

 17 

 17 

 18 

 15 

 16 

 14 

 15 

 15 

 16 

 15 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 15 

 14 



15 

 13 

 14 

 14 

 13 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 12 

 14 

 12 

 12 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 11 



11 

 11 

 13 

 14 

 14 



Clouds, 



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



moving 



from 



pt. pt. pt. 



20 

 21 



18 

 20 



20 



13 



16: 



13 



16: 



13 



— : 



13 



— : 



13 



— : 



13 



: 



13 



— : 



12 



16: 



12 



— : 



12 



— : 



12 



— : 



13 



— : 



Sky 

 clouded 



o—io. 

 0-5 

 0-2 



1-0 

 0-5 

 20 

 9-8 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 10-0 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 9-9 

 100 



100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 10-0 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 10-0 

 100 

 100 

 10-0 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 10-0 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 



10-0 

 10-0 

 100 

 100 

 100 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 



faint aurora borealis. 

 id. 



» 



Cirri to NE 

 Id.; 



Cirro-strati. 



Id. 

 Cirro-strati ; cirri ; cirrous haze 

 Cirrous mass ; stars dim. 



Id. ; cirro-strati. 



Homogeneous cirrous mass ; hoar-frost. 

 Cirro-stratous scud ; cirro-strati ; haze ; sky red to E. 

 Id. ; id. ; id. 



Id. ; id. 



Id. ; id. ; haze. 



Cirrous mass ; cirro-strati. © 



Cirro-stratous scud ; cirro-strati ; haze. 

 As before. 



Dense cirro-strati and haze, breaking to SW. # 



Id. 9 



Id. 

 Id. 

 Cirro-strati ; homogeneous cirrous mass ; misty. 

 Id. ; id. 



Id. ; id. 



Very dark. 



Id. ; some stars visible at 10 h 10 m . 

 Scud and cirro-strati ? 

 Dark. 



Dark. 



Very dark. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Dense clouds. 

 Cirro-strati and scud. 

 Patches of scud ; cir.-str 

 Scud ; id. ; 



Id. ; id. ; 



Id. ; id. ; 



Id. ; id. ; 



As before ; h 10 m drops of rain. 



homogeneous cirrous mass, 

 id. 

 id. 

 id. 

 id. 



; drops of rain occasionally, 

 cirro-strati ; cirrous mass breaking. 



id. ; id. 



id. ; id. 



Id 

 Scud; 

 Id.; 

 Id.; 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Very dark. 



Id. ; drops of rain. 



Id. ; rain 0-5 



Id. 



Id. 



Very dark, breaking to SE. 

 Id. ; rain 1-0 

 Id., breaking to SE. 

 Id. 

 Id. 



direction of the wind is indicated by the number of the point of the compass, reckoning N. = 0, B. = 8, S. = 16, W. = 24. The 

 i»l of the three strata of clouds, Sc. (scud), C.-s. (cirro-stratus), and Cir. (cirrus), are indicated in a similar manner. 



AC. AND MET. OBS. 1844. 



4 A 



