XXXVill 
Meteorological Observations. 
Abstract of the Results of the Hourly Meteorological Observations 
taken at the Surveyor General's Office, Calcutta, 
in the month of May, 1865. 

| Max. Solar 

radiation. 

Rain Gauge 
5 feetabove 
Ground. 


Solar Radiation, Weather, &c, 
Prevailing direction 
of the Wind. 

E. & variable. 
E.&8.&S.E. 
E.&8.H.&S8., 
Sunday. 
S.B.&8. & W. 

General Aspect of the Sky. 
oe 
Overcast almost all day: Lightning from 
7 to 10 p. u. thunder at 8 & 9 2. M, light 
rain at 11 P, M. 
Scatd. 1i & -i to 6 P. M. overcast after- 
wards, 
Overcast to 6 A. u. Oi & i afterwards, 
Scatd. “i & i whole day, Rain at 6, 8, 
10 a.m. 2 & 3 p. M, thunder at 10 a. m, 
lightning at 9 Pp. M. 
Scatd. “i & i to 7 p. m. cloudless after- 
wards. Thin rain between Noon & 1 
P. M. 
Cloudless to 3 a. M. Scatd. 91& ito noon 
overcast afterwards. Rain at 10 a.m. 
1,5, 6,8 & 9p. u. lightning & thunder 
from 5 to 10 Pp. mM. 
Overcast allday. Rain from noon to 5 P.M. 
i to 5 A. M. overcast to 7 P. M. “i after- 
wards, rain between 9 & 10 a. M. 
Scatd, 1 & i to7 Pp. mM. cloudless after- 
wards. Rain at 3 A. M. noon to 2 P. M, 
Scatd. 91& ito 2 p. M. overcast to 7 P.M. 
cloudless afterwards. Rain atl a. Mm. 
& at 4,5 Pp. M. 
Scatd. 91 & i drizzled at 3 P. Mu. 
ito 3 A. M. overcast to 5 Pp. mM. Seatd. 71 
& iafterwards. Rain from 10 a, M. 
to 2 P. M. 

