XXXV111 



Meteorological Observations. 



Abstract of the Results of the Hourly Meteorological Observations 



taken at the Surveyor General's Office, Calcutta, 



in the month of May 1866. 



Solar Radiation, Weather, &c. 





Ma 



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 ■a 



Gruage 

 t above 



Prevailing 

 direction of the 



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 bo fl 



Su rr-l 



General aspect of the Sky. 



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 P 



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Wind. 



J3 8 

 00 







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Inches 





a 





15 



129.2 





Variable. 



2-00 



Overcast to 4 a.m. Clear toiSToon. 

 Scatd ^i to 6 p. m. Scatd \i 

 afterwards. 



16 



134.9 



0.58 



S. & S. by E. 



12.00 



Scatd. \i to 5 a. m., scatd. oi to 

 6 p. m. Overcast aferwards. 

 Lightning from 7 to 10 p. m. 

 Thunder at 7 & 8 p. m. Eain 

 between 6 & 7 p. m. 



17 



130.2 





S. byE. &S.byW. 



0.25 



Clear to 7 a. m., scatd. ^i to 6 

 p. m., clear afterwards. 



18 



128.0 



0.12 



s. & s. s. w. 



3.00 



Clear to 6 a. m., scatd *"i to 6 p. m. 

 Overcast afterwards. Eain be- 

 tween 7 & 8 p. m. 



19 



132.0 





S. S.W. &S.W.&S. 



0.70 



Clear to 11 a. m., scatd ^i to 2 

 p. m., clear afterwards. 



20 



130.0 





s. s.w.&s. 



0.50 



Clear. 



21 



130.2 





s. & s. s. w. 



0.30 



Scatd. \i to 4 a. m., clear after- 

 wards. 



22 



134.0 





s. & s. s. w. 



0.70 



Clear. 



23 



129.0 





s. & s. s. w. 



3.50 



Clear to 5 A. M., scuds from S. 

 to 11 a. m., clear afterwards. 

 Shock of an earthquake, felt 

 at 3-41 from N. W. to S. E., 























the shock, or shocks, lasted 













several minutes and there was 













apparently a cross wave from 













N. to S. 



24 



132.0 



... 



S. &S. S.E. 



1.25 



Scatd. ^i to 11 a. m., clear after- 

 wards. Lighting to N. W. at 

 8 & 9 p. m. 



25 



130.0 



. . . 



s. & s. s. w. 



1.00 



Clear. 



26 



141.6 





s. & s. s. w. 



1.00 



Clear. 



27 



143.0 





s. & s. w. 



0.60 



Clear. 



28 



132.0 





s. 



0.25 



Clear to 3 A. M., scuds from S. to 

 7 a. m., clear to 6 p. m.„ scuds 

 from S. afterwards. 



29 



128.0 



... 



s. & s. s. w. 



1.50 



Scuds from S. to 9 a. m. Clouds 

 of different kinds afterwards. 



30 



133.0 





S. AS. S.W. 



1.30 



Clear to 4 a. m., scatd. ^i to 6 

 p. m. Overcast afterwards. 

 Lightning to N. W. at 8 

 & 9 p. m. Thin rain between 



1 & 9 P. M. 



31 



130.0 





S.&S. S.W. 



0.80 



Scatd. ^i. 



M Cirri, — i Strati, ^i Cumuli/ 

 W Cirro cumuli. 



_ i Cirro-strati, ^i Cumulo strati, ^i Nimbi, 



