LXU 



Meteorological Observations. 



Abstract of the Results of the Hourly Meteorological Observations 



taken at the Surveyor General's Office, Calcutta, 



in the month of August 1866. 



Solar Radiation, Weather, &c. 



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is 



Eain Guage 



5 feet above 



Ground. 







Inches 





1.38 





0.44 





0.63 



133.0 







0.12 





0.10 





0.30 





0.30 





3.14 



133.0 





134.6 





Prevailing 



direction of the 



Wind. 





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<v 





£ 



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s*h 



X 



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£ 



7-t 



50 



General aspect of the Sky. 



s. s. w. 



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



s. s. w. & s. w. 



S. S. W. & variable 



W. & variable 



S. &. S. by W. 



S. byE. &. S. S.E. 



S. S. E. &S.byE. 

 E. &. E. S.E. 



E-N. E. &E. S.E. 



S.E.&E.N. E. 



E. &S. S.E. 

 S. E.&S. S. E. 



S. by W. & variable. 



s.&s. s. w. 



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



It) 



Overcast to 3 p. m. Vi to 7 p. 

 M.\i afterwards. Light rain 

 at 2 & 9| a. m. & at 1| p. m. 



Vi nearly the whole day. 



w_i to 3 a. m. Vi to 10 A. M. 

 Overcast afterwards, Eain at 

 11 a. m. 12f p. m. & from 5 to 

 11 P. M. 



Overcast nearly the whole day. 

 Lightning & Thunder at mid- 

 night. Slight rain from mid- 

 night to 2 a. m. & at 6 p. m. 



Overcast to 4 p. m. ^i & Vi 

 afterwards. Eain at 2 & 3 a. 

 m. & at Noon. 



Overcast nearly the whole day. 

 Eain from midnight to 2 & 

 at 5 & from 7 to 9 a. m. 



Scatd. M to 8 a. m. ^i to 1 p.m. 

 Overcast to 6 p. m. Thin 

 clouds afterwards. 



Vi to 9 a. m. ^i afterwards. 



Vi & ^i nearly the whole day. 

 Light, rain at 3 p. M. 

 i & Vi nearly the whole day. 

 Eain at 3 & 4 p. m. 



Scatd. clouds to 7 a. m. ^i to 

 Noon. Overcast at 5 p. m. 

 Scatd. clouds afterwards, Eain 

 at 1 & 4| p. m. 



Scatd. clouds to 11 a. m. Over- 

 cast to 3 p. M. Thin clouds af- 

 terwards, Eain at 11| a. m. 



Overcast to 6 a. m. Vi & Scuds 

 from E to 11 A.M.Thin clouds 

 to 4 p. m. Scatd. ^i afterwards. 

 Eain from 2 to 5 a. m. at 10 A. 

 m. Noon 3| p. m. &atl0|p.M. 



Overcast to 1 p. m. ~i to 6 p. m. 

 clear afterwards, rain from 3 

 to 5 a.m. at 8 a.m. & at 3|p.m. 

 i to 7 p. m. clear afterwards. 

 Light rain at Noon. 



Clear to 2 a. m. Scatd. ~i to 6 

 p. m. clear afterwards. 



x i Cirri, — i Strati, 

 W Cirro cumuli. 



i Cumuli/— i Cirro-strati, ^i Cumulo strati, ^-i Nimbi, 



