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JOURNAL, R.A.S. (CEYLON). — APPENDIX. 



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ABSTRACT OF A METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER kept at Batticotta, near Jaffna, during 1847 and 1848. 



Month. 



THERMOMETER. 



Wet Bui.b Ther- 

 mometer. 



Barometer Cor- 

 rected. 



moun r 

 Rain. 



Course or Wind. 



St n h 

 Wind. 



Clouds, &c. 



General Remarks. 



1 



Mean. ■ 



Max. 



A.M. 



h. m. 

 9 30 



A M. 

 h. 



12 



h. in. 

 3 30 



Max. 



Mia. 



1847. 



























Januaiy 



780 



801 



5-3 



5-8 



6-5 



30'032 



29-936 



1-57 



N.E. & E.N.E. 



2-4 



Flying clouds and cloudy 



Heavy dew daily. Three rainy days. 



rebi'uary 



8 1 -> 



85-3 



4-7 



7 - l 



3-5 



30 051 



29-897 



1-70 



Variable from S.E 

 to N.W. 



2-3 



Flying clouds 



Fail', with heavy dew. 



. i 

 JNlarcii .. 



82-1 



85-2 



5-3 



6-3 



6-7 



29 966 



29-859 



1 -42 



E.N.E. to N.E. 



1 -3 



Fl 'i c cl ud and cloudy 



Dew lighter Four showery days and thunder 



Apiil 



84-G 



87-4 



5-4 



6 4 



6-6 



29-910 



29 807 



2-06 



E. & S.W. 



3-5 



Flyin?- clouds " 



Fair, six days thunder, five days rain. Little dew. 





85-5 



87-6 



6-1 



67 



6 - l 



29-879 



29'750 





s.w. & w.s.w. 





Cloudy 



Hazv^witb^thr'ee^raln 3 "da^ 0 thuQ(ler eaowers - 



June 



846 



87-2 



23 



7-7 



7-0 



29-786 



29671 



1-80 



S.W. & w. 



2-4'5 







July 



83-7 



86'7 



52 



6-2 



66 



29-790 



29-698 



096 



s.s.w. & s.w. 



23"4 



do. ^' °do. 



Si\ days rain and thunder Generally hazy 



August 



83-8 



873 



4-6 



5-3 



6-8 



29807 



29-709 



1-00 



do 



2 3-4 





Two days rain, three thunder. Mostly hazy. 





82"4 



864 



4-4 



7-5 



62 



29834 



29-693 



0-09 



s. & s.w. 



4-5-6 



Cloudy 





(October 61 



826 



83-6 



3-8 



3-0 



4-4 



29-877 



29-768 



18-38 



S.S.W. & S.E. 







TweWe^ay^thunder rain 'and lightning ) Dew 



November ... 



802 



82-3 



19 



2-6 



33 



29-908 



29-829 



1 ! -62 



s!e'.n. & n'.e". 



2-4 



Flying clouds 



Five days thunder. j morning. 



December ... 



78-6 



79-6 



2-9 



3-3 



3-2 



29-905 



29-804 



13-26 



N.E. & N.W. 



3-4-6 



do. 



Eleven days rainy. 



1848. 

 January 



78-2 



81-4 



4-4 



5-4 



61 



29 965 



29-903 



1-35 



N.N.E. & N.E. 



2-3 



Cloudy generally 



Two days light showers. Mostly fine, with dew. 



February .. 



799 



82-3 



5-9 



5-9 



6-5 



30-033 



29-842 



0-75 



N.E. & E.N.E. 



2-3-4 



Flying clouds 



Five days light rain, fine, with dew. 



March. 



82-8 



864 



5-8 



7-2 



8-6 



29-919 



29-804 



0-95 



Variable 



1-3 



Clear, with some flying clouds 



Fair, with haze and dew a.m. 



April 



85-4 



88-4 



5-4 



5-2 



6-2 



29-883 



29-725 



10-96 



do. 



3-4-5 



Cloudy 



Thunder showers. Hail fell once. 



May 



851 



86-7 



4-9 



5-9 



6-1 



V9-800 



29-711 



2-80 



S.W. & S.S.W. 



3-5 



Flying clouds during all the montli 



Hazy, with one or two squalls of rain. 



June 



84-5 



87-2 



5-2 



6-6 



6-8 



29-786 



29-702 



0-08 



W.S.W. & S.W. 



3-4-5 



Clear, with occasional clouds 



Hazy, but fair. One thunder squall. 



July 



82-9 



85.6 



4-1 



5-3 



5-7 



29-786 



29 700 



1-76 



S.W. & W. 



4-5-6 



Cloudy 



Hazy, with thunder and rain occasionally. 



August 



82-4 



85-7 



3-6 



' 5-3 



57 



29-791 



29-705 



2-35 



S.S.W. & s.w. 



2-3-4 



do. 



do. do. 



September .. 



82-7 



86-1 



41 



57 



5-9 



29-855 



29 035 



5-14 



w.s.w. & w. 



2-3-4 



Cloudy and flying clouds 



Thunder seven days, rain seven days. Hazy. 



October 



815 



837 



3'3 



39 



45 



29 888 



29-793 



2-24 



S.W. & w. 



3-4-4 



Flying clouds 



Rain nine days, with some thunder. Hazy. 



November .. 



791 



81-2 



2-7 



3-5 



4-0 



29-926 



29-159 



18-72 



Variable 



3-4-5 



do. 



Rain fourteen days. Little dew. 



December .. 



78-4 



80-7 



4-2 



5-6 



5-9 



29-737 



29887 



4-40 



N. & N.E. 



45 



Cloudy 



Bain fourteen days. 



