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S. A. Hill — Tornadoes and Hailstorms of April [No. 2, 



destructive to crops and trees. All the storms referred to occtirred 

 on tlie SOtli April or the 1st May ; though in some places there was a 

 slight tendency to their recurrence on the 2nd May. 



General Weather of the Period. 

 The general features of the weather of Northern India during the 

 week ending with the 2nd May may be gathered from the following 

 tables compiled from the telegraphic reports published by the Simla 

 Meteorological office. 



2m April, 1888. 



Station. 



Pressure at 8 A. M. 



Change since previons 

 day. 



Temperature. 



Wind. 



i 

 is 



a 



Clond 8 A. M. 



Rainfall. j 



Weather 

 Remarks. 





Maximum. 



Minimnm. 



Direction. 



Mean Velocity per 

 1 hour. 1 



Simla 



23-160 



+ .009 



58-0 



70-7 



53-1 



N. E. 





89 



2 







Chakrata ... 



23 169 



+ .022 



63-7 



71-3 



51-3 



E. 



6 



32 









Mnsaooree... 



23-328 



+ .030 



66-0 



73-5 



56-0 



N. N. E. 



12 



11 









Hanikhet ... 



23-996 



+ .020 



65-6 



74-5 



59-0 



S. B. 



8 



38 



"4 





Fine. 



Lahore 



29 681 



-.022 



83-2 



100-6 



62-0 



C. 



2 



30 



2 





Clear. 



Ludhiana ... 



29-666 



-.011 



82-2 



102-8 



68-0 



c. 



2 



30 



4 





Fine. 



Eoorkee .. 



29-675 



-.005 



79-3 



98-6 



65-2 



c. 



6 



32 







Hot wind. 



Meernt 



29-693 



+ .004 



82-9 



99-3 



68-5 



N. yj. 



5 



30 









Bareilly ... 



29-700 



+ .025 



80-9 



99-7 



68-5 



E. 



5 



26 









Gorakhpur... 



29-756 



+ .047 



74-3 



95-8 



70-8 



B. 



5 



74 



"5 





Threatening. 



Ajmere 



29-749 



-.068 



86-3 



101-3 



81-5 



w. 



8 



46 







Jeypore 



29-758 



-.037 



84-B 



100-1 



74-0 



w. 



5 



31 







Dust haze. 



Agra 



29-723 



-.021 



85-7 



103-0 



76-5 



w. 



6 



28 









liuotnow ... 



29-740 



+ .041 



78-7 



105-8 



65-4 



E. 



6 



73 









Allahabad ... 



29-716 



+ .027 



86-3 



101-5 



70-6 



S. E. 



7 



21 







Hot wind. 



Benares 



29:726 



+ .05C 



79-6 



102-8 



696 



c. 



7 



55 









Patna 



29-766 



+ .041 



78-5 



97-5 



70-2 



E. 



7 



72 



2 





Fine. 



Gya 



29-744 



+ .02E 



86-7 



102-5 



08-8 



C. 



6 



69 



5 







Sntua 



29 756 



+ .027 



83-2 



99-1 



68-6 



N. -W. 



9 



42 









Nowgong ... 



29-743 



+ .00C 



83-7 



100-1 



75-6 



S. W. 



4 



18 



"5 





Fine. 



Jhansi 



29-725 



-.001 



84-5 



102-5 



76-9 



N. W. 



6 



28 



3 







On the 26th the atmospheric pressure was nearly normal all over 

 Upper India, but the westerly winds of the previous days had fallen off 

 in strength and many calms were reported, whilst easterly winds were 

 advancing over Behar and eastern districts of the N.-IV. Provinces. 



