M2 S. A. Kill.— Toniadoes and Hailstorms of April [No. 2, 



to the south of the Ganges and Jnmna ; whilst from the 28th onwards 

 the barometer fell steadily, so that on the morning of the oOth it stood 

 unnsiially low, especially in the Punjab. Something then occurred to 

 cause a rapid fall of temperature and rise of pressure, so that on tho 

 morning of the 2nd May the distribution of pressure was greatly altered, 

 and its absolute value overywhei-o much higher than on tho 30th, whilst 

 the temperature at the northern stations had fallen many degrees. To 

 account for these changes the morning observations show only a few 

 dust-storms with hail in one or two places. There had been in tho 

 interval several violent tornadoes ; but as none of them (except one 

 which passed over Delhi) went near any of the meteorological observa- 

 tories, the daily reports give little or no indication of their occurrence. 



The weekly reports of rainfall compiled by the district officers 

 also throw very little light on the origin or progress of these storms. 

 They only record the quantity of rain which fell, or, in the case of hail, 

 the quantity which happened to remain and get melted in the funnel of 

 the gauge. When hail falls with great velocity and rebounds to a 

 considerable height, the part which is caught and melted in the gauge 

 is evidently always much less than the total quantity which falls into 

 it, and bears no constant relation to what falls. 



The district returns of rainfall for the Meerut, Rohilkhand, Kumaon, 

 and Sitapui- divisions for the four days from the 29th April to tho 2ud 

 May, inclusive, are as follows (the rainfall is recorded at 6 p. m., any 

 which falls after that hour being included in the total for the next day) : 











April. 



May. 









District. 



Station. 













i 





29tk. 



30tli. 



1st. 



2ud. 



1 



n 

























" irnssooroe 





0'40 



1-27 





1T,7 







Kalsi ... 









I'lO 



110 







DohraDim 



Dehra ... 





014 



0-54 





0-68 









Chaki-ata 



Anibari 



lihogpur 



Saliaraupm- 



lloorkee 





0-14 

 0'20 



o-'io 



6 6 6 6b 



0-5G 



1-06 

 0'90 

 0-70 

 0-90 

 OvSO 









Nakui- ... 







o-io 





O'lO 



|. 





Saharanpui- ... - 



Deoband 

 Hardwar 





0'35 



0-70 



0-45 





0-70 

 0-80 







1 



I 



Muliamniadpnr 



Naiashahr 



Jarauda 





0-10 



0-80 





0-90 









Sliamli... 







o'"20 



0-70 



o'oo 









Budhana 





o'-'io 





0 10 







Muzailfarnagar ..,\ 



Mnzailarnagar 

 JaoU Jausath 





1-05 

 1-80 



0'30 

 0-20 





1- 35 



2- 00 







1 



I 



Bhaiuswal 











L 



Kaudlda 













