METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER. 
625 
Date. 
Hour of 
Day. 
Degrees in 
scale of 
Fahrenheit. 
xvemarks. 
1852. 
April 
sunrise 
1.30 p.m. 
sunset 
13 
70-5 
101-7 
91-4 
14 
sunrise 
73-4 
noon 
101-7 
About noon the sky- 
2.30 p.m. 
94 
became thickly 
overcast, and at 
1 p.m. a few large 
drops fell, fol- 
lowed by a shower 
for about ten mi- 
nutes; the sky re- 
mained overcast. 
sunset 
88-2 
15 
sunrise 
76-6 
• 
About 7 o clock m 
the morning a 
few drops fell, 
but afterwards 
the sky cleared 
up; and in the 
1.30 p.m. 
96-8 
afternoon a fresh 
2 p.m. 
101*4 
breeze arose. In 
the following 
sunset 
90 
night a little rain. 
16 
sunrise 
80-2 
In the morning the 
sky overcast, and 
a little rain fell. 
1 p.m. 
99-7 
About noon a heavy 
wind arose from 
b.H/., and the sky 
became again 
thickly overcast. 
sunset 
80-6 
17 
No observ 
ation. 
18 
At 2 o'clock in the 
morning a heavy 
N.E. wind arose. 
19 
No observ 
ation. 
20 
o ui ii y u cty . 
21 
1.20 p.m. 
104-4 
At 2 p.m. a thun- 
der-storm gather- 
ed from S.E. At 
3.30 o'clock it be- 
gan raining, first 
slightly, but from 
3.45 to 4.15, a 
heavy shower 
Date. 
1852. 
April 
22 
23 
24 
25 
26 
27 
28 
29 
Hour of 
Day. 
No observ 
1.15 p.m. 
noon 
12.30 
1.45 p.m. 
» o « 
ation. 
100-4 
102-2 
95-4 
101-8 
Remarks. 
followed, greatly 
refreshing the 
temperature. The 
rain then ceased, 
while the thunder 
continued, with 
heavy squalls 
from E.N.E.; but 
at sunset the rain 
began afresh, and 
lasted for full two 
hours. 
The sun broke 
through the thun- 
der-clouds about 
8 a.m. 
The sky overcast, 
but no rain. 
At 4 p.m. a heavy 
shower, but of 
short duration, 
followed but not 
preceded by thun- 
der, 
Sky thickly over- 
cast ; the sun 
breaking through 
the clouds at 9.30 
a.m., the atmo- 
sphere remain- 
ing sultry. In the 
afternoon a thun- 
der-storm accom- 
panied by heavy 
squalls of wind, 
but no rain. 
Atmosphere sultry. 
(Mas-en a). 
In the afternoon a 
thunder - storm 
gathered, but 
brought us only a 
few drops of rain 
in the evening. 
The sky the whole 
day overcast; in 
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