Meteorological Observations. 
v 
Abstract of the Results of the Hourly Meteorological Observations 
taken at the Surveyor General’s Office, Calcutta, 
in the month of May, 1860. 
Solar Radiation, Weather, &c. 
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o 
Max. Solar 
radiation. 
Ram Gauge 
5 feet above 
Ground. 
Prevailing direction 
of the Wind. 
General Aspect of the Sky. 
o 
Inches. 
1 
138.0 
•• 
s. & s. w. 
Scatd. clouds till 8 A. it. cloudless 
afterwards. 
2 
137.0 
•• 
s. 
Scadt. clouds till 1 p. m. cloudless till 
7 P. M. cloudy afterwards. 
3 
135.0 
0.8G 
s. & s. w. 
Cloudless till 9 a. m. Scatd. i & ^i till 4 
p. M. cloudy afterwards ; also raining 
between 6 & 8 P. M. 
4 
132.0 
" 
S. & S. E. 
Cloudless till 4 A. M. Scatd. clouds till 
7 P. M. cloudy afterwards ; also thun- 
der and lightning, accompanied with 
little rain between 9 & 11 p. M. 
5 
6 
124.5 
Sunday. 
s. 
Scatd. clouds till 5 r. H. cloudless till 
9 p. st. cloudy afterwards. 
7 
128.2 
0.94 
S &S. E. 
Scatd. clouds till 4 P. M. cloudy after- 
wards; also raining between 6 & 8 
P. M. 
8 
128.0 
0.09 
S. & S. E. 
Scatd. clouds till 6 P. M. cloudy after- 
wards ; also thunder & lightning & 
a little rain between 7 & 9 P. i. 
9 
133.0 
•• 
S. &S. E. 
Cloudless till 4 a.m. Scatd. W till 1 
p. M. cloudless afterwards. 
10 
129.8 
•• 
S.E. &S. 
Cloudy till 10 a. M. cloudless till 5 p. 
M. Scatd. clouds afterwards. 
11 
135.0 
0.32 
S. & S. E. 
Cloudy ; also rain accompanied with 
thunder & lightning between 7 & 8 
P. M. 
12 
13 
137.0 
Sunday. 
*• 
S. & S. E. 
Cloudless till 3 a. m. Scatd. clouds till 
7 P. M. cloudless afterwards. 
11 
140.0 
S. & S. W. 
Cloudless. 
15 
143.9 
a & s. w. 
Cloudless. 
1G 
144.0 
S. & N. E. 
Cloudless. * 
17 
139.0 
•• 
S. 
Cloudless till 3 P. M. cloudy till 7 P. M. 
cloudless afterwards. 
18 
141.0 
•• 
S. 
Cloudless till 11 a. M. Scatd. v — i till 6 
p. M. cloudless afterwards. 
19 
20 
142.6 
Sunday . 
•• 
s. 
Cloudless. 
21 
144.8 
s. 
Cloudless. 
22 
146.8 
S. &. S. E. 
Cloudless. 
23 
13G.0 
* * 
S. & S. E. 
Cloudless till 4 A. M. Scatd. i till 5 
p. m. cloudy till 9 P. M. cloudless 
afterwards. 
