VI 
Meteorological Observations. 
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. 
1 'spa l 
Max. Solar 
radiation. 
21 
135.0 
25 
133.0 
2G 
134.5 
27 
Sunday. 
28 
136.4 
29 
132.0 
30 
133.4 
31 
135.0 
Rain Gauge 
5 feet above 
Ground. 
Prevailing direction 
of the Wind. 
General Aspect of the Sky. 
Inches. 
• • 
S. & S. E. & E. 
Cloudless till 4 A. at. Scatd. clouds till 
8 p. ivr. cloudless afterwards; also 
thunder & lightning at 5 p. m. 
•• 
S. & S. E. 
Cloudless till 7 a. at. Scatd. ^i after- 
wards ; also lightning at 8 p. at. 
S. & S. E. 
Cloudless till 7 A. M. Scatd. clouds af- 
terwards ; also slightly drizzling at 
6 P. 11. 
■■ 
S. & N. E. 
Cloudless till 4 A. M. Scatd. \-i till 3 
P. M. cloudy afterwards ; also slight- 
ly drizzling between 8 & 9 P. Ai. 
• • 
S. & S. E. 
S. 
Scatd. clouds ; also lightning at 7 P. at. 
Cloudless till 4 a. ai. Scatd. clouds af- 
terwards. 
S. E. & S. 
Scatd. \-i & <"d ; also slightly drizzling 
at 1 P. m. 
M Cirri, i Cirro-strati, A i Cumuli, M Cumulo strati, *^-i Nimbi, — i Strati, 
i Cirro cumuli. 
