Meteorological Observations. 
xxix 
Abstract of the Results of the Hourly Meteorological Observations 
taken at the. Surveyor General's Office, Calcutta, 
in the month of August, 1860. 
Solar Radiation, Weather, &c. 
Max. Solar 
radiation. 
Rain Gauge 
5 feet above ] 
Ground. | 
Prevailing direction 
of tlie Wind. 
General Aspect of the Sky. 
0 
Indies 
1 
2.13 
S. &E. 
Cloudy and heavy rain in the morning. 
2 
... 
1ST. &E. & S. 
Scatd. clouds with slight drizzling be- 
tween 5 & 6 p. M. 
s 
0.35 
N. E. & S. & E. 
Scatd. clouds & occasionally drizzling. 
4 
5 
Sunder?/. 
0.38 
S. &E. 
Cloudy with rain between 2 & 5 A. M. 
6 
121.0 
N. E. & E. 
Cloudy with slight drizzling at 11 A. It. 
& 7 P. M. 
7 
112.0 
0.12 
E. & S. E. 
Cloudy & occasionally drizzling. 
8 
0.29 
E. & S. 
Cloudy with occasional drizzling. 
9 
135.8 
0.05 
S & S. E. 
Scatd. i & 'M. 
10 
129.5 
•- 
W. & S. W. 
Scatd. clouds of various kinds till 6 P. M. 
cloudless afterwards. 
11 
12 
139.0 
Sunday. 
1.29 
1.16 
W. &E. 
Cloudless till 5 a. ii Scatd. i & '"'i till 
6 P. M. cloudly afterwards ; also rain- 
ing between 7 & 9 P. M. 
13 
0.15 
S. &E. 
Cloudy ; also drizzling at 2 & 7 & 8 r. M. 
14 
... 
0.26 
S. & S. E. 
Scatd. clouds ; also drizzling at 1 & 11 
A. M. ; also raining at 10 P. M. 
15 
... 
S. & S. E. 
Cloudy till 7 p. m. cloudless afterwards ; 
also drizzling at 1 & 2 & 10 A. M. 
16 
... 
1.18 
S. & S. E. 
Cloudy ; also drizzling between Midnight 
&3 a. I.; also raining between 8 & 11 
P. M. 
17 
... 
1.09 
S. & S. E. 
Cloudy ; also constantly raining between 
3 A. M. & 3 P. M. 
18 
19 
Sunday. 
0.43 
S.&E. 
Cloudy ; also constantly raining. 
20 
1.12 
S. & E. 
Cloudy ; also raining between 3 & 6 p. m> 
21 
... 
0.87 
S. W. & S. 
Cloudy ; also constantly rainingbetween 
1 A. M. & 4 P. M. 
22 
... 
0.27 
W.&S. &S. W. 
Cloudy ; also drizzling at 4 & 5 A. M. 
& at Noon. 
23 
... 
0.93 
S. &. S. W. 
Cloudless till 5 A. M. cloudy afterwards 
between 4 & 11 p. m. 
24 
... 
•• 
S. & S.W. 
Cloudy ; also drizzling at midnight ; also 
constantly raining. 
25 
26 
Sunday . 
1.76 
N. W. & S. E. 
Cloudy & drizzling occasionally. 
27 
0.57 
E.&S. 
Cloudy ; also constantly raining be- 
tween 3 & 6 A. M. ; also drizzling at 
10 A. M. 
