Meteorological Observations. 
xlix 
Abstract of the Results of the Hourly Meteorological Observations 
taken at the Surveyor General’s Office, Calcutta, 
in the month of November, 1860. 
Latitude 22° 33' 1" Worth. Longitude 88° 20' 34" East. 
Feet. 
Height of the Cistern of the Standard Barometer above the Sea level, 18.11 
Daily Means, &c. of the Observations and of the Hygrometrical elements 
dependent thereon. 
Mean Height of 
the Barometer 
at 32° Faht. 
Range of the Barometer 
during the day. 
£ ^ 
s 2 
« g 
to 
Range of the Tempera- 
ture during the day. 
Date. 
Max. 
Min. 
Diff. 
si 
s’ 77 
Max. 
Min. 
Diff. 
Inches. 
Indies. 
Inches. 
Inches. 
0 
o 
o 
0 
1 
29.792 
29.865 
29.741 
0.124 
78.1 
85.5 
71.8 
13.7 
2 
.813 
.888 
.772 
.116 
77.1 
86.2 
70.0 
16.2 
3 
4 
.851 
Sunday. 
.931 
.803 
.128 
76.1 
85.8 
68.0 
17.8 
5 
.935 
.992 
.898 
.094 
78.1 
85.4 
71.8 
13.6 
6 
.913 
.968 
.856 
.112 
78.8 
85.0 
74.6 
10.4 
7 
.886 
.951 
.820 
.131 
78.1 
85.6 
73.0 
12.6 
8 
.880 
.947 
.825 
.122 
78.9 
85.0 
74.9 
10.1 
9 
.908 
.975 
.860 
.115 
78.5 
86.2 
72.4 
13.8 
10 
11 
.939 
Sunday. 
30.000 
.877 
.123 
77.8 
85.2 
71.4 
13.8 
12 
.964 
.043 
.891 
.152 
77.8 
85.8 
71.0 
14.8 
13 
.975 
.042 
.917 
.125 
76.6 
85.5 
69.6 
15.9 
14 
.960 
.034 
.889 
.145 
76.7 
86.6 
69.3 
17.3 
15 
.908 
29.973 
.840 
.133 
76.6 
86.6 
69.5 
17.1 
16 
.874 
.923 
.820 
.103 
78.0 
85.8 
72.6 
13.2 
17 
18 
.841 
Sunday. 
.914 
.758 
.156 
79.0 
87.2 
73.2 
14.0 
19 
.782 
.837 
.740 
.097 
79.4 
88.6 
72.8 
15.8 
20 
.871 
.939 
.806 
.133 
78.1 
87.0 
72.0 
15.0 
21 
.932 
30.006 
.887 
.119 
77.0 
85.6 
70.8 
14.8 
22 
.958 
.029 
.913 
.116 
72.5 
82.1 
67.0 
15.1 
23 
.975 
.036 
.928 
.108 
70.0 
80.9 
62.9 
18.0 
24 
25 
30.001 
Sunday. 
.079 
.951 
.128 
69.6 
80.3 
61.4 
18.9 
26 
.028 
.087 
.978 
.109 
69.9 
80.6 
62.4 
18.2 
27 
.081 
.167 
30.031 
.136 
69.7 
81.2 
60.4 
20.8 
28 
.077 
.149 
.017 
.132 
69.4 
80.6 
60.8 
19.8 
29 
.043 
.116 
29.956 
.160 
70.2 
80.4 
62.8 
17.6 
30 
.017 
.106 
.938 
.168 
70.9 
80.6 
63.2 
17.4 
The Mean height of the Barometer, as likewise the Mean Dry and Wet Bulb 
Thermometers are derived from the twenty-four hourly observations made during 
the day. 
