Meteorological Observations. Ixi 
Abstract of the JResults of the Hourly Meteorological Observations 
taken at the Surveyor General's Office, Calcutta, 
in the month of December, 1860. 
Solar Eadiation, Weather, &c. 
o 
oj 
ft 
Max. Solar 
radiation. 
Rain Gauge 
5 feet above 
Ground. 
Prevailing direction 
of the Wind. 
General Aspect of the Shy. 
l 
0 
138.0 
Inches. 
N. & 1ST. W. 
Scatd. clouds till 4 r. M. cloudless after- 
2 
3 
Sunday. 
135.0 
N. & W. 
wards. 
Cloudless. 
4 
121.5 
N. 
Cloudless till 10 A. M. Scatd. \-i after- 
5 
130.0 
S. W. & S. E. & N. 
wards. 
Cloudless till 10 a. m. Scatd. clouds 
6 
133.0 
E. & N E. & N. 
till 4 p. M. cloudless afterwards ; also 
foggy after 9 p. m. 
Cloudless till 10 a. m. Scatd. clouds 
7 
140.0 
ST. 
afterwards ; also foggy between Mid- 
night & 5 A. M. 
Cloudless. 
8 
139.4 
n. w. & a 
Cloudless. 
9 
10 
Sunday. 
134.2 
K. & E. W. 
Cloudless. 
11 
139.0 
S. W. & N. & w. 
Cloudless. 
12 
139.0 
S. w. & w. 
Cloudless. 
13 
135.6 
N. & N. W. 
Cloudless. 
14 
136.7 
H. & H. W. 
Cloudless till 5 A. M. Scatd. ^-i till 10 
15 
135.0 
N. 
A. M. cloudless afterwards. 
Cloudless ; also foggy after 9 P. M. 
16 
17 
Sunday . 
132.0 
N. & N. W. 
Cloudless. 
18 
133.0 
W. &N.& N. W. 
Cloudless till 11 a. ir. Scatd. V-i till 
19 
136.4 
N. 
5 p. M. cloudless afterwards. 
Cloudless. 
20 
1310 
N. & N. E. 
Cloudless till 6 A. M. Scatd. \-i till 4 
21 
136.0 
N. 
p. M. cloudless afterwards. 
Cloudless. 
22 
134.0 
N. W. & N. 
Cloudless till 5 A. M. Scatd. M & v_i 
23 
24 
Sunday . 
136.0 
N. & N. E. 
till 5 P. M. cloudless afterwards. 
Cloudless. 
25 
135.0 
N. & S. 
Cloudless till 6 A. M. Scatd. \i & V— i 
26 
136.0 
E. & W. 
till 6 P. M. cloudless afterwards. 
Cloudless till 2 A. M. Scatd. ^-i & M 
27 
136.0 
N. & N. W. 
afterwards. 
Cloudless. 
28 
137.2 
N. W. & N. 
Cloudless. 
29 
137.0 
N. & S. W. 
Cloudless. 
30 
31 
Sunday. 
131.4 
•• 
N. & W. 
Cloudless. 
\i Cirri, v_i Cirro strati, '"l Cumuli, «-l Cumulo strati, W; Eimbi, — i Strati 
''o-i Cirro cumuli. 
