METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL FOR OCTOBER, 1831 
0 o’clock, 
A.M. 
3 o’clock 
P.M. 
Dew 
External Thermometer. 
1831. 
Octob. 
Point at 
Rain, in 
Direction 
Barom. 
Attach. 
Barom. 
Attach. 
Therm. 
9 A.M. 
in de- 
grees of 
Fahrenheit. 
Self-registering. 
inches. 
Read off 
at9A.M. 
of the 
Wind at 
9 A.M. 
Remarks. 
Falir. 
9 A.M. 
3 P.M. 
Lowest. 
Highest. 
h i 
29.311 
6G.2 
29.340 
68.7 
62 
63.0 
66.6 
61.0 
68.2 
0.261 
s 
f Fine — light clouds. Heavy rain at 
l night. 
O 2 
29.3G5 
65.2 
29.455 
67.6 
60 
61.6 
65.4 
56.7 
66.4 
0.188 
SE var. 
Fine — light clouds. 
D 3 
29.720 
64.0 
29.781 
66.8 
61 
60.0 
65.0 
54.2 
66.4 
S 
f Fine and clear — light wind. Rain at 
l night. 
S 4 
29.842 
64.4 
29.917 
66.0 
5S 
58.8 
63.6 
56.6 
64.7 
0.158 
WSW 
f Fine and cloudless. Heavy rain at 
l night. 
® § 5 
29.931 
63.5 
29.974 
65.5 
58 
58.4 
62.2 
55.3 
63.4 
0.119 
wsw 
Fine and cloudless. 
y 6 
29.951 
62.7 
29.934 
65.4 
60 
61.0 
64.8 
54.4 
66.3 
S var. 
$ Cloudy— light unsteady wind. Heavy 
l rain at noon. 
? 7 
29.754 
64.3 
29.691 
66.6 
61 
63.8 
66.6 
59.3 
67.8 
0.033 
ESE 
Fine and cloudless. 
u 8 
29.643 
63.9 
58.6 
57.0 
53.0 
61.2 
61.6 
SE 
r Overcast— light rain. Thunder-storm 
O 9 
29.683 
62.3 
29.724 
64.3 
58 
56.5 
61.0 
0.463 
WSW 
l at 1 P.M. 
Fair— lightly cloudy. 
D 10 
29.GG7 
61.2 
29.647 
63.5 
57 
58.0 
60.7 
53.0 
63.0 
0.003 
sw 
Fine — cloudy — light wind. 
2 11 
29.732 
61.5 
29.758 
64.0 
58 
59.3 
60.6 
56.6 
62.2 
s 
r A.M. Fine— light clouds. P.M. Light 
5 12 
29.750 
61.2 
29.720 
62.8 
59 
58.7 
61.6 
56.7 
62.2 
NW 
Overcast — light rain. 
y 13 
29.G97 
61.4 
29.633 
64.6 
58 
60.0 
62.5 
54.6 
64.3 
0.725 
SSE 
r Overcast— light wind. High wind 
l through the night. 
? 14 
29.615 
63.7 
29.677 
65.5 
61 
61.7 
62.7 
60.7 
64.3 
SSE var. 
Lowering — unsteady wind. 
h 15 
29.822 
62.7 
29.857 
65.4 
58 
58.6 
61.8 
56.3 
63.3 
SSW 
Fair— lightly overcast. 
©16 
30.185 
59.4 
30.251 
62.3 
52 
52.7 
60.3 
48.2 
60.3 
WSW 
Fine and clear— light clouds. 
D 17 
30.383 
58.6 
30.364 
61.7 
55 
55.4 
60.8 
47.6 
61.5 
W 
Fine and clear. 
2 IS 
30.432 
59.8 
30.404 
61.8 
58 
58.4 
60.7 
55.3 
62.3 
w 
Strong haze. 
5 19 
30.2GG 
60.7 
30.174 
62.8 
57 
57.8 
62.8 
55.3 
63.6 
E 
Fine and cloudless. 
y 20 
30.017 
60.7 
29.978 
63.3 
58 
58.4 
60.8 
53.3 
62.3 
S 
Cloudy. 
O ? 21 
29.951 
60.9 
29.962 
62.7 
57 
57.5 
59.0 
55.3 
59.5 
sw 
Cloudy. Evening, clear. 
h 22 
30.0GG 
55.6 
29.981 
58.5 
50 
53.7 
56.4 
46.7 
58-7 
SSE 
Overcast. Rain P.M. 
©23 
29.9G0 
59.3 
29.816 
60.7 
57 
58.8 
61.0 
53.3 
61.0 
s 
Cloudy. P.M. Rain. Evening, clear. 
D 24 
30.099 
57.3 
30.058 
60.2 
48 
51.7 
58.0 
47.6 
58.6 
wsw 
Fine. A.M. Cloudless. 
2 25 
29.891 
58.0 
29.764 
59.3 
53 
56.4 
55.8 
51.4 
58.4 
SSE 
Cloudy. P.M. Light rain. 
5 2G 
29.53G 
58.5 
29.572 
60.2 
57 
57.4 
57.8 
53.3 
59.7 
SSE 
Cloudy. Light shower A.M. 
y 27 
29.742 
57.3 
29.691 
58.0 
52 
52.8 
54.7 
52.3 
55.0 
0.119 
SW 
Rain. 
? 28 
30.077 
55.8 
30.204 
58.0 
52 
52.7 
56.5 
48.4 
57.3 
0.036 
SW 
Fine and cloudless. 
y 29 
30.314 
55.4 
30.267 
58.2 
51 
51.6 
56.3 
48.3 
57.2 
w 
f A.M. Cloudless— fog and deposition. 
1 P.M. Cloudy. Evening clear. 
©30 
30.302 
52.6 
30.245 
55.4 
44 
44.2 
52.7 
40.3 
52.7 
wsw 
C A.M. Cloudless — haze and deposition. 
i P.M. Lightly cloudy. 
D 31 
30.208 
53.9 
30.176 
56.6 
51 
51.7 
56.2 
43.5 
57.4 
wsw 
A.M. Fine. P.M. Lightly overcast. 
Mean 
Mean 
Mean 
Mean 
Mean 
Mean 
Mean 
Mean 
Mean 
Sum 
29.909 
60.3 
29.892 
62.6 
56.0 
57.0 
60.4 
53.1 
61.6 
2.105 
Monthly Mean of the Barometer, corrected for Capillarity and reduced to 32° Fahr | 
9 A.M. 
29.822 
3 P.M. > 
29.798 5 
OBSERVANDA. 
Height of the Cistern of the Barometer above a Fixed Mark on Waterloo Bridge =83 feet 2J in. 
above the mean level of the Sea (presumed about) =95 feet. 
'Flic External Thermometer is 2 feet higher than the Barometer Cistern. 
Height of the Receiver of the Rain Gauge above the Court of Somerset House =79 feet 0 in. 
The hours of observation are of Mean Time, the day beginning at Midnight. 
The Thermometers are graduated by Fahrenheit’s Scale. 
The Barometer is divided into inches and decimals. 
