METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL FOR OCTOBER, 1830 
9 o’clock 
A.M. 
3 o’clock, P.M. 
External Thermometer. 
1S30. 
Point at 
Rain, in 
Direction 
9 A.M. 
of the 
Remarks. 
Oct. 
Barom. 
Attach. 
Barom. 
Attach. 
Therm. 
in de- 
grees of 
Fahrenheit. 
belt-registering. 
Read off 
at9A.M 
"Wind at 
9 A.M. 
Fahr. 
9 A.M. 
3 P.M. 
Lowest. 
jHighest. 
? 1 
30.079 
54.5 
30.071 
58.6 
46 
53.5 
58.8 
44.2 
60.5 
S var. 
Lightly cloudy. 
O h 2 
30.119 
57.2 
30.049 
59.5 
49 
57.6 
59.8 
53.4 
62.0 
SE 
Lightly cloudy. Rain at night. 
O 3 
30.008 
59.0 
30.034 
60.6 
56 
59.4 
59.8 
56.2 
61.0 
S 
Overcast — light rain. 
D 4 
30.152 
58.9 
30.257 
61.8 
52 
56.5 
60.2 
51.8 
62.8 
SSW 
Fine — light haze. 
<? 5 
30.439 
55.0 
30.411 
59.0 
45 
50.9 
57.6 
43.8 
58.6 
S var. 
Fine — light clouds. 
§ 6 
30.404 
55.0 
30.344 
56.6 
47 
51.3 
53.4 
45.2 
54.6 
WSW 
Fair — hazy. 
V- 7 
30.385 
55.2 
30.383 
58.4 
49 
53.5 
59.6 
48.0 
60.8 
WSW 
Fair — hazy. 
? 8 
30.495 
55.6 
30.470 
57.8 
50 
52.8 
60.2 
48.3 
61.5 
W 
Fair — light clouds. 
h 9 
30.538 
56.3 
30.534 
59.3 
46 
54.8 
57.6 
52.0 
58.2 
NW 
Overcast — hazy. 
©10 
30.547 
56.3 
30.493 
58.8 
51 
54.2 
59.4 
50.9 
59.4 
NNE 
Lightly cloudy. 
5 11 
30.411 
53.7 
30.352 
57.5 
50 
51.4 
54.6 
45.7 
55.3 
E 
Fine— light haze. 
S 12 
30.366 
54.7 
30.317 
56.8 
49 
50.7 
55.4 
49.3 
61.2 
NNE 
Overcast— hazy. 
9 13 
30.404 
54.0 
30.374 
58.1 
47 
51.2 
57.2 
46.8 
59.5 
E 
Fine and clear. 
V 14 
30.340 
53.3 
30.289 
56.0 
44 
49.4 
53.8 
46.0 
55.2 
E 
Fine and clear. 
? 15 
30.273 
50.2 
30.190 
53.8 
38 
46.3 
53.5 
40.2 
53.5 
ESE 
Fine and clear. 
® h 16 
30.279 
49.1 
30.277 
53.0 
41 
42.6 
53.0 
39.0 
53.5 
NNE- 
A.M. Fog. P.M. Fine and clear. 
©17 
30.374 
50.2 
30.348 
53.0 
42 
47.8 
53.4 
41.5 
53.2 
ESE 
A.M. Fog. P.M. Fair— hazy. 
D 18 
30.290 
50.2 
30.196 
53.6 
43 
48.0 
55.2 
42.4 
56.0 
E 
Fine and clear. 
$ 19 
30.035 
52.6 
29.994 
56.2 
46 
53.5 
59.8 
47.4 
61.2 
ESE 
Fair — light clouds. 
9 20 
30.052 
56.2 
30.051 
59.0 
51 
57.8 
62.2 
53.8 
64.8 
S 
Fine and clear. 
V- 21 
30.210 
59.0 
30.210 
61.5 
53 
58.5 
63.6 
54.6 
66.0 
S 
Fine— light clouds. 
$ 22 
30.303 
60.2 
30.264 
63.5 
55 
60.0 
65.0 
54.8 
66.5 
s 
Fine — brisk wind. 
h 23 
30.418 
59.8 
30.467 
61.2 
50 
55.2 
57.6 
53.8 
58.6 
W var. 
Fine — lightly overcast. 
©24 
30.487 
57.3 
30.352 
59.5 
47 
51.6 
63.2 
49.5 
57.0 
sw 
Cloudy. A.M. Thick haze. 
2> 25 
30.083 
57.9 
29.920 
59.8 
52 
55.8 
59.5 
51.2 
59.6 
s 
Overcast. Rain A.M. 
<? 26 
30.021 
55.6 
30.148 
56.4 
45 
48.9 
50.0 
46.2 
52.2 
0.708 
s 
Fine — light clouds. 
9 27 
30.372 
49.4 
30.278 
53.3 
35 
41.0 
51.2 
35.2 
54.5 
sw 
Fair— hazy. Rain at night. 
n 28 
29.940 
54.1 
29.886 
57.4 
49 
54.8 
59.6 
40.2 
60.6 
0.073 
sw 
Cloudy. Rain at night. 
? 29 
29.695 
53.2 
29.671 
55.2 
43 
48.8 
52.5 
45.5 
53.4 
0.100 
WSW 
A.M. Fine and clear. P.M. Cloudy. 
h 30 
30.014 
49.2 
30.033 
51.0 
37 
42.4 
46.8 
39.0 
51.5 
S var. 
Fine — light clouds. 
©31 
29.916 
50.7 
29.923 
53.8 
50 
51.7 
57.9 
41.3 
58.3 
SW 
f A.M. Foggy. P.M. Nearly cloudless— 
l light wind. 
Mean 
Mean 
Mean 
Mean 
Mean 
Mean 
Mean 
Mean 
Mean 
Sum 
30.240 
54.6 
30.212 
57.4 
47 
52.0 
57.1 
47.0 
58.4 
0.881 
Monthly Mean of the Barometer, corrected for Capillarity and reduced to 32° Fahr. 
9 A.M. 
30.180 
3 P.M. I 
30.151 ) 
OBSERVANDA. 
Height of the Cistern of the Barometer above a Fixed Mark on Waterloo Bridge =83 feet 2$ in. 
above the mean level of the Sea (presumed about) =95 feet. 
The 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. 
