Meteorological Observations. 
v 
Abstract of the Results of the Hourly Meteorological Observation, 
talcen at the Surveyor General's Office, Calcutta , 
in the month of April, 1861. 
Solar Radiation, Weatlier, &c. 
| Date. 
; 
Max. Solar 
radiation. 
Rain Gauge 
5 feet above 
Ground. 
Prevailing direction 
of tlie Wind. 
0 
Indies 
1 
141.0 
* 4 
S. 
2 
135.2 
• 0 
s. 
3 
144.5 
• • 
s. 
4 
127.8 
*• 
s. 
5 
128.5 
0.16 
s. & s. w. 
6 
139.0 
• • 
s. 
7 
Sunday. 
• • 
8 
132.6 
« • 
s. 
9 
134.0 
• • 
s. 
10 
130.0 
• • 
s. 
11 
131.4 
• • 
s. 
12 
126.7 
• • 
s. 
13 
136.8 
• • 
s. 
14 
Sunday. 
• • 
15 
132.0 
• • 
s. 
16 
132.4 
• • 
s. & s. w. 
17 
135.4 
• • 
s. 
18 
130.6 
• 0 
s. 
19 
131.2 
• • 
s. 
20 
132.0 
• 0 
s. 
21 
Sunday. 
22 
130.0 
0.15 
s. 
23 
124.6 
• • 
S.E. &E.& S. 
24 
127.8 
• • 
S. & S. E. 
25 
126.8 
• • 
S. & E. 
26 
135.0 
« 0 
S. 
General Aspect of tlie Sky. 
Cloudy till 6 A. M. cloudless afterwards. 
Cloudless. 
Cloudless. 
Cloudless till 7 A. m. Scatd. clouds af¬ 
terwards. 
Cloudy; also drizzling at 1 & 2 A. M. 
from 7 to 9 P. M. 
Cloudy till 4 a. m. cloudless afterwards. 
Cloudless. 
Scatd. clouds till 3 a. m. cloudless af¬ 
terwards. 
Cloudless. 
Cloudless till 5 A. M. Scatd. clouds af¬ 
terwards. 
Cloudless till 9 a. m. Scatd. i till 5 
p. M. cloudy afterwards. 
Scatd. clouds till 2 p. M. cloudless af¬ 
terwards. 
Scatd. clouds till 11 A. M. cloudless af¬ 
terwards. 
Cloudless. 
Cloudless till 5 P. M. Scatd. clouds af¬ 
terwards. 
Cloudless till 7 P. M. Scatd. clouds af¬ 
terwards. 
Scatd. clouds till 7 P. M. cloudless af¬ 
terwards. 
Scatd. clouds. 
Cloudy; also raining between 5 & 6 P. M. 
Cloudless till 11 a. m. cloudy till 8 
p. m. cloudless afterwards, also driz¬ 
zling at 3 P. M. 
Scatd. clouds; also drizzling between 3 
to 4 p. M. 
Scatd. i & n i till 4 p. m. cloudless af¬ 
terwards, also drizzled at 1 p. m. 
Cloudless till 8 a. m. Scatd. i & 
till 8 P. M. cloudy afterwards also 
drizzling between 9 & 10 P. M. 
M Cirri, ^-i Cirro strati, Cumuli, 'M Cumulo strati, W-i Nimbi, —i Strati, 
W-i Cirro cumuli. 
