XIV 
Meteorological Observations. 
Abstract of ttie Results of the Hourly Meteorological Observations 
taken at the Surveyor General's Office, Calcutta , 
in the month of May , 1861. 
Solar Radiation, Weather, &c. 
CO 
*4—' 
cz 
p 
Max. Solar 
radiation. 
Rain Gauge 
5 feetabove 
Ground. 
Prevailing direction 
of the Wind. 
General Aspect of the Sky * 1 ; 
22 
Ml 
0.20 
E. & S. E. 
Scatd. ^-i till 6 A. AT. cloudy till 1 P. 
M. Scatd. clouds afterwards ; also rain 
between 10 & 11 a. m. 
23 
135.8 
• • « 
E. & S. W. 
Scatd M & i till 8 a. m. Scatd. till 
4 P. M. cloudy afterwards. 
24 
131.0 
Ml 
S. & S. E. 
Scatd. clouds. 
25 
26 
i • • 
Sunday. 
1.60 
0.16 
S. & E. 
Cloudy ; also rain at 4 & 5 P. at. 
27 
128.4 
i • • 
S. 
Scatd. 'w till 1 p. m. cloudy afterwards. 
28 
Ml 
• • • 
S. 
Cloudy ; also rain with thunder and 
lightning from 8 to 11 p. M. 
29 
• • l 
4.58 
S. E. & E. & S. 
Cloudy & raining after intervals. 
30 
126.8 
0.68 
N. W. & S. & S. W. 
Cloudy ; also rain from 7 to 10 P. M. 
31 
• • • 
0.12 
S. & S. W. 
Cloudy j also rain at Noon & 1 p. m. 
\i Cirri, N—i Cirro strati, Cumuli, <">-i Cumulo strati, V»~i Nimbi, —i Strati, 
i Cirro cumuli. 
