Meteorological Observations. 
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Abstract of the Results of the Hourly Meteorological Observations 
taken at the Surveyor General’s Office, Calcutta , 
in the month of July, 1861. 
Solar Radiation, Weather, &c. 
j Rate. 
Max. Solar 
radiation. 
Rain Gauge 
5 feet above 
Ground. 
Prevailing direction 
of the Wind. 
o 
Inches. 
1 
• • • 
0.54 
E. & S. 
2 
V 0 
0.33 
S. E. & S. 
3 
• • • 
2.40 
S. W. & S. E. 
4 
Ml 
0.12 
S. W. & S. 
5 
• • • 
0.39 
s. & s. w. 
6 
• • • 
s. & s. w. 
7 
Sunday. 
• • 
8 
129.4 
• • • 
s. 
9 
122.2 
• • • 
S. & S. E. 
10 
118.5 
0.10 
s. 
11 
136.0 
0.12 
s. 
12 
• • • 
0.56 
E. & S. E. & N. E. 
13 
• • • 
0.20 
E. 
14 
Sunday. 
0.18 
15 
• • • 
0.12 
E. 
16 
• « • 
0.63 
E. 
17 
• • • 
0.34 
E. 
18 
»• * 
1.82 
S. &S. E. 
19 
Ml 
0.42 
S. & E. 
20 
• • • 
0.18 
S. W. & s. 
21 
Sunday. 
0.97 
22 
0.08 
E. 
23 
• • • 
• • • 
E. &S. E. & S. 
24 
• • • 
0.10 
s. & s. w. 
25 
• • • 
• • • 
s. 
1 
General Aspect of the Sky. 
Cloudy ; also drizzling between Noon & 
2 p. M. 
Cloudy & raining after intervals. 
Cloudy & constantly raining. 
Cloudy & drizzling between 9 A. M. & 
Noon & between 10 & 11 r. m. 
Cloudy & constantly drizzling before 
sunrise. 
Cloudy. 
Scatd. clouds. 
Cloudless till 5 A. M. cloudy till 8 P. M. 
cloudless afterwards ; also slightly 
drizzling between 9 & 10 a. M. 
Scatd. clouds till 2 P. M. cloudy till 7 
p. M. cloudless afterwards ; also slight¬ 
ly drizzling at 4 P. M. 
Cloudless till 4 A. M. Scatd. clouds af¬ 
terwards ; also drizzling at 4 P. M. 
Cloudy ; also raining between 1 & 7 
P. M. 
Scatd. clouds till 9 P. M. cloudless af¬ 
terwards; also drizzling between 11 
a. M. & 1 P. M. 
Cloudless till 3 A. M. cloudy afterwards ; 
also occasionally drizzling between 
Noon & 7 p. M. 
Cloudless till 4 a. m. cloudy afterwards ; 
also occasionally drizzling. 
Cloudy; also occasionally drizzling. 
Cloudy ; also raining after intervals. 
Cloudy ; also constantly raining be¬ 
tween Midnight & Noon. 
Cloudy ; also drizzling at 6 P. M. 
Cloudy ; with rain beetween6&7 A. m. 
Scatd. i till 8 A. M. Scatd. clouds af¬ 
terwards ; also drizzling at Noon &2 
P. M. 
Cloudy; also slightly drizzling at 1 & 
11 A. M. 
I Cloudy ; also slightly drizzling at 6 
i P. M. 
