Meteorological Observations. xxxiii 
Abstract of the Results of the Hourly Meteorological Observations 
talcen at the Surveyor General's Office, Calcutta , 
in the month of August, 18G1. 
Latitude 22° 33' 1" North. Longitude 88° 20' 34" East. 
Feet. 
Height of the Cistern of the Standard Barometer above the Sea-level, 18.11 
Daily Means, &c. of the Observations and of the Hygrometrical elements 
dependent thereon. 
Mean Height of 
the Barometer 
at 32° Faht. 
Range of the Barometer 
during the day. 
Mean Dry Bulb 
Thermometer. 
Range of the Tempera¬ 
ture during the day. 
Date. 
Max. 
Min. 
Diff. 
Max. 
Min. 
Diff. 
Inches. 
Indies. 
Inches. 
Inches. 
0 
o 
o 
o 
1 
29.565 
29.624 
29.518 
0.106 
84.1 
91.4 
80.2 
11.2 
2 
.640 
.710 
.586 
.124 
82.8 
88.4 
80.0 
8.4 
3 
4 
.691 
Sunday. 
.736 
.642 
.094 
83.6 
88.0 
79.8 
8.2 
5 
.747 
.795 
.689 
.106 
85.3 
91.7 
80 6 
11.1 
6 
.718 
.778 
.615 
.163 
85.8 
91.8 
81.8 
10 0 
7 
.685 
.739 
.632 
.107 
79.5 
83.8 
77.2 
6.6 
8 
.698 
.757 
.641 
.116 
80.3 
83.9 
77.8 
6.1 
9 
.702 
.747 
.645 
.102 
79.8 
86.2 
76.0 
10.2 
10 
11 
.731 
Sunday. 
.786 
.668 
.118 
83.2 
90.2 
79.0 
11.2 
12 
.660 
.721 
.585 
.136 
83.9 
90.9 
80.4 
10.5 
13 
.606 
.654 
.537 
.117 
84.0 
89.2 
80.4 
8.8 
14- 
.570 
.610 
.512 
.098 
85.0 
90.4 
80.8 
9.6 
15 
.564 
.605 
.513 
.092 
84.5 
90.6 
79.8 
10.8 
16 
.547 
.595 
.482 
.113 
83.6 
87.2 
80.8 
G.4 
17 
18 
.495 
Sunday. 
.553 
.401 
.152 
82.8 
88.0 
79.6 
8.4 
19 
.461 
.525 
.393 
.132 
83.6 
88.8 
80.0 
8.8 
20 
.428 
.484 
.357 
.127 
82.7 
88.4 
79.9 
8.5 
21 
.506 
.597 
.434 
.163 
80.5 
83.6 
79.0 
4.6 
22 
.610 
.649 
.575 
.074 
80.5 
85.0 
77.9 
7.1 
23 
.589 
.643 
.521 
.122 
82.7 
86.2 
80.4 
5.8 
24 
25 
.557 
Sunday. 
.645 
.498 
.147 
82.6 
86.8 
80.4 
6.4 
26 
.625 
.679 
.557 
.122 
83.2 
87.4 
79.9 
7.5 
27 
.601 
.655 
.533 
.122 
82.8 
88.4 
80.5 
7.9 
28 
.582 
.634 
.507 
.127 
83.7 
88.0 
80.4 
7.6 
29 
.560 
.617 
.489 
.128 
83.3 
89.8 
80.1 
9.7 
30 
.515 
.567 
.457 
.110 
82.6 
87.2 
80.2 
7.0 
31 
.450 
.522 
.355 
.167 
83.3 
89.2 
78.2 
11.0 
The Mean height of the Barometer, as likewise the Mean Dry and Wet Bulb 
Thermometers arc domed from the twenty-four hourly Observations made during 
the day. 
