Meteorological Observations. xxxvii 
i 
Abstract of the Results of the Hourly Meteorological Observations 
taken at the Surveyor General's Office , Calcutta , 
in the month of August , 1861. 
Solar Radiation, Weather, &c. 
| Date. 
Max. Solar 
radiation. 
Rain Grange 
5 feet above 
Ground. 
Prevailing direction 
of the Wind. 
General Aspect of the Sky. 
0 
Inches. 
1 
Ml 
2.58 
s. & W. 
Scatd. i till 2 p.im. cloudy afterwards ; 
also raining between 3 & 9 p. m. 
2 
k • 
0.40 
E. & S. 
Cloudy, with drizzling between 6 & 8 
A. M. & also at 3 p. M. 
3 
4 
Ml 
Sunday. 
0.14 
' • • 
S. & E. 
Cloudless till 5 a. m. Scatd. clouds till 
7 p. M. cloudless afterwards ; also 
drizzling at Noon & 2 P. M. 
5 
135.0 
• • t 
S. & E. 
Cloudless till 1 A. M, Scatd. clouds till 
8 p. m. cloudless afterwards. 
6 
129.0 
• • • 
S. & S. W. 
Scatd clouds. 
7 
• • • 
1.08 
S. & calm. 
Cloudy, with incessant drizzling be¬ 
tween 2 A. M. & 1 P. M. 
S 
• • • 
S. & S. W. 
Cloudy ; also drizzling at Midnight & 
also between 9 a. m. & 1 p. M. & also 
between 10 & 11 p. m* 
9 
Ml 
1.18 
S. 
Cloudy; also incessantly rainingbetween 
Midnight & 4 A. M. ; also drizzling at 
8 A. M. & 3 P. M. & 6 P. M. 
10 
11 
123.9 
Sunday. 
» • • 
• 11 
S. E. & S. 
Scatd. clouds till 7 P. M. cloudless af¬ 
terwards. 
12 
• • • 
it) 
S. &S. E. 
Scatd. clouds, with slight drizzling at 8 
P. M. 
13 
117.4 
0.12 
S. E. & S. 
Cloudless till 6 A. M. Scatd. i till 11 
A. M. Scatd. 'M afterwards ; also rain¬ 
ing at 1 p. M. 
14 
118.4 
Ml 
S. 
Cloudless till 6 A. M. Scatd i & ^i 
till 5 p. M. cloudless afterwards ; also 
slightly drizzling at 2 P. M. 
15 
119.0 
0.10 
S. E. &E. 
Cloudless till 5 A. M. Scatd. i after¬ 
wards ; also slightly raining at 3 p. m. 
16 
• • • 
0.11 
S. & S. E. 
Scatd. clouds, with occasional drizzling. 
17 
18 
• • • 
Sunday . 
0.24 
0.12 
E. & S. E. 
Cloudless till 6 a. m. Scatd. clouds af¬ 
terwards, with occasional raining. 
19 
122.0 
0.15 
E. & N. E. 
Scatd M & v >— i ; also slightly drizzling 
at 4 P. M. 
20 
• • • 
2.12 
N. E. &E. &S. 
Cloudy, with incessant rain between 2 
& 9 P. M. 
21 
• • • 
0.39 
S. & S. E. 
Cloudy & constantly drizzling. 
22 
• • • 
2.16 
S. E. & S. & E. 
Cloudy, with constant rain. 
23 
in 
1.72 
S. W. & S. & S. E. 
Cloudy ; also raining at 6 & 7 a. m. & 
11 P. M. 
