xxxviii Meteorological Observations. 
Abstract of the lies alts of the Hourly Meteorological Observations 
taleen at the Surveyor GcncraVs Office, Calcutta , 
in the month of August, 1861. 
Solar Radiation, Weather, &c. 
Date. 
Max. Solar 
radiation. 
Rain Gauge 
5 feet above 
Ground. 
Prevailing direction 
of the Wind. 
General Aspect of the Skj. 
24 
25 
»• • 
Sunday. 
0.94 
0.13 
E. & W. 
Cloudy, with occasional rain. 
2G 
118.0 
• « • 
E. 
Cloudy, with occasional drizzling till 8 
p. M. cloudless afterwards. 
27 
124.5 
1.18 
S. E. & S. 
Cloudy ; also drizzling at 5 & 6 A. M. & 
raining heavily at 2 P. M. 
28 
• • • 
0.10 
E.&S. 
Scatd. i till 11 a. m. cloudy till 7 P. 
M. cloudless afterwards j also raining 
at 1 p. m. 
29 
Ml 
Ml 
E. & S. E.&S. 
Scatd. clouds till 7 p. M. cloudless af¬ 
terwards ; also slightly drizzliug at 2 
P. 3M. 
30 
III 
O.GO 
N. E. & calm. 
Cloudless till 6 A. M. Scatd. clouds af¬ 
terwards ; also raining at 11 a. m. & 
3 & 6 p. m. 
31 
• • t 
0.5G 
N. & N. E. 
Cloudy & drizzling at 5 A. M. & be¬ 
tween 3 & 11 P, M. 
\i Cirri, i Cirro strati, Cumuli, rui Cumulo strati, Vx_i Nimbi, —1 Strati, 
Cirro cumuli, 
