Meteorological Observations. liii 
Abstract of the Results of the Hourly Meteorological Observations 
taken at the Surveyor General’s Office, Calcutta , 
in the month of October, 1861. 
Solar Radiation, Weatlier, &c. 
Date. 
Max. Solar 
radiation. 
Ram Orange 
5 feet above 
Ground. 
Prevailing direction 
of the Wind. 
General Aspect of the Sky. 
0 
inches. 
1 
in 
0.28 
S. E. 
Cloudless till 4 A. M. cloudy afterwards ; 
also drizzling between 2 & 3 p. M. 
21 
Ml 
0.23 
I 
E.&N.E. 
Cloudless till 6 a. m. cloudy till 7 P. M. 
cloudless afterwards ; also raining be¬ 
tween 10 a. M. & Noon. 
3 
0 1* 
0.08 1 
E. & S. E. 
Cloudy till 7 P. M. cloudless afterwards ; 
also incessantly drizzling between 
Midnight & 5 a. m. 
4 
130.0 
0 • I 
E. & N. E. 
Cloudless till 3 a. m. Scatd. clouds till 
6 P. M. cloudless afterwards. 
5 
6 
• •0 
Sunday. 
3.64 
E. & W. 
Cloudy ; also constantly raining between 
11 A. M. & 11 P. M. 
7 
000 
0.18 
E. & W. 
Cloudless till 6 A. M. Scatd. clouds till 
6 P. M. cloudless afterwards ; also 
drizzling between Noon & 1 p. M. 
8 
0 0 0 
0 0 0 
S. & W. & calm. 
Cloudless till 4 A. M. cloudy afterwards ; 
also raining at 1 p. M. & between 
7 & 11 P. M. 
9 
10 0 
1.68 
S. 
Cloudy ; also incessantly raining be¬ 
tween Midnight & 9 a. m. ; also 
slightly drizzling at 2 p. M. 
10 
11 
1 ' 
0 0 0 
0.59 
0 0 0 
S. & S. E. 
S. 
Cloudy ; also incessantly drizzling be¬ 
tween 7 & 11 A. M. 
Scatd. clouds till 6 p. at. cloudless 
afterwards ; also drizzling at 6 a. M. 
12 
13 
14 
... 
Sunday. 
0 0 0 
0.12 
«00 
S. 
S. W. 
Cloudless till 6 a. M. Scatd. v - i & 
afterwards ; also drizzling at 8 a. m. 
Cloudless till 4 A. M. Scatd. clouds 
afterwards. 
15 
0 0 0 
0 0 0 
S. W. & N. W. & w. 
Cloudy till 3 p. M. cloudless afterwards ; 
also drizzling at 8 & 9 a. m. & at 
2 & 3 p. M. 
If 
135 0 
W. 
Scatd. i & n i. 
11 
124.0 
0.30 
s. 
Cloudless till 7 A. M. Scatd. ^-i & 
afterwards ; also raining at 4 p. m. 
18 
... 
0.49 
S. & W. 
Cloudy ; also raining at 6 A. M. aud 
between Noon & 1 P. M. and also 
between 7 & 9 p. m. 
It 
140.0 
0 0 0 
j N. & S. E. 
| 
\ 
Scatd. A— i & °i till 4 p. m. cloudless 
afterwards. 
M Cirri, ^-i Cirro strati, '"'i Cumuli, Cumulo strati, Vw Nimbi, —i Strati, 
V^-i Cirro cumuli. 
