Meteorological Observations. 
Ixix 
Abstract of the Results of the Hourly Meteorological Observations 
taken at the Surveyor General's Office, Calcutta, 
in the month of December, 1861. 
Solar Radiation, Weatlier, &c. 
| Date. 
O • rH 
dii 
o3 g 
S " 
Jttam tjauge 
5 feet above 
Ground. 
1 
Prevailing direction 
of the Wind. 
0 
Aches. 
1 
Sunday. 
2 
136.7 
t • • 
N. 
3 
131.4 
ill 
W. &N. 
4 
136.0 
i • • 
N. & N. W. 
5 
135.0 
• • • 
N, 
6 
130.0 
• • • 
N. & N. E. 
7 
129.5 
Ml 
N. & N. E. & N. W. 
8 
Sunday. 
9 
139.4 
• • • 
N. E & S. 
10 
129.0 
• • # 
S. E. & E. 
11 
• • • 
III 
S. & W. & N. 
12 
136.4 
• • • 
N. & N. W. & N. E. 
13 
135.0 
• • • 
N. 
14 
133.0 
V • • 
N. 
15 
Sunday. 
16 
• # • 
0.26 
S. & N. 
17 
132.0 
Ml 
w. & s. w. 
18 
131.4 
• • • 
W. & N. E. & N. W. 
19 
134.0 
* • • 
W. & S. W. & N. W. 
20 
130.6 
• • I 
' W. & N. W. 
21 
131.2 
♦ • t 
N. W. & N. & N. E. 
22 
Sunday. 
23 
130.0 
• • • 
W. & N. W. 
24 
131.6 
« • • 
N. W. 
25 
134.8 
• • • 
W. 
26 
136.0 
• • • 
N. & N. W. & S. W. 
27 
13 5.5 
IS* 
W & E. 
28 
134. 0 
• • • 
N. E. & E. 
2S 
Sunday. 
3C 
134.5 
• • • 
N. & N. E. 
31 
135.0 
• • • 
N. 
General Aspect of the Sky. 
Cloudless till 11 A. M. Scatd. \i & 'w 
till 4 p. m. cloudless afterwards. 
Cloudless till 8 a. m. Scatd. M & i 
till 5 r. M. cloudless afterwards. 
Cloudless ; also foggy after 8 p. m. 
Cloudless. 
Cloudless. 
Cloudless; also foggy after 7 p. M. 
Cloudless. 
Scatd. '^-i. 
Scatd. clouds; also slightly raining at 
9 a. M. 
Scatd. i till 3 A. M. cloudless after¬ 
wards. 
Cloudless. ^ 
Cloudless. 
Cloudless till 4 P. M. cloudy till 5 p. M. 
cloudless afterwards ; also raining be¬ 
tween 11 A. M. & Noon. 
Scatd. W till 4 a. m. cloudy till 30 
a. m. Scatd. i till 5 p. m. cloudless 
afterwards ; also foggy after 8 P. h. 
Cloudless. 
Cloudless. 
Cloudless. 
Cloudless ; also foggy till 4 A. M. 
Cloudless. 
Cloudless. 
Cloudless ; also foggy after 8 P. M. 
Cloudless. 
Cloudless. 
Cloudless. 
Cloudless. 
Cloudless till 6 A. M. Scatd M & v -i 
till 4 p. M. cloudless afterwards. 
M Cirri, ^-i Cirro strati, Cumuli, Cumulo strati, ^-i Nimbi, —i Strati 
n -i Cirro cumuli. 
