Meteorological Observation s . 
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Abstract of the Results of the Hourly Meteorological Observations 
taken at the Surveyor General’s Office, Calcutta , 
in the month of January, 1862. 
Solar Radiation, Weather, &c. 
j Date. 
Max. Solar 
radiation. 
Rain Gauge 
5 feet above 
Ground. 
Prevailing direction 
of the Wind. 
1 
o 
123.0 
Inches. 
N. 
2 
132.4 
N. & N. W. 
3 
135.4 
N. 
4 
134.0 
N. & E. 
5 
6 
Sunday. 
134.0 
N. 
7 
134.0 
S. & N. 
8 
116.0 
M • 
S. & E. 
9 
114.0 
• • • 
S. & W. 
10 
135.0 
• • • 
E. & S. W. 
11 
130.5 
• • • 
N. & N. E. & E. 
12 
Sunday. 
W. & E. 
13 
136.0 
• • • 
14 
134.0 
E, & N. E. 
15 
132.0 
• • • 
E. & S. W. & S. E. 
16 
137.4 
0.36 
N. E. & N. W. 
17 
• • • 
0.20 
S. & E. 
18 
130.0 
• »( 
N. & N. W. 
19 
20 
Sundai/. 
126.0 
S. W. & N. 
21 
137.0 
N. 
22 
132.2 
N. & W. 
23 
134.0 
N. & E. 
24 
136.4 
N. & E. & N. W. 
25 
131.2 
N. 
26 
Sunday. 
0.47 
N. & N. W. 
27 
• • # 
• • • 
28 
125.0 
• • • 
N & N. W. 
29 
127.0 
N. 
30 
132.0 
N. W. & N. 
31 
129.0 
Ml 
N. & variable. 
General aspect of the Sky. 
Cloudless. 
Cloudless. 
Cloudless. 
Cloudless ; also foggy after 8 P. M. 
Cloudless ; also foggy after 7 P. M. 
Cloudless ; also slightly foggy at 6 a. m. 
Cloudless till 6 a. m. Scatd. ^-i till 2 
p M. cloudy afterwards. 
Cloudy till 4 P. m. Scatd. i after¬ 
wards. 
Cloudy till 7 A. M. Scatd. i till 2 p. M. 
cloudless afterwards. 
Cloudless till 7 a. m. Scatd. clouds till 
11 a. M. cloudless afterwards. 
Scatd. clouds till 3 p. m., cloudless after¬ 
wards ; also drizzled at Midnight. 
Cloudless till 1 p.m. Scatd. i afterwards. 
Cloudless till 11 A. M. cloudy after¬ 
wards ; also drizzling at 5 & 7 P. M. 
Cloudy, also raining from 5 to 7 p. m. 
Cloudy till 7 P. M. cloudless afterwards; 
also drizzling at Midnight & from 8 
a. M to Noon. 
Cloudless till 3 A. M. cloudy till 8 A. M. 
cloudless afterwards ; also drizzling at 
4 A. M. 
Cloudless. 
Cloudless. 
Cloudless. 
Cloudless ; aho foggy from 9 to 11 p. m. 
Cloudless. 
Cloudless. 
Cloudy till Noon. Scatd. i & till 
6 p. m. cloudless afterwards ; also 
drizzling at 5 A. M. 
Cloudless till 11 a. M. Scatd. i till 
6 p. M. cloudless afterwards. 
Cloudless. 
Cloudless ; also foggy from 8 to 11 p. m. 
Cloudless. 
M Cirri, x_i Cirro strati, Cumuli, r '-i Cumulo strati, ^-i Nimbi, —i Strati, 
rv i Cirro cumuli. 
