Meteorological Observations. 
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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 May , 1862 . 
Solar Radiation, Weather, &c. 
• 
Q 
G3 
P 
Max. Solar 
radiation. 
Rain Gauge 
5 feet above 
Ground. 
Prevailing direction 
of the Wind. 
1 
o 
116.6 
Inches 
Ml 
S. 
2 
127.0 
Ml 
S. & S. E. 
3 
131.3 
0.56 
s. & s. w. 
4 
5 
Sunday. 
130.0 
0.96 
S. & S. E. 
6 
Ml 
1.26 
S. & N. W. 
7 
132.5 
• • • 
S. & S. E. 
8 
130.7 
• * • 
S. 
9 
135.0 
Ml 
S. & S. W. 
10 
123.5 
• II 
S. 
11 
12 
Sunday. 
135.5 
0.60 
S. E. & S. & S. W. 
13 
136.5 
• •• 
S. 
14 
127.0 
Ml 
S. & S. E. 
15 
• • • 
0.12 
E. & S. E. 
1G 
134.0 
• • • 
S. & S. E. 
17 
133.0 
III 
S. & E. 
18 
19 
Sunday. 
130.5 
III 
S. E. & S. 
General Aspect of the Sky. 
Cloudy till 9 A. M. Scatd. i & '"'i. till 
6 P. M. cloudy afterwards ; also slight¬ 
ly drizzling at 5 a. M. & between 
8 & 9 p. m. 
Cloudless till 7 A. M. Scatd. clouds till 
7 p. M. cloudless afterwards. 
Cloudless till 4 a. M. Scatd. i 
till 6 P. M. cloudy afterwards ; also 
raining between 9 & 11 P. M. 
Cloudless till 6 a. M. Scatd. i till 6 
p. m. cloudy afterwards j also raining 
at 10 p. M. 
Cloudy till 5 P. M. Seatd.^-i afterwards ; 
also raining at 3 & 4 & between 6 & 7 
A. AT. 
Cloudless till 7 A. M. Scatd. ^i till 6 P. M. 
cloudless afterwards. 
Seated clouds. 
Cloudless till 5 A. M. Scatd. i & n i 
afterwards; also slightly drizzling 
between 6 & 7 p. m. 
Cloudless till 10 A. M. Scatd. ^i & \-i 
afterwards. 
Cloudless till 8 A. it. Scatd. till 5 
p. M. cloudless afterwards. 
Cloudless till 10 a. m. Scatd. ^i till 6 
p. m. ; cloudy afterwards. 
Cloudless till 8 A. M. Scatd. & ^-i 
afterwards. 
Cloudless till 5 A. M. cloudy afterwards ; 
also thunder & lightning between 8 
& 11 p. M. & raining at Noon, 2 & 
9 P. M. 
Scatd. i & n i. 
Cloudless till 8 A. M. Scatd. ^-i & ^i 
till 7 P. M. cloudless afterwards. 
Scatd. i till 8 A. m. Scatd. r \i till 6 
p. M. cloudy afterwards ; also slight¬ 
ly drizzling between 7 & 8 p. m. 
\i Cirri, \-i Cirro strati, ^i Cumuli, ^-i Cumulo strati, W Nimbi, —i Strati, 
V\i Cirro cumuli. 
