Meteorological Journal, Kept by the Assistant Secretary, at the Apartments of the Royal Society, by Order of the President and Council

METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL, KEPT BY THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY, AT THE APARTMENTS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY, BY ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT AND COUNCIL. OBSERVANDA. Height of the Cistern of the Barometer above a Fixed Mark on Waterloo Bridge..............=83 feet 2½ in. above the mean level of the Sea (presumed about) .....=95 feet. The External Thermometer is 2 feet higher than the Barometer Cistern. Height of the Receiver of the Rain Gauge above the Court of Somerset House.................=79 feet. The hours of observation are of Mean Time, the day beginning at Midnight. The Thermometers are graduated by Fahrenheit's Scale. The Barometer is divided into inches and decimals. | 1835 | 9 o'clock, A.M. | 3 o'clock, P.M. | Dew at 9 A.M. in degrees of Fahr. | External Thermometer | Rain in inches. Read off at 9 A.M. | Direction of the Wind at 9 A.M. | REMARKS | |------|----------------|-----------------|----------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|---------| | | Barom. Attach. Therm. | Barom. Attach. Therm. | Fahrenheit. Self-registering. | Lowest. Highest. | | | | | W | 30.119 | 66.9 | 30.089 | 66.5 | 52 | 67.0 | 68.8 | 50.6 | 72.5 | E | Fine and cloudless—light brisk wind. | | T | 30.069 | 69.6 | 30.071 | 67.9 | 55 | 69.6 | 75.4 | 54.4 | 75.3 | SE | A.M. Cloudy—light wind. | | F | 30.103 | 71.3 | 30.095 | 70.7 | 57 | 69.6 | 74.7 | 58.6 | 76.2 | SW | Fine—cloudy. | | S | 30.115 | 67.0 | 30.059 | 70.7 | 55 | 65.4 | 73.4 | 57.5 | 74.8 | S | A.M. Fine—cloudless—very light haze. | | ⊙ | 29.849 | 66.0 | 29.848 | 70.4 | 57 | 60.9 | 67.3 | 58.6 | 70.6 | SW | P.M. Fine—light clouds. | | M | 30.053 | 70.0 | 30.107 | 70.7 | 55 | 65.4 | 71.7 | 55.7 | 73.3 | .105 | Overcast—very light rain. | | T | 30.198 | 73.8 | 30.128 | 71.3 | 57 | 65.9 | 70.6 | 53.2 | 71.7 | SSW | Evening, Fine and clear. Rain during the day. | | W | 30.004 | 69.5 | 30.030 | 70.4 | 54 | 66.3 | 70.4 | 55.6 | 70.7 | .077 | A.M. Fine—light clouds. | | T | 30.010 | 65.9 | 29.924 | 68.8 | 53 | 63.5 | 66.3 | 55.0 | 70.8 | SSW | P.M. Cloudy. | | O | 29.843 | 72.0 | 29.901 | 70.1 | 56 | 64.6 | 68.4 | 55.0 | 69.7 | S | Cloudy—light wind. Evening, Fine and clear. | | S | 30.115 | 72.2 | 30.113 | 69.7 | 51 | 66.3 | 70.5 | 53.8 | 72.2 | WSW | Lightly overcast—light brisk wind. | | ⊙ | 30.055 | 74.3 | 29.950 | 70.7 | 51 | 66.7 | 70.8 | 53.3 | 71.6 | SW | Fine—light clouds and wind. Evening, Fine and clear. | | M | 29.895 | 74.0 | 29.889 | 71.0 | 57 | 65.4 | 65.6 | 58.3 | 70.7 | SW | A.M. Fine—cloudless—light wind. P.M. Lightly cloudy—overcast. | | T | 30.083 | 72.8 | 30.065 | 70.9 | 52 | 64.7 | 69.8 | 53.8 | 70.7 | SW | Evening, Fine, cloudy. | | W | 29.950 | 70.6 | 29.883 | 71.7 | 56 | 67.8 | 72.6 | 54.8 | 73.6 | SW | A.M. Lightly cloudy—light wind. P.M. Cloudy. | | T | 29.962 | 73.7 | 29.962 | 72.0 | 58 | 67.9 | 74.8 | 60.8 | 75.7 | S | Fine—light clouds and wind. Evening, Cloudy. | | F | 30.087 | 75.8 | 30.057 | 72.6 | 56 | 69.6 | 74.2 | 55.5 | 75.4 | SW | Fine—light clouds. Evening, Fine and clear. | | S | 30.025 | 73.6 | 29.968 | 73.8 | 60 | 69.8 | 77.7 | 58.4 | 78.5 | S | A.M. Fine—nearly cloudless. P.M. Fine and cloudless—high pressure. | | ⊙ | 30.186 | 75.7 | 30.186 | 73.6 | 58 | 67.3 | 75.2 | 56.7 | 75.7 | SW | Evening, Cloudy. | | M | 30.208 | 75.7 | 30.184 | 75.3 | 61 | 71.3 | 79.6 | 56.6 | 80.6 | SW | Fine—cloudless—light wind. | | T | 30.237 | 76.6 | 30.212 | 75.5 | 65 | 75.7 | 78.0 | 66.9 | 76.2 | SW | A.M. Fine—cloudless—light wind. P.M. Fine and cloudless—light wind. | | W | 30.275 | 75.9 | 30.245 | 74.7 | 60 | 69.4 | 73.4 | 59.9 | 73.8 | SW | Evening, Fine and clear. | | T | 30.279 | 69.5 | 30.245 | 72.8 | 62 | 66.9 | 74.3 | 57.4 | 74.8 | SW | A.M. Fine—cloudless—light wind. P.M. Fine and cloudless—light wind. | | F | 30.241 | 74.6 | 30.200 | 74.5 | 64 | 70.3 | 75.8 | 56.6 | 76.4 | SW | Fine and cloudless—light wind. | | S | 30.212 | 76.3 | 30.184 | 74.9 | 62 | 70.3 | 74.7 | 58.6 | 75.2 | SW | Fine and cloudless—light wind. | | ⊙ | 30.208 | 77.0 | 30.176 | 74.4 | 58 | 71.4 | 73.5 | 59.9 | 73.3 | SW | Fine—cloudless—light wind. | | M | 30.095 | 73.5 | 30.063 | 74.6 | 60 | 71.7 | 78.4 | 57.7 | 78.7 | SW | A.M. Fine and cloudless—light haze. P.M. Lightly cloudy—overcast. | | T | 30.097 | 76.7 | 30.073 | 77.2 | 61 | 75.0 | 83.0 | 63.2 | 84.2 | SW | Evening, Fine and clear. | | W | 30.245 | 73.0 | 30.208 | 74.9 | 62 | 66.8 | 77.7 | 57.7 | 78.4 | SW | Fine and cloudless—light haze and wind. | | T | 30.212 | 76.7 | 30.132 | 75.9 | 56 | 72.3 | 80.9 | 61.8 | 81.3 | SW | Evening, Lightly cloudy. | | F | 30.152 | 76.3 | 30.128 | 75.3 | 57 | 67.7 | 74.2 | 61.9 | 75.2 | ENE | Fine—light clouds and wind. Evening, Fine and clear. | Means... 30.103 72.8 30.077 72.4 57.4 68.2 73.6 57.3 74.8 .506 Mean of Barometer, corrected for Capillarity and reduced to 32° Fahr. 9 A.M. 3 P.M. Means... 30.027 70.5 29.998 72.7 59.1 66.1 72.4 58.4 73.8 .320 Mean of Barometer, corrected for Capillarity and reduced to 32° Fahr. 9 A.M. 3 P.M. ## METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL FOR SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, 1835. | 1835 | 9 o'clock, A.M. | 3 o'clock, P.M. | Dew Point at A.M. in degrees of Fahr. | External Thermometer. | Rain, in inches. Read off at 9 A.M. | |------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------------| | | Barom. | Attach. Ther. | Barom. | | Direction of the Wind at 9 A.M. | | | | | | | REMARKS | ### REMARKS - **Fine—light clouds—haze and wind. Evening, Fine and clear.** - **A.M. Fine and cloudless—light brick wind. P.M. Fine—light haze and wind. Evening, Overcast—very light rain with high wind.** - **A.M. Cloudy—it, fog & wind. P.M. Overcast—it, rain & wind.** - **A.M. Fine—cloudless—light brick wind. P.M. Fine—cloudless—light wind. Evening, Fine and clear.** - **A.M. Thick fog—wind. P.M. Lightly cloudy.** - **Fine—light clouds and wind. Evening, Cloudy.** - **A.M. Fine—cloudless—it, fog & wind. P.M. Fine—cloudless—it, fog & wind.** ### MEANs - **Mean of Barometer, corrected for Capil.—9 A.M. 3 P.M.** - **Sum.** --- ### T | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | ### MEANs - **MEANs.** ## METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1835. | Date | 9 o'clock, A.M. | 3 o'clock, P.M. | Dew Point at A.M. in degrees of Fahr. | External Thermometer. | Rain, in inches Read off at 9 A.M. | Direction of the Wind at 9 A.M. | REMARKS | |--------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------| | | Barom. | Attach. Therm. | Barom. | Attach. Therm. | Fahrenheit | Self-registering | | | | | | | | 9 A.M. | 3 P.M. | Lowest | Highest | | | | | | | | 42 | 42.2 | 45.6 | 40.0 | 44.6 | .038 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ### November | Date | Barom. | Attach. Therm. | Barom. | Attach. Therm. | Fahrenheit | Self-registering | Lowest | Highest | | |--------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------|----------|---------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ### December | Date | Barom. | Attach. Therm. | Barom. | Attach. Therm. | Fahrenheit | Self-registering | Lowest | Highest | | |--------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------|----------|---------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ### Means | Date | Barom. | Attach. Therm. | Barom. | Attach. Therm. | Fahrenheit | Self-registering | Lowest | Highest | | |--------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------|----------|---------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ### Mean of Barometer, corrected for Capillarity and reduced to 32° Fahr. | Date | Barom. | Attach. Therm. | Barom. | Attach. Therm. | Fahrenheit | Self-registering | Lowest | Highest | | |--------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------|----------|---------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ### Remarks | Date | Barom. | Attach. Therm. | Barom. | Attach. Therm. | Fahrenheit | Self-registering | Lowest | Highest | | |--------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------|----------|---------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ### Mean of Barometer, corrected for Capillarity and reduced to 32° Fahr. | Date | Barom. | Attach. Therm. | Barom. | Attach. Therm. | Fahrenheit | Self-registering | Lowest | Highest | | |--------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------|----------|---------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |