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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 17TH MARCH, 1883.
METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.
HARBOUR OFFICE.
245
1883.
DAY AND
DATE.
HOUR
BAROMETER.
WINDS
THERMOMETER.
0 TO 12.
Attd.
fax.
Min.
Direç
tion.
Force.
WEATHER.
RAINFALL.
In inches during
previous 24 hours.
BAROMETER,
STONE CUTTERS' ISLAND.
WINDS
THERMOMETER.
0 TO 12.
Saturday,
$8.5
o.c.m.
29.98 70.0
3rd
Mar
70.0
O.C.B
**
#71.0
o.c.m
29.96 78.0
: :
Max.
Min.
Wet.
Direc-
tion.
69.0 69.0 E
Force.
WEATHER.
RAINFALL.
In inches during
previous 24 hours.
g.m.
29.96 72.0 74.0 63.0 74.0 73.0 | E
g.p.
0.12
72.5 72.0 SE
g.m.
30.06 68.0
....
64.0 64,0 | E
3
o.p.
4th
March.
30.10 £64.5 | 74,0 61,0 12,5 60.5
.30.0463,0
o.c.m.
命
60.5 58.5
o.c.m
30.00 66.0
:སྒྱེ
30.01 08.0 76.0 66.0 64.0 63.0 E
3
g.m, 0.00
62.0 61.0E
4. o.m.
Monday
585 57.0
5th
€66.0.
€90.00 02.0
3
30.00 65.
Thursday,
9
8th
March.
Friday
March
Tuesday, 6th
March.
Wednesday****
80.5 89,5
59.0 58.0
7th |Noon 80.04 84,0 42,0 57.5 52.0 58.0 March.
**** £0.0 38.0
ada
True wind cannot de beglstered,.
o.c.m.
30.00 | 63.0.
60.5 60.0 E
4
o.m.
o.c.m.
30,00 | 63.0 64,0 57.0 64.0 | 62,0 | E
4
b.c.m. 0.00
o.c.m.
29.97 63.0
...
61.0 60.0 F
4
b.c.m.
Q.c.r.
29.93 | 63,0
***
61.5 61.0 E
4
o.p.
ó.c.r.
29.93 63.0 65.0 57.0 61.0 61.0 E
4
o.r.
3.14
o.c.r.
29.90 64.0
62.04.62.0 E
3
o.r.l.t.
***
...
...
0.c.
29.97 62.0
60.0 60.0 E
0.0.
29.97 63.0 62.5 58.0 61.0 61.0 E
0.0.
29.96 63.0
61.0 61.0 Calm
♡ 2 C
3
o.m.
0.m.
0.50
0
b.c.m.
***
March.
3 30.11 06.0
VS48.0 | 54.0
3
b.c.
O.C.
...
62.0 | 56,0 | 61,0 | 55.5
o.€.
b.c.
0.25
63,5 57.0
0.0.
80.07 64.0
***
***
0.0.
30.07 61.0
65.0 63.0 E
59.0 58.0E
b.c.
9th Noon 30.1866,0 64,0 36,01 105|65,0
O.C.
30.07 62.0 57.0 56.0 61.0 59.0 E
402,557,0
O.C.
30.05 63.0
...
---
...
62.0 60.0 E
සස ස
3
b.c.
3
b.c.
0.00
3
b.c.
30.07 61.0
60.0 58.0 N
400
30.07 63.0 64.5 | 56.0 65.0 63.0 E
∞ 2 2
1883.
D'AGUILAR. HEIGHT, 170 FEET.
DAY AND
DATE.
H
BARO
Atbd.
WILDS
THERMONEI
Ở TO 12.
Direc-
Mir
tion.
Force;}
Saturday,
3rd
March.
64.0 58:0 42,0 62.0 Câme
62.0 Calm
Sunday,
61.0 NE 3
4th
March.
29.96 €4.0
Noon 30.00 64.0 64.0 58.0 68,0 58.0 NE 4
57.0 57.0 NE
5
...
Monday,
5th
March,
64.0
***
No
3
56.0 56.0 NE 6 68.5 59.0 | 53.0 57.0 57.0 NE
པསདྡྷིཡཾ, ཡཎྞཱ ཙཙ༊ ལྕ
WEATHER.
RAINALE
In inches during
previous 14 hours.
BAROMETER.
0.00
Attd.
28.30 | 65.0
Max.
Min.
Dry.
Wet.
Direc
tion.
65.0 65.0 S
28.28 67.0 67.0 64.0 67.0 67.0 S
28.25 67.0
VICTORIA PEAK. HEIGHT, 1,823 FEET.
WINDS
THERMOMETER.
0 To 12.
σ σ Force.
WEATHER.
BAINFALL.
evious 34 hours.
In inches during
...
i
c.d.
...
28.29 59.0
...
6
0.03
28.30 54.0
***
28.24 51.0
བས བ
0.03
28.26 54.0 54.0
28.35 58.0 59.0
67.0 | 67.0 | S
59.0 59.0 E
55.0 | 58.0 58.0 | E
54.0 54.0 E
4
4
4
51.0 51.0 E
29.92 63.5
57.0 57.0 NE
5
28.21 | 55,0
...
Tuesday, 9
6th Noon
March.
30.00 62,5
57.0 | 57.0 | NE
咖啡
***
5t.l.r.
28.24 55.0
...
| 62,5 | 59,0 | 56.0 57.5 57.5 NNE
4 I.
0.89
28.22.59.0 59.0
52.0 54.0 54.0 E
55.0 55.0 E
55.0 55.0 SE
52.0 | 59.0 59.0 S
10 10 10
5
5
5
Helgi gelel gleby
: @ :|::|:ཤྩ;
63.0
58.0 58.0 NE
2 1.
28.16 57.0
57.0 57.0N
10 44 30
5
...
1.60
...
o.p.c.r.
Wednesday, 9 99.93. 62.5
***
7th
March.
Thursday,
8th
March.
57.0 57.0 NE
Noon 29.92 62,559.0 | 55.0 57.0 57.0 NNE
3 29.90 | 62,5
57.0 57.0 NE
4
c.d.
28.27 | 55,0
***
4
c.d.
0.81
28.25 54.0 54.0
55.0 55.0 E
52.0 54.0 | 54.0 E
3
O.C.
28.20 54.0
54.0 54.0 NNW
පස ප
3
3
1,0
3
:
80.04 61.5
56.0 53.0 N
4
O.C.
28.34 49.0
...
30.08 62.5 62,055.0 | 62.0 | 570|| N
0.01 62.5
58.0 55.0 N
4
0.04 O.C.
O.C.
***
49.0 49.0 NNE
28.33 53.0 54.0 48.0 53.0 52.0 | NNE
28.31 53.0
53.0 53.0 NE
3
3
0.34
3
Friday,
9th
30.07 60.0
56.0 52.0 NE
4 0.c.
28.36 49.0
49.0 49.0 E
5
March.
30.05 61.0 62.0 55.0 57.0 52.5 NE
30.00 61.0
4
o.c
0.00
57.0 | 54.0 | NE
4 O.C.
28.35 52.0 52.0 48.0 51.0 50.0 E
28.31 54.0
53.0 52.0E
4
0.00
4
STATE OF WEATHER:-) blue sky : c clouds (detached); d. drizzling rain; f. foggy; g. gloomy; 4. hail; 7. lightning; m. misty (hazy); o. overcast p. passing showers; a squally or "raka; a. show; 5. thunder; z, ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; v. visibility, (objects at a distance unusually visible); w. wet (dew).
NOTE.—A bar ( -) under any letter augments its signification,—thus f. very foggy ; r. much rain; r, heavy and continuing rain, &c., &c.
Figuras to denate the Forcel
of the Wind.
Description of Wind.
Calin
12
Light Air Light Breese... - Gentle Breeze Moderate Breeze Fresh Breeze....
Strong Breeze
Moderate Gale. Fresh Gale.. Strong Gale Whole Gale Storm
Hurricane,
-
Illustrations of the power of the Wind as regards a well-conditioned Man-of-War or Pirst-class Clipper Ship.
Just sufficient to give steerage way..
With which the above Ship with all sail ( 1 to 2 knots.
set and clean full would go in smooth 3 to 4
water.....
5 to 6 Royals, &c.
Single Reefs and T. G. Sails
Triple Reefs, &c. Close Reefs and Courses ....
In which she could just carry in chase, Double Reefs and Jib, &o.
full and by.....
In which she could just bear olose-reefed Main Topsail and reefed Foresail
Under Storm Staysall
Bare Poles
Kate of the Wind
per Hour in Miles.
Figures to denote the Force of the Wind.
0 to 2
11
16
10
80
12
above 80