GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 193.
information. The following Table of Meteorological Observations taken at the Government Lock Hospital during the Month of April, 1881, is published for general
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 21st May, 1881.
By His Excellency's Command,
FREDERICK STEwart,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
·METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS
TAKEN AT THE GOVERNMENT LOCK HOSPITAL; VICTORIA, Hongkong, for the Month of ApriL, 1881.
$6 feet above mean low level of Spring Tides.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. 21ST MAY, 1881.
367
THERMOMETERS (Fahrenheit).
HYGROMETER.
WIND.
CLOUD.
RAIN IN
DAY OF MONTH.
BAROMETER.
DAY OF WERK.
ATTACHED IN SHADE.
SELF-REGISTERING IN THE SHADE. Max, and Min. of the previous 24 hours, taken at Noon.
MAX. MAX.
SUN,
BULB
IN
DIUR-
SUN,
BULB
Ex-
VACUO. POSED.
MIN.
NAL
ON RANGE,
GRASS. IN
SHADE.
9 A.M.
ว
Friday,
2 Saturday,
3 Sunday,
30.07
30.04
30.02
73.0
30.06
30.03
69.0
4
Monday,
30.07
30.05
76.0
77.0
64.0
5 Tuesday,
30.12
30.10
67.0
67.0
6 Wednesday,
30.20
30.12
65.0
70.0
7 Thursday,.
30.15
30.10
69.0
70.0
8
Friday,
30.05
30.03
64.0
65.0
9 Saturday,,
30.02
29.97
66.0
10 Sunday,
29.98
29.96
70.0 71.0
]]
Monday,.
29.87
29.85
74.0 75.0
3 P.M. 9 A.M. 3 P.M. Min. Max. 30.05 70.0 71.0 62.0 72.0 71.0 117 73.
74.0 63.0 76.0 75.0 76
100 70.0 61.0 71.0 70.0 117 72 77.0 117 80
69
116
57.0 72.0 71.0 116 68 59.0 72.0 71.0 116 76 52.0 66.0 65.0 110 72
67.0 58.0 68.0 67.0 111 68 70.0 140 75.0 110 76
Temp. ut
Noon.
DIURNAL
RANGE, BULB
EXPOSED.
DRY BULB
WET BULB
MIN.
IN SOIL,
6
IN
SHADE.
IN
SHADE.
HUMIDITY. COMPLETE SATURATION
-100.
DEW POINT.
QUARTER.
INCHES
DURING
THE
PREVI-
0-10.
OUS 24
HOURS.
INCHES
DEEP.
9 A.M.3 P.M. 9 A.M.3 P.M.9 A.M.3 P.M.9 A. M. 3 P.M.
9 A.M. 3 P.M.
9 A.M.
9 A.M.3 P.M.
78.0
58.0 08.0 67.0
16.0 61.0 68.0
10.0
9.0
60.0 71.0
70
64.0 76.0
12 Tuesday,
29.90 29.86
77.0 78.0
69:0 78.0
77.0
110
78
13
Wednesday,
30.00
30.00
75.0
76.0
66.0 77.0
76.0
111
80
14 Thursday,
30.06
30.00 66.
69.0
57.0
63.0
62.0
105
76
15
Friday,
30.02 30.00
66.
67,0
33.0
68.0
67.0 119 70
16 Saturday,
30.07
30.05 72.0
73.0
61.0 75.0
74.0
17 Sunday,
* 30.04
30.01
74.
75.0
81.0
65.0
80.0
20
18 Monday,
19 Tuesday,
Wednesday,
30.02
30.00
77 #
80.0
81.0
70.0
80.0
109 81
120 90
120 88
30.00
29.96
79.6
81.0
30.04
30.01
790 81.0
71.0 83.0 81.0 71.0 84.0 83.0
120 90
121
94
21
Thursday,
30.08
30.05
79.9
80.0
22 Friday,
30.12
30.08
706
71.0 63.0
70.0 84.0
70.0
83.0
23 Saturday,
30.09
30.06
69.0
70.0 61.0 69.0
69.0
68.0
121 90
101 71
100 70
24 Sunday,
30.07
30.01
72 0
77.0
04.0 79.0 78.0
25 Monday,
30.05
30.00
75.0
78.0
67.0
26 Tuesday,
30.06
30.01
77.9
81.0
€8.0
29
Friday.
27
Wednesday,
28 Thursday
30 Saturday,.
29.95
29.90
30
83.0
29.84
29.81
BO
....
29.96 29.93
29.98
29.95
70.0 85.0
82.0 73.0 82.0 30.0 83.0 73.0 85.0
$1.0 84.0 74.0 85.0
115 86
82.0 91
81.0
82.0 120 89 83.0 121 90 81.0 121 84 84.0 122 92 86.0 120 91
80.0 121
64.0 10.0 9.0 6.30 69.0 .71.0 67.0 64.0 13.0 12.0 65.0 73.0 74.0 64.0 10.0 8.0 63.0 69.0 70.0 66.0 14.0 14.0 64.0 76.0 77.0 61.0 10.0 8.0 60.0 66.0 66.0 58.0 15.0 10.0
60.0 13.0
56.0 14.0 16.0 57.0 63.0 65.0
59.0 65.0 57.0 63.0 11.0 7.0 60.0 69.0 65.0 12.0 11.0 63.0 75.0 70.0 9.0 8.0 66.0 77.0 78.0 68.0 11.0 12.0 67.0 74.0 76.0 69.0
59.0 6.0 17.0 60.0 67.0 69.0 60.0 64.0 64 65.0 15.0 5.0 66.0 65.0 67.0 58.0 62.0 63 63.0 14.0 18.0 60.0 72.0 73.0 69.0 66.0 81 67.0 16.0 23.0 65.0 74.0 75.0 71.0 84
70.0 71.0 11.0 17.0 68.0 77.0 80.0 73.0 75.0 79 72.0 12.0 18.0 69.0 79.0 81.0 74.0 76.0 75 73.0 13.0 21.0 70.0 79.0 81.0 73.0 14.0 17.0 71.0 79.0 80.0 65.0 .7.0 6.0 67.0 69.0 71.0 65.0 8.0 5.0 64.0 €3.0 70.0 65.0 64.0 83 67.0 15.0 19.0 65.0 72.0 77.0 69.0 72.0 84 70.0 15.0 21.0 68.0 75.0 78.0 72.0 74.0 81 71.0 14.0 18.0 69.0 77.0 81.0 74.0 73.0 15.0 17.0 71.0 80.0 83.0 75.0
75.0 9.0 9.0 72.0 80.0 82.0 76.0 75.0 12.0 17.0 72.0 80.0 83.0 75.0 76.0 11.0 15.0 73.0 81.0 84.0 76.0
88
65.0
69
70.0 68.0 84
70
65.4 60.4
67.8 63.6
E.
E.
0.02
W.
W.
67.0
66.0
88
78
65.4 62.9
E.
E.
1.50
72.0
72.0
79
75
69.2
68.5 E.
E.
0.40
64.0
63.0
88
73
62.4 59.1
W.
W.
10
59.0 64.0 70.0
58.0
65.0
67
73
58.0
61.1
N.N.E.
E.
1.14
6
70.0
63.0
66.0
73
78
59.1
62.9
E.
E.
6
60.0
62.0 82
83
57.5
59.5
NE.
N.E.
0.60
10
66.0
63.0
64.0
88
83
61.4
62.4
E.
E.
0.30
71.0
67.0 69.0 88
88
65.4 67.5
E.
E.
0.15
75.0
72.0 72.0 84
84
69.8 69.8 W.
W.
8.75
73.0 74.0 79
79
70.2
71.2
N.W.
W.
0.12
71.0 74
75
65.3
67.4
E.
E.
0.05
73
54.4
60.1 E.
E.
73
52.3
58.0
E.
E.
1.17
66
66.7 60.8 E.
E.
74
68.8
66.4 E.
E.
75
70.2
71.6 E.
E.
76
70.6
72.6 W.
W.
75.0 75.0 80
72
72.3 70.9 W.
W.
69.0 75.0 56
75
62.1
71.6 E.
E.
66.0 65.0 83
69
63.7
60.4 E.
E.
0.09
69
62.6
59.4 E.
E.
75
66.7
68.5
E.
E.
79
69.8
71.2
E.
75.0 84
72
71.9
70.9
E.
77.0 75
72
71.6
73.0
S.E.
E.
77.0 80
76
73.3
73.6
W.
W.
0.02
78.0 75
79.0 76
76
71.6 74.7
E.
E.
76
72.6 75.4 E.
E.
5
+
...
Mean.
30.03 29.99 3.1
74.8 64.1 76.1 75.0 114 80
66.6 11.9 13.4 65.1 72.7
74.8 68.7
70.0 79
75
65.7
66.5
14.25
:
Summary of
April,
1880:--Mean Shade Temp.,
74.1
Total Rainfall,.
4.28 inches.
Rain fell on 11 days.
1870 :-
.73.1
6.04
9
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71.4
11.16
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11.95
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68.3
3.01
4
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