683926-1880-Meteorological-Observations — Page 1

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1880.

DAY AND

DATE.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. 28TH

APRIL, 1880.

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT THE UNDERMENTIONED STATIONS.

HOUR.

BAROMETER.

HARBOUR OFFICE.

THERMOMETER.

Max.

Min.

Dry.

Wet.

WINDS

Force.

WEATHER.

BAIN FALL.

In inches during previou: Síhours,

inches during

BAKOMETER.

Attd.

0 TO 12.

Direc-

tion.

STONE CUTTERS ÍSLAND,

THERMOMETER.

WISDS 0 TO W.

Direc

30.15 68.0

Max.

Min.

Day

tion.

67.0 | 620 || NE

30.15|71.0 72.0|62.0|79.5| 69,0| E

72.008.0 S

Saturday,

→

20.31] 66.0

6·1.0 | 59.0

b.c.

17th

Nocn 30.28 70.0 70.0 | 62.0 | 68,5 | 61.0

April.

3

30.23 71.0

:ž ;

Sunday,

9

30.25 71.0

18th

April.

Noon

30.22 71.5 73.0 | 64.0 | 70.0 69.5

3

30.17 73.5

Monday,

19th

April.

9

30.18 | 69,5

Noon

3

Tuesday, 9

20th

April.

Wednesday, 21st

April.

9

30.02 67.5

3

68.0 64.5

67.0 65.5

30.12 68.0

Noon 30.09 69.0 70.5 65.0 67.5 | 66.0

3 30.02 69.0

67.5 66.0

66.0 64.0

Noon 30.01 68.0 69.0 63.0 65.5 62.5

29.94 69.0

68.0 64.0

30.15 70.0 73.0 | 66.5 68.5 | 65.0

30.12 70.0

: : རྟྲྀ : :

b.c.

69.0 62.5

b.c.

30.12 72.0

69.5

64.0

b.c.

30.10 72.0

70.5 48.0 | 12.

b.c.

30.40 71.0 73.0 | 63.0|70.0|67.0|83|

72.0 70.0

b.c.

30.0673.0

73.0 69.0 ESE

67.5 64.0

...

Thursday, 22nd

April.

9 30.06 68.5

: : སྐྱེ :

True wind cannot be registered.

c.m.

30.04 71.0

70.0 07.0 | E

3

c.m.

30.05 71.2 74.066.0 | 70.0 66.0] 5

c.m.

30.03 71.0

69.0 | 67.0 | E

C.T.

30.00 71.0

68.0, 84.0 E

D

c.p.

30.00 71.0 70.0

65.069.0 88.6|

0.г.

29.96 71.0

68.067.0A

o.c.q.

29.90 69.0

65.0 C1.0 NW

ته

29.90 69.0 69.0 | 62.0 65.0 63.0 | NW

4

b.c.

29.85 71.0

70.0|67.0 NW

£

67.0 58.0

b.c.

29.90 70.0

69.0 65.0 N

3

b.e.

Noon

30.03 71.5 72.0 61.5 71.0 61.0

3

29.97 73.0

:

སྐྱེ :

:

b.c.

29.90 72.0 72.0 63.0 72.5| 66.0 S

2

72.562.5

b.c.

29.90 74.0

71.09.01 SW

b.c.

Friday,

23rd

April.

9

30.08 69.5

68.5 60.0

b.c.

29.93 71.0

***

69,666,0|| Calın

ย

Noon

30.0874.0 74.5 62.5 73.0 61.0

b.c.

29.93 74.0 75.0 | 62,074,069.0 S

2 b.

3

30.01 | 76.0

75.0 65.0

...

b.c.

29.93 75.0

**

|780|710] SW

1880.

VICTORIA PEAK.

DAY AND DATE.

HOUR.

CAPE D'AGUILAR. HEIGHT 170 FEET.

THERMOMETER,

BAROMETER.

Atta.

Max.

Min.

Dry.

Wet.

WINDS

0 TO 12.

Direc-

tion.

65.0 60.0 NNE

Noon 30.18 69.0 69.0 59.0 66.0 60.0 NE

Force.

WEATHER.

RAIN FALL.

In fuches during

previvas 24 hours. !

BAROMETER.

C.

C.

0.00

Attä.

THERMOMETER.

Max.

Min.

HEIGHT 1,828 URNE,

War.

i

WINDS

Ù TO 12.

Direct-

dow.

Saturday,

9 30.18 68.0

28.44 57.0

NE

..

17th

April.

3 30.13 68.5

67.0 62.0 E

Sunday, 18th April.

9 30.13 70.0

67.0 63.0 NNE

Noon

3

30.12 70.0 70.0 61.0 67,063 0 | NNE! 30.07 69.5

67.0 62.0 NNE

Monday,

19th

April.

9

30.05 69.0

64.0 63.0 NE

Noon 30.05 69.0 69.061.0 66.0 62.0 NE

3

3 30.03 63.0 .... ... 66.0 64.0 NE

00 00 00

29 30 ∞

b.c.

3 b.c.

3

28.2459.0

NNW

A

28.38 62.01

C2

E

b.c.

0.00

28.37 | 462.0j 62.0158.

62.0161.9

b.c

28.40 64.0

3 1.U.

28.30 €0.0

o.m.

0.00

0.m.

28.43 62.0 6:1.0 55.0 | 62.0) lexo! e 28.46 | 65.0:

66,0

***

60.0

28.28160.0 60.0 | 58.0 60.0

Tuesday,

20th

April.

9. 29.33 69.0

65.0 65.0 NNE Noon 29.97 69.0 69.0 | 61.0 | 65.0 65.0 NNE

3 29.93 68.0

65.0 65.0 NNE

2

...

c.p.

28.25 60.0

600

4

2 c.r.

2 г.

0.31

28.25 610161.0] 58.00! G501 B 28.23 $1.0

R

E.

0.59

3

e.f.

Wednesday, 9

21st

April.

Thursday, 22nd

April.

29.90 69.0

65,063.0 NNW Noon 20.90 69.0 68.0 60.0 | 67.0 61.0 N

1 C.Y.

1 C.V.

28.1761.0

0.76

3

29.85 70.0

69.0 65.0 N

1

b.c.

28.1556.0 66.0|54.0 | 56,0 | 96,0| NW 28.10159.0

o.f.

59.0

NW

9

29.93 70.0

69.0 61.0 NNE Noon 29.90 69.0 74.0|59.0 70.0 65.0 N

3 29.89 70.0

2

b.c.

28.2161.0

60.0 38 T

71.0 61.0 SE

1 b.c.v.

1

0.00

28.20|62.0 62.0 | 55.0|62.0 | 300 | NW

b.c.

28.18 64.0

Friday,

23rd

9 29.98 71.0

70.0 63.0 NE Noon 29.98 72.0 76.060.0 76.0|70.0 SE

b.c.

28.3005,0

...

b.

0.00

410] 610 | SW

| 610 610 28.26 69.0 60.0 50.0 48.0 64.0|| 16

b.c.

April.

3 29.93 72.0

70.0 70.0 SE

2

b.c.

28.2069.0

68.0 | 65,0 | SE

STATE OF WEATHER :—b. bine sky ; c. glvuds (detached); d. drizzling rain ; f. foggy : -g, gloomy; h. hail; 7. lightning; sa, mely thang); o overcast ; på is often shared 4. squally; r. rain; s. snow; t. thunder; a. ugly (threatening) appearance of weather; e. visibility, objects at a distance musually v dide); **, ovu idew).

NOTE:-A bar (-) under any letter angments ita signification, thus f. very foggy; r. much rain; r. heavy and contiming rain, &,0.. Se.

Figures to

denote the Force,

Description of Wind.

of the Wind.

0

Calm

Light Air Light Breeze.. Gentle Breeze

Moderate Brecze Frosh Breeze.. Strong Breeze Moderate Gale Fresh Gale.. Strong Gale Whole Gale

Ilustrations of the power of the Wind as regards a well-conditioned Man-of-War or Firat-class Clipper Ship.

Just sufletent to give steerage way.........

With which the above Ship with all afl (1 to 2 knots.

set and clean full would go in smooth 3 to 4

Water..

"

15 to 6

Royals, &c.

(Ta which she could just carry in chese,anie Reefs and 21h, ke.

Single Bets and T. G. Sals

full and by

Triple Roets, fen. ... Close Bouds and Course

In which she could just bear close-reefed Main Topsail and roofed. Fevral

Lake of the Wind per Hour in buites,

denne pie

of thy Wi

0 to 2

3 - 19

11 - 25

16 - 20

21 - 25

26 30

3: Thi

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