# Meteorological Journal, Kept by the Assistant Secretary, at the Apartments of the Royal Society, by Order of the President and Council **Author(s):** Anonymous **Year:** 1835 **Journal:** Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London **Volume:** 125 **Pages:** 5 pages **Identifier:** jstor-108125 **JSTOR URL:** --- 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. | Date | Barometer (mm Hg) | Temperature (°C) | Barometer (mm Hg) | Temperature (°C) | Dew Point (°C) | External Thermometer | Rain (mm) | Direction of Wind | Remarks | |------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|----------|------------------|---------| | July | | | | | | | | | | **REMARKS** - Light wind—A.M. Slightly lowering, P.M. Fine—light clouds. - Fluffy light clouds—A.M. Light windy, P.M. Clear. - Overcast—P.M. Fair—cloudless, A.M. Clear, P.M. Fine. - Fine—light clouds, wind—A.M. Clear, P.M. Fine, very near clear. ## METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL FOR SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, 1834. | 1834 | Barom. | Attach. Therm. | Barom. | Attach. Therm. | Dew Point 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 | |------|--------|---------------|--------|----------------|-----------------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------| | M 1 | 29.942 | 64.5 | 29.950 | 67.0 | 56 | 63.2 | 63.5 | 56.9 | 67.7 | S | | T 2 | 30.041 | 65.2 | 30.061 | 66.0 | 53 | 61.3 | 66.2 | 55.6 | 67.5 | SWW | | W 3 | 30.164 | 63.6 | 30.122 | 67.2 | 56 | 61.2 | 66.0 | 53.7 | 68.4 | S var. | | T 4 | 30.099 | 66.2 | 29.998 | 68.0 | 58 | 67.7 | 71.8 | 59.9 | 72.8 | S | | F 5 | 29.930 | 66.6 | 29.942 | 70.3 | 63 | 65.4 | 69.8 | 60.9 | 72.6 | SSW | | S 6 | 30.044 | 66.8 | 30.069 | 69.3 | 56 | 62.4 | 67.0 | 56.7 | 68.7 | SW | | O 7 | 30.208 | 64.0 | 30.093 | 67.3 | 54 | 58.5 | 66.2 | 53.0 | 67.3 | SSW | | M 8 | 29.685 | 62.2 | 29.584 | 66.0 | 57 | 57.4 | 61.4 | 53.6 | 66.2 | .092 | | T 9 | 29.406 | 63.2 | 29.491 | 65.9 | 57 | 59.7 | 66.3 | 53.7 | 66.9 | ENE | | W 10 | 29.812 | 62.8 | 29.792 | 65.0 | 55 | 59.6 | 61.7 | 51.7 | 65.2 | SSW | | T 11 | 29.808 | 62.4 | 29.806 | 65.7 | 60 | 60.6 | 65.2 | 58.0 | 66.8 | SW | | F 12 | 30.138 | 62.6 | 30.210 | 65.9 | 54 | 57.1 | 65.9 | 53.2 | 66.7 | S | | S 13 | 30.499 | 60.9 | 30.491 | 63.6 | 50 | 57.2 | 63.2 | 48.0 | 64.6 | SSW | | O 14 | 30.536 | 59.6 | 30.479 | 62.3 | 49 | 55.9 | 62.7 | 46.8 | 63.6 | ESE | | M 15 | 30.380 | 58.3 | 30.267 | 61.7 | 52 | 53.7 | 63.4 | 46.2 | 64.2 | E | | T 16 | 30.047 | 59.7 | 30.008 | 62.4 | 53 | 58.9 | 68.2 | 49.9 | 68.4 | E | | O 17 | 30.037 | 62.8 | 30.063 | 66.5 | 59 | 65.6 | 72.0 | 58.5 | 73.3 | E | | T 18 | 30.218 | 65.7 | 30.225 | 67.9 | 60 | 64.6 | 70.2 | 60.7 | 71.6 | SE | | F 19 | 30.261 | 66.2 | 30.243 | 68.7 | 60 | 62.6 | 72.0 | 59.0 | 72.7 | .041 | | S 20 | 30.382 | 68.6 | 30.356 | 70.6 | 64 | 67.9 | 72.4 | 60.2 | 74.8 | S | | O 21 | 30.362 | 66.2 | 30.305 | 67.5 | 62 | 60.2 | 68.0 | 58.9 | 68.6 | N | | M 22 | 30.245 | 64.9 | 30.190 | 67.8 | 59 | 60.0 | 64.6 | 57.5 | 67.3 | NE | | T 23 | 30.235 | 61.2 | 30.208 | 63.9 | 48 | 54.3 | 59.8 | 47.2 | 61.8 | ENE | | W 24 | 30.204 | 59.6 | 30.111 | 62.5 | 47 | 55.3 | 60.3 | 50.3 | 62.4 | ENE | | T 25 | 30.212 | 59.0 | 30.162 | 62.0 | 50 | 55.9 | 62.9 | 48.8 | 63.4 | ENE | | F 26 | 30.095 | 59.9 | 30.092 | 64.4 | 55 | 58.8 | 65.0 | 54.7 | 65.3 | ENE | | S 27 | 29.876 | 62.2 | 29.920 | 64.7 | 60 | 62.3 | 65.8 | 58.8 | 66.9 | .055 | | O 28 | 30.093 | 61.9 | 30.130 | 65.2 | 57 | 58.2 | 66.2 | 54.0 | 67.0 | SSW | | M 29 | 30.285 | 60.2 | 30.229 | 63.3 | 56 | 55.3 | 63.4 | 51.0 | 63.8 | ENE | | T 30 | 30.190 | 58.2 | 30.128 | 61.6 | 53 | 54.2 | 61.3 | 46.9 | 62.3 | E | ### MEANS | 30.114 | 62.9 | 30.089 | 65.7 | 55.8 | 59.8 | 65.8 | 54.1 | 67.3 | .582 | Mean of Barometer, corrected for Capil. 9 A.M. 3 P.M. larity and reduced to 32° Fahr. …… 30.026 29.992 --- **W** Fine and cloudless.—A.M. Light haze. P.M. Light wind. **T** Fine and cloudless. A.M. Light haze and wind. P.M. Very clear. **F** A.M. Strong haze—cloudless. P.M. Fine—hazy. **S** A.M. Strong fog. P.M. Clear and cloudless. **O** A.M. Strong haze—cloudless. P.M. Fine and cloudless—light cloudiness. **M** Fine and cloudless—hazy. **T** Fine and cloudless—light streaked cloudiness—Evening, clear, light cloud. **W** Fine and cloudless—light wind. P.M. Fine and clear—light streaked cloudiness. **T** Light wind.—A.M. Light cloudy. P.M. Fine—lightest cloud. **F** Fine—light clouds and wind.—Clear, p.m. **S** Fine—A.M. Cloudless. P.M. Clear—thin flocculent clouds, and light wind. **O** Hazy—Fine—light cloudiness, p.m. Evening, local haze—clear. **M** Fine and cloudless.—Few light clouds and cloudiness, a.m. **T** Fine—soft floating clouds.—Clear, p.m.—Showers, noon and evening. **W** Fine—light flocculent clouds.—Clear—light wind, p.m. **T** Unsteady wind.—A.M. Fair & clear—light clouds. P.M. Cloudy—light wind, p.m.—Lightest wind, and almost no breeze. **F** Strong unsteady breeze.—A.M. Fine and clear. P.M. Heavy rain—dark. **S** Fine—cloudless—light brick wind—Evening, clear. **O** Lightly cloudy—A.M. Light haze. P.M. Light breeze and cloud. **M** Light clouds and breeze.—A.M. Light cloudy. Noon, showers. **T** P.M. Fair and clear. **W** Light haze—A.M.—light haze, p.m. **T** Light cloudiness—Unsteady breeze.—Ev. light rain. **F** Light brick wind—wind, p.m.—A.M. Losing deposition. **S** P.M. Fair and clear—lightly cloudy. **O** Fine—lightly thin clouds—light brick wind. **M** Fine—nearly cloudless—light wind. **T** Lightly overcast—light haze, p.m. **W** Overcast—haze. **T** Lightly cloudy—light haze and wind. **F** Fine—lightly cloudy—light cloudiness, haze, and wind. --- **MEANS** | 30.059 | 54.3 | 30.034 | 56.8 | 48.7 | 51.4 | 57.2 | 46.2 | 58.2 | .185 | Mean of Barometer, corrected for Capil. 9 A.M. 3 P.M. larity and reduced to 32° Fahr. …… 29.996 29.964 ## METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL FOR SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, 1834. | Date | Barom. | Attach. Therm. | Barom. | Attach. Therm. | Dew Point 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 | |------|--------|----------------|--------|----------------|-------------------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|---------| | 1834 | 9 o'clock, A.M. | 3 o'clock, P.M. | 9 A.M. | 3 P.M. | Lowest | Highest | Self-registering | | | M 1 | 29.942 | 64.5 | 29.950 | 67.0 | 56 | 63.2 | 63.5 | 56.9 | 67.7 | S | A.M. Cloudy. P.M. Light continued rain. | | T 2 | 30.041 | 65.2 | 30.061 | 66.0 | 53 | 61.3 | 66.2 | 55.6 | 67.5 | SWW | Fine and clear—light clouds. | | W 3 | 30.164 | 63.6 | 30.122 | 67.2 | 56 | 61.2 | 66.0 | 53.7 | 68.4 | S var. | A.M. Strong light clouds and haze. P.M. Lightly overcast—light wind. | | T 4 | 30.095 | 66.2 | 29.998 | 68.0 | 58 | 67.7 | 71.8 | 59.9 | 72.8 | S | Fine—A.M. Light broken clouds. P.M. Cloudless. | | F 5 | 29.930 | 66.6 | 29.942 | 70.3 | 63 | 65.4 | 69.8 | 60.9 | 72.6 | SSW | A.M. Overcast. P.M. Fair—cloudy—light wind. | | S 6 | 30.044 | 66.8 | 30.069 | 69.3 | 56 | 62.4 | 67.0 | 56.7 | 68.7 | SW | A.M. Fair—cloudy—light wind. P.M. Fine and cloudless. | | O 7 | 30.208 | 64.0 | 30.093 | 67.3 | 54 | 58.5 | 66.2 | 53.0 | 67.3 | SW | A.M. Hazy. P.M. Fine—nearly cloudless. | | M 8 | 29.685 | 62.2 | 29.584 | 66.0 | 57 | 57.4 | 64.4 | 53.6 | 66.2 | .092 ENE | Overcast—Light continued rain, a.m. | | T 9 | 29.406 | 63.2 | 29.491 | 65.9 | 57 | 59.7 | 66.3 | 53.7 | 66.9 | .144 SW | Overcast—Light showers. | | W 10 | 29.812 | 62.8 | 29.792 | 65.0 | 55 | 59.6 | 61.7 | 51.7 | 65.2 | SW | Overcast—Light showers. | | T 11 | 29.808 | 62.4 | 29.806 | 65.7 | 60 | 60.6 | 65.2 | 58.0 | 66.8 | S | Overcast—Light showers—Light brick wind, p.m. | | F 12 | 30.138 | 62.6 | 30.210 | 65.9 | 54 | 57.1 | 65.9 | 53.2 | 66.7 | S | Fine—light haze. | | S 13 | 30.499 | 60.9 | 30.491 | 63.6 | 50 | 57.2 | 63.2 | 48.0 | 64.6 | NE | Fine—light brick wind—A.M. Cloudless. P.M. Light clouds. | | O 14 | 30.536 | 59.6 | 30.479 | 62.3 | 49 | 55.9 | 62.7 | 46.8 | 63.6 | ESE | Fine—A.M. Light haze. P.M. Clear—light clouds. | | M 15 | 30.380 | 58.3 | 30.267 | 61.7 | 52 | 53.7 | 63.4 | 46.2 | 64.2 | E | A.M. Foggy. P.M. Fine and cloudless—light wind. | | T 16 | 30.047 | 59.7 | 30.008 | 62.4 | 53 | 58.9 | 68.2 | 49.9 | 68.4 | E | Fine and cloudless—light wind and haze. | | O 17 | 30.037 | 62.8 | 30.063 | 66.5 | 59 | 65.6 | 72.0 | 58.5 | 73.3 | E | A.M. Light fog—P.M. Fine—nearly cloudless. | | T 18 | 30.218 | 65.7 | 30.225 | 67.9 | 60 | 64.6 | 70.2 | 60.7 | 71.6 | SE | Lightly overcast—light rain. | | F 19 | 30.261 | 66.2 | 30.243 | 68.7 | 60 | 62.6 | 72.0 | 59.0 | 72.7 | .041 S | A.M. Foggy. P.M. Cloudy. | | S 20 | 30.382 | 68.6 | 30.356 | 70.6 | 64 | 67.9 | 72.4 | 60.2 | 74.8 | N | Fine and cloudless—light haze and wind. | | O 21 | 30.362 | 66.2 | 30.305 | 67.5 | 62 | 60.2 | 68.0 | 58.9 | 68.6 | NE | Lightly overcast and hazy—light wind. | | M 22 | 30.245 | 64.9 | 30.190 | 67.8 | 59 | 60.0 | 64.6 | 57.5 | 67.3 | NE | Heavy clouds—light wind. | | T 23 | 30.235 | 62.1 | 30.208 | 63.9 | 48 | 54.3 | 59.8 | 47.2 | 61.8 | ENE | Fine—A.M. Cloudless—light haze and wind. P.M. Lightly cloudy. | | W 24 | 30.204 | 59.6 | 30.111 | 62.5 | 47 | 55.3 | 60.3 | 50.3 | 62.4 | ENE | Overcast and foggy. | | T 25 | 30.212 | 59.0 | 30.162 | 62.0 | 50 | 55.9 | 62.9 | 48.8 | 63.4 | ENE | Fine—light wind—A.M. Light clouds. P.M. Cloudless. | | F 26 | 30.095 | 59.9 | 30.029 | 64.4 | 55 | 58.8 | 65.0 | 54.7 | 65.3 | SSW | Lightly overcast and cloudy—Light rain and wind, a.m. | | S 27 | 29.876 | 62.2 | 29.920 | 64.7 | 60 | 62.3 | 65.8 | 58.8 | 66.9 | .055 SW | Overcast—Light rain, p.m. | | O 28 | 30.093 | 61.9 | 30.136 | 65.2 | 57 | 58.2 | 66.2 | 54.0 | 67.0 | .092 SW | Lightly cloudy—Fine, p.m. | | M 29 | 30.285 | 60.2 | 30.229 | 63.3 | 56 | 55.3 | 63.4 | 51.0 | 63.8 | ENE | A.M. Foggy—light wind. P.M. Fine—nearly cloudless. | | T 30 | 30.190 | 58.2 | 30.128 | 61.6 | 53 | 54.2 | 61.3 | 46.9 | 62.3 | E | Fine and cloudless. | ### MEANS... | Date | Barom. | Attach. Therm. | Barom. | Attach. Therm. | Dew Point 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 | |------|--------|----------------|--------|----------------|-------------------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|---------| | 1834 | 30.114 | 62.9 | 30.089 | 65.7 | 55.8 | 59.8 | 65.8 | 54.1 | 67.3 | .582 | Mean of Barometer, corrected for Capitol, 9 A.M. 3 P.M. | ### MEAN OF BAROMETER, CORRECTED FOR CAPITOL, 9 A.M. 3 P.M. | Date | Barom. | Attach. Therm. | Barom. | Attach. Therm. | Dew Point 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 | |------|--------|----------------|--------|----------------|-------------------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|---------| | 1834 | 30.059 | 54.3 | 30.034 | 56.8 | 48.7 | 51.4 | 57.2 | 46.2 | 58.2 | .185 | Mean of Barometer, corrected for Capitol, 9 A.M. 3 P.M. | --- **Legend:** - **N**: Fine and cloudless—A.M. Light haze. P.M. Light wind. - **NE**: Fine and cloudless—A.M. Light haze and wind. P.M. Very clear. - **E**: A.M. Strong haze—cloudless. P.M. Fine—hazy. - **SE**: A.M. Strong fog. P.M. Clear and cloudless. - **S**: A.M. Strong haze—cloudless. P.M. Fine and cloudless—light cloudiness. - **SW**: Fine and cloudless—hazy. - **W**: Fine and cloudless—light streaked cloudiness—Evening, clear. - **WSW**: Fine and cloudless—light wind. P.M. Fine and clear—light unsteady wind. - **SSW**: Light wind—A.M. Lightly cloudy. P.M. Fine—light soft clouds. - **SW**: Fine—light clouds and wind—Clear, p.m. - **NW**: A.M. Cloudless. P.M. Clear—thin flocculent clouds, and light wind. - **WSW**: Fine and cloudless—light haze. P.M. Evening, local haze—clear. - **SSW**: Fine and cloudless—few light clouds and cloudiness, a.m. - **SSW**: Fine and cloudless—light haze. P.M. Noon, showers, and wind—clear. - **WSW**: Fine—light flocculent clouds—Clear—light wind. - **WSW**: Unsteady wind—A.M. Fair & clear—light cloud. P.M. Cloudy—light wind, and wind—unsteady breeze. - **WSW**: Strong unsteady breeze. P.M. Fair and clear. P.M. Heavy rain—dark. - **WSW**: Fine and cloudless—light brick wind—Evening, clear. - **WSW**: Lightly cloudy—cloudless—light brick wind. P.M. Fair—lightly cloudy. - **WSW**: Light clouds and breeze—A.M. Lightly cloudy. Noon, showers, and wind—clear. - **WSW**: A.M. Fair and clear. P.M. Lightly cloudy—light wind. - **WSW**: Light clouds and breeze—A.M. Lightly cloudy. Noon, showers, and wind—clear. - **WSW**: Lightly cloudy—light haze. P.M. Fair—lightly cloudy. - **WSW**: Lightly cloudy—light unsteady breeze—Ev. light rain. - **WSW**: P.M. Fair and clear—lightly cloudy. - **WSW**: Lightly cloudy—A.M. Fine and cloudless. P.M. Lightly cloudy, Evening, clear. - **WSW**: Fine—light thin clouds—light brick wind. - **WSW**: Fine—nearly cloudless—light wind. - **WSW**: Lightly overcast and cloudy—light haze. - **WSW**: Lightly overcast—light wind. - **WSW**: Lightly cloudy—light haze and wind. - **WSW**: Fine—lightly cloudy—light cloudiness, haze, and wind.