An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal / And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha

by Francis Hamilton

N.B.—In the columns of the winds 0 marks a calm, 1 denotes slight breezes, 2 moderate breezes, and 3 strong winds.

REGISTER OF THE WEATHER FOR MARCH 1802.

Day.	PLACES.	Lat. N.	Fahrenheit’sThermometer.				Barometer.				Winds.
			Noon.	3 Hrs.	9 Hrs.	16 Hrs.	Noon.	3 Hours.	9 Hours.	16 Hours.	Noon.	3 Hours.	9 Hours.
1	Kachruya	26° 53′	77	80	68	59	29.70	29.64	29.64	29.58	E. 1	SW. 1	0
2			79	81	68	57	29.61	29.54	29.51	29.51	E. 1	W. 1	0
3			79	81	67	58	29.63	29.56	29.54	29.51	S. 1	S. 1	0
4			78	81	69	57	29.63	29.56	29.55	29.49	N. 1	N. 1	E. 1
5			78	83	70	62	29.60	29.53	29.54	29.52	E. 1	E. 1	0
6			84	86	70	65	29.63	29.59	29.54	29.57	E. 1	E. ½	0
7			80	82	72	64	29.64	29.55	29.55	29.58	SW. 1	W. 1	E. ½
8			80	84	68	59	29.64	29.54	29.52	29.51	W. 1	W. 2	0
9			82	85	73	59	29.52	29.41	29.46	29.42	NW. 1	N. 2	W. 2
10			82	86	70	56	29.51	29.45	29.48	29.50	W. 3	W. 3	W. 1
11			83	87	70	58	29.57	29.47	29.47	29.50	W. NW. 2	W. NW. 2	E. 1
12			82	86	70	63	29.60	29.52	29.52	29.50	E. 2	E. 1	0
13			84	88	70	64	29.57	29 50	29.48	29.46	S. 1	SW. 1	0
14	Bhagawanpur	26° 55′	86	91	72	62	29.55	29.44	29.48	29.44	W. 1	W. 3	0
15			84	89	71	59	29.56	29.51	29.51	29.48	W. 1	0	0
16			86	90	69	59	29.60	29.52	29.51	29.48	W. 1	W. 1	0
17	Kachruya	26° 53′	84	90	78	62	29.56	29.48	29.48	29.48	W. 1	W. 1	0
18	Ghorasan	26° 50′	88	89	69	60	29.56	29.52	29.55	29.54	W. 3	W. 2	0
19			86	91	74	60	29.56	29.53	29.55	29.54	W. 2	W. 1	0
20			86½	91	76	64	29.65	29.60	29.58	29.57	W. 1	0	W. 1
21			86	90	72	68	29.66	29.58	29.56	29.54	W. 2	W. 1	0
22			84	89	75	68	29.57	29.49	29.44	29.43	E. by S. 3	E. by S. 2	E. 1
23			83	86	73	70	29.46	29.38	36.38	29.38	E. 2	E. 2	E. 3
24			78	84	73	67	29.43	29.39	29.41	29.39	E. 3	E. 1	E. 1
25	Norkatiya	26° 50′							29.42	29.42	E. 3	E. 2
26			86	87	83	71	29.45	29.40	29.41	29.38	E. 2	0	0
27	Dhonhara	26° 55′	84	88	78	70	29.42	29.37	29.42	29.42	E. 2	E. 1	0
28	Jukiyari	26° 59′	86	90	75	70	29.48	29.44	29.42	29.41	E. 2	0	0
29	Gar Pasara	27° 8′	86	91	78	68	29.41	29.30	29.32	29.29	E. 1	W. 3
30	Bichhakor	27° 16′		87	72	69		28.68	28.67	28.64			0
31	Hethaura	27° 26′			73	67			28.38	28.31	E. 1	0
Particular average on the plain,			82.91111	86.64	72.18	62.82	29.565	29.49	29.49	29.477
Id for two last days,				90½	76½	69		29.37	29.37	29.35
Particular average among the hills,				87	72½	68		28.68	28.525	28.475
Particular average of the month,			82.9	86.8	72.11	65.41	29.565	29.08	28.93	28.98
General average,			76.42				29.124

OBSERVATIONS FOR MARCH 1802.

Day.
1	Heavy dews.	Clouds and sunshine.	Atmosphere hazy, so that the hills are not visible.
2	Id	id	id
3	Id	id	id
4	Id	id	Atmosphere less hazy than usual. Thunder and alittle rain at 22 hours.
5	No dew.	Fewer clouds than usual.	Atmosphere hazy.
6	Clouds and sunshine. From 11 to 13 hoursa strong wind at NW. with much thunder and a little rain.
7	Id	Heavy clouds about 9.	Atmosphere less hazy, so that the hills were visible.
8	Id	Little dew	id
9	Id	id	Atmosphere continued clear till the morning, afterwardshazy.
10	Id	Moderate dew.	Atmosphere hazy.
11	Id	id	id
12	Id	id	id
13	Id	id	id
14	Id	id	id
15	Id	Little dew.	Atmosphere hazy.
16	Id	Moderate dew.	id
17	Id	id	id
18	Id	id	id
19	Id	id	id
20	Id	Little dew.	id A few drops of rain at 16 hours.
21	Id	id	id
22	Id	id	id A few drops of rain at 5 hours.
23	Id	id	Sky clouded in the morning, but the atmosphere lesshazy.
24	Id	id	id
25	Id	No dew.	Atmosphere hazy. Thermometer broken.
26	Id	id	id New Thermometer.
27	Id	id	id
28	Id	A little dew.	id
29	Id	No dew.	id
30	Id	id	id
31	Id	id	id

REGISTER OF THE WEATHER FOR APRIL 1802.

Day.	PLACES.	Lat. N.	Fahrenheit’sThermometer.				Barometer.				Winds.
			Noon.	3 Hrs.	9 Hrs.	16 Hrs.	Noon.	3 Hours.	9 Hours.	16 Hours.	Noon.	3 Hours.	9 Hours.	Sunrise.
1	Hethaura	27° 26′		80	69	60	28.56	28.49	28.43	28.42	E. 1	E. 1	E. 1	E. 1
2			80	85	73	63	28.46	28.36	28.32	28.29	E. 1	E. 1	0	E. 1
3			81	86	74	63	28.37	28.31	28.30	28.27	S. by W. 1	S.S.W. 1	N. 1	N. 2
4			78	86	74	68	28.27	28.21	28.18	28.18	E. 1	S. 1	N.W. 1	N.E. 1
5			81	81	76	63	28.24	28.16	28.22	28.19	0	0	N. 1	E. ½
6			82	85	73	64	28.27	28.22	28.26	28.21	0	S. 1	N.N.E. ½	S.W. 1
19	Kathmandu	27° 41′	79	81	67	59	25.38	25.29	25.29	25.28	S.W. 1	S.W. 2	S.W. 1
20			83	82	63		25.35	25.39	25.45		S.W. by W. 1	S.W. by W. 1
21			81	83	69	59	25.44	25.44	25.44	25.44
22			83	83	75	64	25.47	25.47	25.47	25.47	W. 1	W. 1	0	N.N.W. 1
23			75	80	73	64	25.47	25.41	25.47	25.50	N.W. 1	W. 1	0	0
24			78	82	72	58	25.49	25.46	25.52	25.42	S. 1	S.W. 1		0
25			73	79	71	57	25.44	25.39	25.41	25.41	W. ½	W. ½	0	0
26			74	80	72	64	25.47	25.44	25.49	25.54	W. 1	W. 1	0	0
27			77	79	72	62	25.52	25.44	25.49	25.48	W. 1	W. 1
28			75			62	25.50			25.44				E. 1
29			79	82	74	60	25.46	25.37	25.47	25.44	W. 1	W. 1	W. 1	W. 1
30			76	82	70	61	25.46	25.43	25.51	25.41			0	W. 1
Average of the first 6 days below thehills,			80.4	83.8	73.1	63.5	28.3616	28.2916	28.285	28.26
General average below the hills,			75.2					29	29.955
Average of the last 12 days above thehills,			77.75	81.18	70.72	60.9	25.4541	25.4118	25.4555	25.439
General average above the hills,			72.63				25.44

OBSERVATIONS FOR APRIL 1802.

Day.
1	Heavy dews, clouds, and sunshine.		Atmosphere thick and hazy.
2	Little dew.	id	id
3	Id	id	id
4	Id	id	id
5	Id	id	id. A few drops of rain at 3 hours.
6	Id	id	id
The mercury fell entirely below the scale, norhad I any convenience, during the journey to Kathmandu, to cutdown the case of the barometer, nor to register the observationsof the thermometer and winds.
19	Clouds and sunshine.	Little dew.	Some showers on the hills.
20	Id	At 7 hours a heavy shower of hail.	Atmosphere hazy.
21	Id	Much dew.	Atmosphere hazy.
22	Id	id	id
23	Id	id	id
24	Id	id	id. Thunder and rain at 7 hours.
25	Id	id	id
26	Id	id	id
27	Id	id	id. Thunder and some rain in the evening.
28	Id	id	id
29	Id	id	id Thunder, with a threatening of rain in the evening.
30	Id	id	id id

REGISTER OF THE WEATHER FOR MAY 1802.