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

by Francis Hamilton

The thermometer continued in the room, and six degrees must be subtracted from that here given, to get the heat of the external air in the morning. Throughout the month, except in the foggy mornings, the atmosphere was clear, with a sky containing many clouds.

Day.
1	Foggy morning.	Emodus clear.
2	Little fog.	Emodus clouded.
3	Id	id
4	Thick fog.	Emodus clear.
5	Little fog.	id
6	Id	Emodus clouded.
7	Id	id
8	Much fog.	id
9	Id	Emodus clear.
10	Id	id
11	Id	id
12	Id	id
13	Id	id
14	Id	id
15	Little fog.	Emodus clouded.
16	Id	id
17	Much fog.	id
18	Id	id
19	Id	id
20	Id	Emodus clear.
21	Little fog.	id
22	Id	id
23	Id	Emodus clouded.
24	Some fog.	id
25	Much fog.	id
26	Id	id
27	Little fog.	id
28	Id	id
29	Id	id
30	Some fog.	id

REGISTER OF THE WEATHER FOR DECEMBER 1802.

Day.	PLACE.	Lat. N.	Fahrenheit’sThermometer.				Barometer.				Pluviometer Inches.	Winds.
			Noon.	3 Hrs.	9 Hrs.	Dawn.	Noon.	3 Hrs.	9 Hrs.	Dawn.		Noon.	3 Hours.	9 Hours.	19 Hours.
1	Kathmandu	27°41′	70	68	54	50	25.23	25.18		25.27	No rain during this month.	NW. by W. 1	NW. by W. 1	0	E. ½
2			59	62	57	50	25.23	25.19	25.26	25.32		W. ½	W. 1	0	0
3			57	61	56	48	25.28	25.25	25.29	25.38		NW. by N. ½	NW. by N. ½	E. 1	W. ½
4			56	61	55	47	25.35	25.22	25.33	25.39		W. ½	W. 1	0	E. 1
5				60	55	46		25.28	25.26	25.31		NW. 1	NW. by W. 2	E. ½	0
6			54	59	53	49	25.25	25.20	25.24	25.28		W. ½	W. 2	0	0
7			55	57	54	50	25.24	25.19	25.23	25.29		NW. by W. ½	W. 2	0	0
8			54	56	53	46	25.25	25.17	25.32	25.28		0	0	W. ½	W. ½
9			53	58	50	41	25.28	25.24	25.28	25.37		NW. by W. 1	NW. by W. 1	0	0
10			53	57	50	42	25.28	25.21	25.32	25.36		W. 1	W. 2	W. ½	W. ½
11			51	55	50	41	25.31	25.21	25.30	25.36		WNW. 1	WNW. 1	SW. ½	SW. ½
12			50	54	50	41	25.27	25.22	25.21	25.30		W. 1	W. 1	0	0
13			51	57	50	41	25.23	25.47	25.22	25.33		SW. 1	SW. 2	0	0
14			51	57	49	41	25.25	25.22	25.27	25.30		0	W. 2	0	0
15			50	56	50	42	25.24	25.17	25.24	25.33		W. 1	W. 3	0	E. ½
16			50	54	49	41	25.29	25.24	25.28	25.38		W. 1	W. 2	W. ½	W. ½
17			50	55	48	41	25.32	25.26	25.37	25.46		NW. by N. 1	NW. by N. 2	0	0
18			52	57	49	44	25.38	25.33	25.40	25.46		W. ½	W. 1	0	0
19			51		50	45	25.41		25.37	25.44		W. ½	W. 2	0	0
20			53	56	53	43	25.37	25.31	25.38	25.46		W. ½	W. 1	0	E. ½
21			53	57	51	43	25.44	25.36	25.39	25.46		W. ½	W. 1	0	NE. ½
22			52	56	50	42	25.40	25.28	25.34	25.38		W. 1	W. 2	0	W. 1
23			50	57	49	41	25.38	25.27	25.36	25.39		W. 1	W. 3	0	0
24				55	50	41		25.25	25.34	25.47		W. 1	W. 2	0	0
25			51	57	49	41	25.39	25.32	25.42	25.47		W. 1	W. 2	0	0
26			52	57	49	40	25.41	25.32	25.42	25.40		SW. 1	SW. 2
27			51	58	51	41	25.38	25.26	25.32	25.39
28			51	57	51	45	25.33	25.26	25.29	25.26
29			52	55	50	49	25 27	25.20	25.26	25.30
30			54	57	52	47	25.26	25.21	25.27	25.34				0	0
31			50		52	46	25.28		25.26	25.33		W. 2	W.	0	0
Particular average,			52.91	57.79	51.39	44.03	25.31	25.24	25.31	25.36
General average,			51.53				25.30

OBSERVATIONS FOR DECEMBER 1802.

The thermometer continued in the house in a room without a fire. Atmosphere as in the preceding month.

Day.
1	Little fog.	Emodus clouded.
2	Id	id
3	Id	id
4	Much fog.	Emodus at times visible.
5	Id	Emodus clear.
6	Id	id
7	Little fog.	Emodus clouded.
8	Id	id
9	Much fog.	id
10	Id	Emodus clear.	Hoar frost. Thermometer at dawn in the open air 31½°.
11	Id	id	No frost.
12	Little fog.	id	Hoar frost. Ther. exposed 33°. A fall of snow on the mountain above Nayakot.
13	Id	id	id id 31½°
14	Much fog.	id	id
15	Id	id	id
16	Id	id	A little hoar frost.
17	Id	id	id
18	Id	id	No frost.
19	Little fog.	Cloudy.	id
20	Much fog.	id	id
21	Id	Emodus clear	id
22	Id	id	id
23	Little fog.	id	Hoar frost.
24	Id	id	id
25	Some fog.	id	id
26	Id	id	id
27	Id	id	No frost.
28	Id	Emodus clouded.	id Thermometer at dawn exposed 44°.
29	Id	id	id
30	Id	id	id
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REGISTER OF THE WEATHER FOR JANUARY 1803.

Day.	PLACE.	Lat. N.	Fahrenheit’sThermometer.				Barometer.				Pluviometer Inches.	Winds.
			Noon.	3 Hrs.	9 Hrs.	Dawn.	Noon.	3 Hrs.	9 Hrs.	Dawn.		Noon.	3 Hours.	9 Hours.	19 Hours.
1	Kathmandu	27° 41′		56	49	32		25.21	25.27	25.29	No rain during this month but on the 24th day.	W. 2	W. 3	0	E. ½
2			49		49	38	25.28		25.35	25.45		SW. by W. 1	SW. by W. 2	0	0
3			50	55	50	38	25.35	25.26	25.33	25.41		W. 1	W. 1	0	0
4			51	55	51	35	25.35	25.26	25.30	25.36		NW. 1	NW. 1	0	0
5			52	55	51	34	25.31	25.25	25.27	25.33		W. 1	W. 1	0	0
6			50	55	50	38	25.27	25.18	25.27	25.25		W. 1	W. 2	0	0
7			50	56	51	38	25.22	25.16	25.18	25.22		NW. 1	NW. 1	0	0
8			55	58	52	42	25.24	25.15	25.24	25.32		0	0	0	0
9			51	57	52	42	25.31	25.23	25.31	25.34		W. 1	W. 3	0	0
10			51	58	51	36	25.35	25.26	25.32	25.42		N. by W. 1	NNW. 3	0	0
11			52	56	51	33	25.27	25.22	25.31	25.44		W. 2	W. 3	0	0
12			50	55	50	31	25.47	25.41	25.46	25.49		W. 1	W. 2	0	0
13			49	56	49	33		25.33	25.40	25.46		SW. by W. 1	SW. by W. 2	0	0
14			50	56	51	32	25.43	25.34	25.42	25.52		W. 2	W. 3	0	E. ½
15			50	54	50	35	25.45	25.41	25.49	25.52		W. 1	SW. by W. 2	0	0
16			49	55	49	36	25.47	25.48	25.43	25.43		0	NW. 1	0	0
17			50	53	48	35	25.39	25.44	25.40	25.39		0	NW. 1	0	0
18			50	52	51	35	25.34	25.28	25.30	25.39		W. 1	W. 4	0	E. ½
19			50	56	50	36	25.35	25.27	25.33	25.39		W. 1	W. 2	0	0
20				56	51	35		25.27	25.29	25.42		0	W. 1	0	0
21			51	55	51	38	25.38	25.33	25.29	25.42		NW. by W. 1	N. by W 2	0	0
22			51	57	52	36	25.36	25.30	25.31	25.35		W. 2	W. 3	0
23			51	55	53	45	25.33	25.28	25.27	25.27				0	0
24			51	51	50	40	25.28	25.23	25.24	25.25	0.44	W. 1	NW. 1	0	E. ½
25			51	53	50	42	25.21	25.18	25.16	25.24		E. 1	W. 1	0	SW. 1
26			51	55	50	40	25.25	25.25	25.31	25.34		SW. by S. 3		0	0
27			52	54	52	42	25.31	25.25	25.29	25.30		W. 1	W. 1	W. 1	SE. by E. 1
28			52	55	51	40	25.30	25.24	25.28	25.33		W. 1	NW. 1	0	E. ½
29			52	55	53	39	25.35	25.27	25.30	25.38		E. 1	NW. 1	0	SE. ½
30			52	57	52		25.32	25.25	25.27	25.28		W. 1	W. 3	0	0
31				59	54	40	25.25	25.23	25.23	25.28		W. 1	W. 2	0	E. ½
Particular average,			50.8	55.3	50.8	37.2	25.328	25.274	25.31	25.364	0.44 Total.
General average,			48.1				25.32

OBSERVATIONS FOR JANUARY 1803.