Meteorological Serials

The series contains serial publications relating to the meteorology and astronomy of India. Rainfall data before 1891 was not recorded on a uniform basis but statements will be found in the local gazettes. Weekly statements showing daily rainfall are available for the North Western Provinces from 1862, for Punjab from 1866 (also in the Meteorological Reporter's annual report for 1866 to 1874), for the Central Provinces from 1875 and for Assam from 1874; weekly totals for Burma from 1875; weekly totals for Bengal from 1866 to 1882 and daily rainfall from 1883; monthly statements for Madras from 1852. All the available data for Bombay before 1891 has been collected and published in the volume at V/18/170-175.

Reference should also be made to the annual reports of the Meteorological Department, of the provincial meteorological reporters and of the observatories at Madras and Bombay. These will be found in the separate list of Departmental Annual Reports (V/24). The original astronomical observations and meteorological journal of the Madras Observatory for 1820 and 1831 to 1840 are in the Map collection and there is another manuscript set of Madras Observatory observations from 1831 to 1843 in MssEur G/51.

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