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Armagh Meteorological Record Formats for October 1896

The format of the meteorological readings has changed many times over the years but the readings for October 1896 can be interpreted using the following table. The Column number refers to the columns on the readings counted from left to right and the Contents refers to the instrument or measurement being recorded.

ColumnContents
First Reading
1 Date
2 Barometer
3 Attached thermometer
4 Dry
5 Wet
6 Wind direction
7 Wind force
8 Cloud amount
9 Cloud form
10 Weather at time of obs
11 Weather since last obs
12 Rain small
13 Rain kew
Second Reading
1 ???
2 External thermometer
3 Attached thermometer
4 Barometer reduced to sea level 32F
5 Dry (corrected)
6 Wet (corrected)
7 Relative humidity
8 Elastic force of vapour / vapour tension
Third Reading
1 Date
2 Barometer
3 Attached thermometer
4 Dry
5 Wet
6 Wind Direction
7 Wind force
8 Cloud amount
9 Cloud form
10 Weather at time of obs
11 Weather since last obs
12 Max (corrected)
13 Min (corrected)
14 Grass min
Fourth Reading
1 ???
2 External thermometer???
3 Attached thermometer???
4 Barometer reduced to 32F sea level
5 Dry (corrected)
6 Wet (corrected)
7 Max therm....Relative humidity
8 Min therm....Elastic force of vapour
9 Sunshine in hours
10 Solar rad (corrected)
11 Grass min (corrected)

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