WORLD WEATHER RECORDS 

 ERRATA 



NOTES AND EXPLANATIONS 

 CORRECTIONS. EXPLANATIONS, AND ADDITIONS 



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vii Contents. Last line ; for page 1 189, write 1 191. 



19 Khartoum. Line 4; Dec, for -1.2, write +1.2. 



25 Zanzil)ar. Line 15 ; the height of the harometer ahove sea level 

 was changed from -JZ ft. to -ji ft. in April 1905. 



30 Karachi. Notes are given on pressure and temperature luit 

 onlv precipitation is puhlished on pp. 262 and 263. 



39 Darwin. For West Australia, write Northern Australia. 



41 Ohir, insert:— The " Rainerschuthaus " (2044 m.) lies on a 

 southward sloping flat depression (Mulde) under the 

 Ohirgifels, which rises to the N and NW of the ohserva- 

 tory to a height of 2144 m. and carries the " Hannwarte." 

 The thermometer is in a white-grained (weissgestrich- 

 enen) double louvered wooden shelter on the NNW wall 

 of the house, 3.5 m. ahove the ground, protected by boards 

 on each side from the direct rays of the sun. Frost 

 (Raureif) formation on the shelter is rare. 



The ombrometer without a Nipher funnel is about 

 2.5 m. from the SW wall of the house and in consequence 

 is not well exposed. 



See the yearly reixjrt of the Sonnblickverein, especially 

 Band XVII. 16-22: " Uebersicht ueber die Ergebnesse 

 der meteorologischen Beobachtungen bei dem Berghaus 

 auf dem Obir in Kiirnten, von J. Hann." 



41 Sonnblick, in.sert :— The " Zittelhaus " (3106 m. j stands on the 

 highest point of the ESE to WNW lying ridge of the high 

 Sonnblick. Toward the NNE there is a steep descent 

 toward the valley (Rauristal). The southern slojxi is 

 glaciated. Local winds are felt from the NNE (Rauristal) 

 and SW (Fleisstal-Molltal). 



The thermometer is in a white-grained double louvered 

 wooden shelter on the north side of the round anemometer 



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