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Hours: 1 921 -1926 July. The hour of observation was 9 h local 

 time. 

 1926 August-1930. The hour of observation was 6 h local 



time. 

 The 6 h readings have been corrected to 9 11 by the application 

 of the following corrections : 



Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 

 In. +.034 +.042 +.045 +.043 +.045 -I .047 +.046 +.043 +.040 +.042 +.039 +.033 



Notes: All values have been corrected to normal gravity (Lat. 



45°) by applying a correction of —.061 in. 

 Temperature. 



Site: As for pressure. 



Hours: As for pressure. The 6 h readings have been corrected 



to 9 h by the application of the following corrections : 



Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug-. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 

 °F +2.7 +2.3 +2.3 +2.2 +2.2 +1.7 +1.8 +1.8 +2.0 +2.5 +2.7 +2.6 



Precipitation. 



Site: As for pressure. 



From 1921-1924 the rim of the rain gage was 3 ft. 10^ in. 



above the ground. 

 From 1925 July-1930 the rim of the rain gage was 1 ft. 



above the ground. 

 No correction has been applied for the change of site. 



SOUTH GEORGIA 



GRYTVIKEN 

 Authority. 



Direccion General de Meteorologia, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 

 Continuation of records published in volume 79, Smithsonian 

 Misc. Coll. For notes see volume 79. 



SOUTH ORKNEYS 



LAURIE ISLAND 

 Authority. 



Direccion General de Meteorologia, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 

 Continuation of records published in volume 79, Smithsonian 

 Misc. Coll. For notes see volume 79. 



