182 Journal of Agriculture, Victoria. |11 Makcii. 1',»1S. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 



Research Farm, Werribee. 



Summary of observations made during 1;)17, and c.ompari.sou with 

 previous years : — 



Rainfall. 



Average tainfall for forty-two years prior to 1913 . . . . = 20*19 inches 



Rainfall during 1913 (505 points in March) . . . . . . = 16'43 „ 



Rainfall during 1914 (304 points in December) . . . . = 13*24 „ 



Rainfall during 1915 .. .. .. .. .. = 15*55 .. 



Rainfall during 1916 {4"46 inches in January and February, and = 28-79 ,, 



17 • 71 inches in September, October, November, and December) 



Rainfall during 19l7 (9-:.'9 inches in September, October. : 20- 10 ,, 



November, and December) 



Evaporation. 



Bright Sunlight. 



Total bright sunlight during 1914 == 1,906*5 hours = Daily Mean, 5*2 hours. 



1915 = 1,865*9 „ = „ 5*1 



1916 = 1,841-8 „ = „ 5-0 „ 



1917 = 1,729-9 „ = .. 4-7 .. 



Mean Soil Temperatures. 



At 1 Inch. 



At 6 Inches. 



At 12 Inches. 



At 24 Inches. 



Mean of Maximum and Minimum Soil Temperatures. 



1914 

 1915 

 1916 

 1917 



At 1 Inch. 



60-7° F. 

 61-4° F. 

 60-5° F. 

 60-4° F. 



At 6 Inches, i At 12 Inches. 



58-1° F. 

 57 -3° F. 

 57-7° F. 

 58-5° F. 



59-2° F. 

 58 -l" F. 

 56-7° F. 

 .57 ■ 1 ° F. 



At 24 Inches. 



59-4° F. 

 58-5° F. 

 57-3° F. 

 57 J-° F. 



