116 



]\IETEOROLOGT FOR DECEMBER, 1864. 

 Vkivate Observatory, Hobart Town. 



8 " 







S 2 



In. 



1841 29.739 



1842 29.8ii7 



1843 29.741. 



1844 29.835 



1845 29.668 



1846 29.7U9 



1847 29.7:'5 



1848 29.550 



1849 29.666 



1850 29.631 



1851 29.678 



1852 29.697 



1853 29.693 



1854 29.682 

 18.55 3!t.037 



1856 29.689 



1857 29.846 

 18,58 29.775 

 1859 29.841 

 1861V 29.846 



1861 29.707 



1862 29.773 



1863 29.798 



1864 29.839 



B 



o . 



S 





60.07 



58.82 



61.03 



60.86 



61.69 



62.88 



62.88 



56.68 



58.41 



62.39 



59.59 



58.13 



61.41 



.59.76 



67.00 



60.6' 



65.26 



62.10 



64.48 1112, 



63.45 89 



60.631 80 



61.071 78. 



88.8 41.5 



8 '43.0 

 40.3 

 47.5 

 6 46.0 

 41.7 



bo aJ 



60.25 

 59.29 



43.3 



42.2 



44.0 



42.0 



43.0 



44.0 



38.0 



39.0 



.39.0 



0!42.0 



0'41.0 



44.0 



0141.0 



45.o! 



0:45.0: 



oUo.o' 



20.1 



20.1 



22.5 



21.1 



19.6 



22.6 



22.1 



21.8 



20.8 



19.9 



19.2 



11.1 



20.0 



18.6 



15.11 



23.03 



25.50, 



20.19 



22.90 



19.93 



18.09 



19.35 



17.16 



16.67 



a 

 ^ o 





5 



5 



51 



4 



4| 



6 



5 



H 



5| 

 U 



4.70 

 6.23 

 4.50 

 5.40 

 5.83 

 5.92 

 6.40 

 5.90 

 6.01 

 6.90 



g 



71 



il 



;« 



In. 

 0.31 

 0.11 

 0.56 

 0.23 

 0.39 

 1.14 

 0.53 

 2.36 

 0.90 

 0.61 

 1.66 

 2.01 

 0.48 

 1.62 

 2.73 

 1.94 

 0.21 

 94 1 1.98 

 91 1.25 

 80 ! 2.27 

 35 3.29 

 21; 1.73 

 3717.60 

 12 3.92 



The means in all cases are taken from the sums of each column,and not from 

 the maximum and minimum. 



The twenty years' standard tables are used for obtaining the difference from 

 average. 



Leafing, flowering, and fruiting of a few standard plants in the Royal Society's 

 Gardens during the month. 

 8th. First bunch Red Currants ripe. 

 10th. Common Privet commencing to flower. 

 15th. First bunch Black Currants ripe. 

 17th. Melia Azederach commencing to flower. 

 24th. Doyenne d'Ete Pear commencing to ripen. 

 27th. June-eating Apple commencing to ripen. 



In. 



Barometer, highest, 5th, 7 a.m 30-291 



„ lowest, 9th, sunset 29-329 



„ mean for the month 29-839 



Being 0'069 in. above the average. o 



Temperature, higheston the 9th. 78-00 



„ lowestonthe 4th 40-00 



,, mean for the month 59-29 



Being 2 -78° below the average. 



Rain fell on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th. 18th, 19th, 20th, 23rd, 

 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, and 30th, to the amount of 3 92 in. being I'BO in. 

 above the average. 



Thunder and lightning on the 1st, 19th, 23rd, and on the 25th, from 4. 20 to 

 6.20 p.m., a heavy electrical storm passed over the city from W. by S. to the 

 N.E. part of the horizon, vivid flashes of lightning were succeeded by loud 

 reports of thunder, with heavy rain. No circumstance of the kind has called 

 for epecial notice since the memorable thunder storm of February 16th, 1857. 



FRANCIS ABBOTT. 



