METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVA TIONS. 



Kecordeil daily at Hobart Town, Tasmania, at lOh. 33ni. 

 P.M., simultaneously with Registration made at Vli. a.'mi. a.m., 

 at Washin,-toa, I'nited States, in pursuance of a proposition 

 of the late Vienna Congress for a system of International 

 Synchronous Observations. 



Private Observatory, Hobart Town. 



Lat. 42° i>-y l.T S. Long. 9h. 49 m. 29 -2 8. E. 



(Registered for the Ro'/al Sockti/, Tasmania.) 



1876 





Ther- 

 mometers 



29-656 



29 910 

 29-830 

 30-050 



30 050 



Wind. 



56-0 

 56 

 60-0 

 53-0 

 59 



% 

 15 93 



29-940 57-0 

 30-C40 59-0 

 30-040 ,590 



15-0 

 15-5 

 140 

 14-0 

 140 

 15 

 150 



30 080 

 29-855 

 29-725 



Cloud. 



NW 

 NW 

 NW 



sw 

 sw 



NW 



2-60 



•25 



-25 



-0 



60-0 15-5 

 50-0 14-0 

 62-5 16-0 



29-445 64-0 



28-940 

 29-425 

 29-210 



02-5 

 57 



18 

 17-5 

 140 



53-0 14-0 



SW 



w 



s 



82' NW 

 82 W 

 67iSW 12^00 

 67 SW 



70 

 6-0 

 9-0 

 3-5 

 -0 

 •0 7 

 26 9-0 

 ■26 7-0 

 •0 30 



•26 



2 -CO 



N 



80 W 



Weather. 



10-0 

 7-5 

 9-0 

 -0 10-0 

 -0 10-0 

 •0 



K 

 K 



K 



K 



•0 



K 



K 

 KS 



K 

 KN 



K 

 KN 

 N 

 N 

 •0 



In. 



Light wind 

 and rain 



Fine and 



moonlight 



Vapory K 



Calm, with 

 moonlight 



Calm & clear 



Calm, with 

 moon 



Moon clouded 



Alternate 

 moon & cloud 



Calm 



Hazy and 

 cloudy 



•02 a.m., cloudy ; 

 I p.m., starry 



•04 Squally WSW 



Calm, with 

 rain, after a 

 heavy storm* 

 1-73' Sky cloudy 



-02 Lightning and 

 I starlight 



•03 



* During this storm the max. wind force was 20-04 lbs. per 

 square foot, between 3h. and 5h. a.m. ; the barometer reading 

 28-940. 



Fr.vncis Abboti', F.R.A.S., etc., Observer. 



N.B.— The time of Regi-stration at Hobart Town, 

 lOh. S3ra. p. M. , being after dark renders it impo.ssible 

 to make the AViml and Cloud records more than ap- 

 proximately correct. The Kainfall is measured at 7h. 

 30ra. A.M. local time. 



