1820.] Climate of New South Wales. 279 



Feb. 



15. Weather changeable from much heat to sensibly cool. 



Thermometer the first few days 75°, and even 80°, at noon ; 

 but falls towards the end of the month. 



March. 

 1. Rains frequent and heavy. 



5. Mornings and evenings very chilly ; nights sensibly cold. 

 11. The days, when fair, are pleasant. 



15. Rains continue. 

 17. Beware of floods. 



Thermometer changes much in the same day, being sometimes 

 at 62°, and not unfrequently up to 80° of heat. 



April. 

 1. The weather begins to be more settled, but now and then 



showery. 



8. Days get warmer, and nights less chilly ; as the month 



advances, the heat of the day abates, and a pleasant 



season ensues. 



Thermometer varies throughout the month ; the first part very 



warm, and at the end of the month pleasant : first part up to 



74°, and above, and afterwards declines to between (J6° and 63°. 



May. 

 1. Mostly clear, and days pleasant ; nights become rather 

 chilly, and mornings and evenings very agreeable. 

 11. In general little, if any, rain ; though in 1813 was an excep- 

 tion, as it rained hard all the month. 

 Thermometer at the beginning of the month 54°, and above, 

 at sunrise ; but declines several degrees towards the end. 



June. 

 1. About as cold as the middle of November in and about 



London, but clear. 

 7, Thin ice in the morning in exposed situations ; and fogs in 

 wet and marshy places, rising from the river Hawkesbury, 

 like intense columns of smoke. 

 15. Days not unpleasantly cold, but nights severe ; often 

 cloudy, but little rain. 

 Thermometer at sunrise down to 46° and 50° ; at noon 54° to 

 60° ; at four afternoon, 60° to 66° ; at four morning, 44° to 48'^- 



July. 



1. Mornings and evenings very chilly; nights severely cold. 



6. Little rain ; intense fogs in damp places ; hoar frosts he- 



spangle the verdure of the field as the sun advances in 

 his early course. 

 Thermometer, 45° at daylight, and 67° at and after noon. 



