JUNE WEATHER. 



The 1st June set iu damp and cold with light 

 showers and high barometer, and was a fair index of 

 the weather throughout the month. Foggy mornings 

 and fine days prevailed till 6th and 7th when it was 

 showery and changeable, from N. W. rain on night 

 of 7th, to E. drizzle on 9th. The 10th and 1 1th were 

 clear cold days, and on the morning of 12fch terres- 

 trial radiation fell to 22deg, and the barometer which 

 with the exception of the Sth had stood above 30 

 inches steadily fell to 29*58 inches on the 14th and 

 we had cold wet and stormy weather principally 

 from S.W. tiU 16th. 



A very decided Barometric wave commenced on 

 15th when the barometer from 29 "56 inches gradually- 

 rose to 30*40 inches on 18th, and as steadily fell to 

 29*56 inches on 21st, during w^hich time we had warm 

 windy weather with severe squalls from S.W. and 

 N.W. and rain on 20th and 21st that caused con- 

 siderable freshets in the tributaries of the Derwent. 



From 21st there was another Barometric wave that 

 reached to 30*15 inches on 25th, accompanied by 

 five still days and mild nights till 27th, when, 

 the barometer at 29*55 was followed by cold 

 stormy showers and a great deal of snow on the 

 hiUs, and again the barometer steadily rose to 30*45 

 inches on 30th with southerly weather. 



Rain fell on 15 days to the amount of 2*46 inches, 

 as against 2*39 inches in June last year, and *72 

 inches in excess of evaporation, making up 9*34 

 inches from commencement of the year to 8*23 

 inches in 1876, 10*05 inches in 1875, and 8*92 inches 

 in 1874. 



The mean terrestrial radiation 32deg. 86min., was 

 Ideg. 67min. higher than in May, and 63min. higher 

 than in June. 1876, while the mean of maximum 

 and minimum in shade, 46deg. llmin. was 48min. 

 higher, and mean solar intensity 99deg. 23min, 

 was Ideg. 40min. higher than last June. 



The ozone 8*16 of scale 0-10, as is usually the 

 case in snowy weather as last month, was very high. 

 And the wind movement, 2,610 miles, was 260 

 miles more than last June. 



W. E. SHOOBRIDGE, 



3rd July, 1877. VaUeyfield. 



