METEOROLOGY FOR DECEMBER, 1877. 

 Private Okservatouy, Hobakt Town. 



Latitude 4-2"" r.2' 13" 8.; Longitude 9h. 49m. 2D.2s. E. 

 (Uegistered for tlie Royal Society of Tasmania.) 



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Thermometers Thermometers j S's 



1? 





1 2»-5(i7|2y(>S8 



2 2Sf6S.S 20-278 



3 29S2"i20G48 



4 29 430, 29 -354 

 .I 29 320 29-4(J4 

 ($29 09^29 



7 29722 29-739 



8 29-730 29-631 

 9 29-SSl 30020 



10 291)79 30044 

 Il30-09<i30-0--. 



12 3O-0S7 -29-917 



13 29-5-24 -29-675 

 m9 717|-29-5S3 



15 29-614 29-420 



16 •29-lf8 -29-341 



17 29 6S5 29-666 

 IS 29-3S0 -29-300 



19 -29 5-25 29 644 



20 29 875; -29 -969 



21 30-065 29-902 



22 29722 -2!)-:.49 



23 29-4.50 -29-466 



24 29 705|->9-702 



25 -29-035 29-729 

 28 29-75&''29-827 

 27 29-926 29 915 

 2S.%-02li30-011 

 £9 30-1-20,30-039 



30 29 9.5:i29-8«5 



31 -2 9 8-)7.-2:)-85 7. 

 IMean Press. 

 I 29-710 



Greatest do. 

 30 096 



Lea^^t do. 

 29-153 



12-5 55-5 

 14 58 



11 , 52 

 13-5 57 



12-5 55 -( 

 18-0 CoO 



130 500 

 90 490 



JlOO 



107 



76-5 

 104-0 



99-5 



95-5 



84-5 

 102 



95 

 108-0 

 105 

 1100 

 1080 

 112-0 



97 5 

 100-0 



93 



109 

 1100 



95 5 

 78 

 86-0 

 78-0 

 98.0 

 95-5 



108 



110 

 1120 

 IIGO 

 105-0 



72-0 36-0 



06-5 38-5 



62 , 34 



70 , 37-5 



750 ! 37 



84 ' 40-0 



750 I 36-5 



82-0 , 39-0 



78 30-5 I 



700 I 34 5 ! 



72 37-0 



72-0 I 35-5 



090 370 



72-0 I 35 



66-5 37-5 



65-0 i 35-5 I 



08-0 i 38-0 1 



70 38 j 



74 40-0 ; 



70 32 



Gl I 59 



70 I 67 

 57 I 06 

 67 70 

 69 ' 51 



71 56 



05 58 



70 52 



01 OS 



81 I 64 



400 

 38-5 

 40-0 



Mean. 



■07 



10-0 KN| 7-5 

 3.0 K I 7-5 

 6-0 KN" 10 

 4-0 KN 7-5 

 4-0 K , 5 



7-5 K 

 8-0 K 

 9-0 K 

 10 K 

 10 K 

 50 K 

 7-0 K 

 20 K 

 00 K 

 0-0 K 

 6 K 

 7-5 K 

 i 10-0 K 

 I 6-0 K 

 0-5 K 

 I K 

 KNTilOOKN 

 KN I 9-0 KN I 70 

 K I 8-5 KN 10 

 KN 10-o;K i 4-5 



5-5, K I 3 



100, K , S 



30!O I 



3-0 K I 2 



3-oIk ; 4 



5-0 'K 1 

 Mean for Month, 

 0-35 



NW 



N\V 



N 



NW 



W 



N 



N 



NW 



N 



NW 



NW 



NW 



N 



N 



NW 



N 



N 



N 



SW 



s 



NE 

 NW 

 NW 



SW 

 NW 



N 

 S 



SE 

 E 



N 

 NW 



2' 

 10-0 



«-o 



Prev. Cliaracter, 

 K 



of^l70 dilTlT'^^ ^"™ ^™"°''* '"'° "^« ^t tl^e beginning 

 or Is.Odiffers in some re.?pects from the former one. It has 

 ^ord.nf«™ r"", "^^V«7 °f assimilating the Ilobart Town 

 7^ LZ^^ll^^ '''"' ^^T" 9^ ^t*^'°"^ i" I^^rope, America, 

 M«eoroW^ P P.°-^I'«™t« i" a sy-^tera of Internationa 

 ImTrThat hlfn^f ff '''■'' f'^Jedfrom the centigrade ther- 

 T°ZlntlKropi '" "^^"^""^«'^' g^^e-^^liy used on the 

 -f SrJ:J^^^:^l-^-- - the two 



^^^:^r^^o^^\^^'^' the different 



<llEn?ef?o*mave'?S'' '""''' "' ""'"^ '"' °'*^^"'°°" '''' 

 FRANCIS ABEOTT, F.R.A.S., etc. 



ofDecimber, ls77 ^^^ ^ Gardens during tlie month 



inh.-First bnnch Red Currants ripe. 

 loth.-Con.mou Privet commencing to flower. 

 «^,K'~«f . "'"^'' ^^^^ ^'"^■•''"ts ripe. 

 ^U,.-Melia Azederach commencing to flower. 

 31, .-Doyenne d'Ete Pear commencing to ripen. 

 3Ut. - Jemeating Apple commencing to ripen. 



F. ABBOTT, Jvs., Superintendent. 



^^e°l;ite^^^J^-l^^^;n^cc.d. 



reV^'c'ri^M^" "' '^' "'^''y '-^-S-'. corrected' and 

 UatTT"^"; ™"" °f 2 ditto, 60-3-Me<- 

 ewprn?!"'''^*?^;"" '-""l "linimunun 

 Humidity mean of 2 ditto, 62. °" 



s;^uJ lir^^?^ vapour mean, of 2 ditto -3^-' 



, fern^T^i^'iarrLrn'^r t!^-P«-ture.l31-S0deg. 

 410(!.le- '""on, mean of minimum temperature, 



Rainfall, l-40in. 



Mean Force 

 1131b. 



Greatest Force 

 521 



Least Force 

 



Prevailing Direction. 

 NW, W, N 



Tl ,T1. XL 

 1-35 510 125-5 



Me'n 

 4-05 



1 shade, 50-37deg. 



Evaporation, 7-23in., in excess of rainfall, 574. 

 Clouds, mean amount of 2 daily ob.servat'ions 525. 

 Ozone, mean ditto, 2 ditto ditto, 7-19. ' 



AV. E. SHOOBRIDGE, Bushy Park. 

 Rdnfall at Hill Station, 1,550ft. above sea level, l-57in. 



DECEMBER WEATHER, 1877, AT NEV/ 

 NORFOLK, TASMANIA. 



December 1 will be remembered for the severe hurricane 

 from N.Vf. that set in here at 1p.m., and lasted five or six 

 hours, w-ith dry. warm air; that, fortunately, brought on 

 some slight showers and cooled the air after the violence of 

 the gale had abated. The barometer rose rapidly to 2980 on 

 the 3rd and fell suddenly next day to 29 23, witli every pros- 

 pect of ram, and although some showers fell on evenings of 

 4th and 5th to the amount of -17 inches, it gave place aU too 

 soon to cold, harsh wind from N.W. till 7th, when the 

 barometer rose, and the wind veered more to W., with stiller 

 weather. On the evening of the 8th there -svere light showers 

 and thick clouds, as if there had been rain elsewhere. The 

 barometer gradually rose to 3004 on 12th, -(vith clear, bright 

 ■sveather and sea breezes, and the thermometer at S7deg. In the 

 shade made 10 feel like summer, and it continued so till 15th. 



I he humidity of the air for seven days at 4 30 p.m. did not 

 IhJ ,i f T«- x?°-,r""'^" °f '^^ I"^"" <='="*- On 15th the wind 

 changed to stiff N. W.. and on IGth the barometer was down 

 to 29-16, and it rained again but soon went off. For two or 

 three days the weather was unsettled and showery, with 

 current^ of wind from different directions, that on ISth 

 brouglit on a slight thunderstorm, which cleared the air, and 

 .^. W . wind made it still colder ; and on morning of 21st there 

 was a severe frost, the thermometer on grass being down to 

 zaae^. A hot day brought up a cool sea breeze laden with 

 frnn,'-^n-9n .^^.''rn^ meeting the A\-. wind the barometer fell 

 wpW?h 'r-'^-^'^'^"'^-^"''-"'! t'"c!t clouds gathered, and 



onr^ ^■^?t''«?'^''■^"°^ tlie month. -74 inch falling in 30 

 w?nrtv w. H ^■Y/^°'"''^ prevailed on 24th, but the cold, 

 windy weather had apparently run its course, for the bar- 

 anHHyhnt-?'^''^PA"P«''''^^^''y"llthe end of the month, 

 mmn tPn?,^„ r *^' '° ^«"" '"^"'^ "^"S'"' t^o mean of raini- 

 f^om i-v?/ f *''?. ^" ^^^ Sra..s not varying more than 3deg. 

 r«?^prfi"; °-, "'■.^l'**^^'-*'"!""^ sea breezes tempering the 

 im-^Wp /f ^'''f,' f "'« S"" "''■'f'e the holiday weatlier as en- 

 rain f!)i f °'l '^ '"" desired for out-door amusements. The 

 9*-^-JnpV!°f ^^\'"°"t'i ^"-'-^ 1-1'-^ inches, making a total of 

 fil^-^on^.oV^^''?^'"*"-'^'^^^ '°<=hes iu 1876,28-17 inches 

 m li,o, and23-04 inches in 1n74. 



AV. K. SHOOBRIDGE, Busby Park. 



