METEOROLOGY FOR MARCH, 1878. 

 Private Observatory, Hobart Town. 



Latitude 42° 52' 13" S. ; Longitude 9ii. 49m. 29.2s. E. 

 (Registered for the Royal Society of Tasmania.) 







slc'^ I Thermometers 



« 2 g g i 



S»- " § 2 I 



•Sis 



Thermometers ^ S 



(Reading.) i (Self-Registering. 



Per cent 



7-30 a.mJ4-30 p.m., 7 30 a.m. 4 30 p.m. g 





02 . 



.s s 



.00 tH 



130-210 30-139 



2 2!) 945 29 820 



3 29-847 29-979 



4 30-1-24 30-405 

 .520-755 29-907, 

 30-242 30-152 



7 30 058 29-899 



8 2<J-871 29-64(3 



9 29-832 29-902 

 10 29-8-24 -29-821 

 1129-640 ■29-705 



12 29-732 29-795 



13 29-877 29-681' 



14 29-764 29-663 

 15 -29 -9-25 29-389 

 IG 29-774 29 759 

 17 30-18130-262 



15 30-20)30 160 

 1!) -29-940 80-007 

 20 29-9-29129 810 

 21 80-184 30-158 



22 30-290 30-235 



23 30-235 30 067 



24 29867-29-875 



25 30-037; 29 907 



26 -29-636 29-438 



27 29-472 

 2S,29-470 

 29129-940 



29-459 

 •29-738 

 29-857 



30 29-671' -29-665 

 3129-8-26 29-813 



15 

 18-5 

 20-0 

 135 

 17-0 

 8-0 

 10 -.5 

 13-5 

 10-5 

 16-0 

 10-5 

 16-0 

 12-0 

 15-0 

 11-5 

 12-5 

 10-0 

 6-5 

 10-0 

 12-5 

 10-5 

 8-0 

 11-0 

 140 

 I 9-0 

 15-5 

 11-0 

 14-0 

 11-0 

 12 

 130 



60 



65 5 



68-0 



57 



63 



47-0 



50-5 



57-0 



51-0 



Gl-O 



51-5 



610 



56-0 



60-0 



530 



55-0 



50-0 



44-0 



51-0 



55 



510 



47-0 



51-0 



58-0 



49-0 



60-0 



560 



58-0 



52-0 



54.0 



56-0 



68 95 

 88 1-25 

 63-0 116-0 

 74-0 1050 

 66-0 1100 

 640 1120 

 64-0 110-0 

 72-0 107-0 

 60-0 101 

 67-5 114 

 71-5 110-0 

 75-0' 1140 

 75-0, 112-0 

 66 0: 110-0 

 61-0, 112 

 60 90-0 



59 -o: 



63 

 C2-0 

 62-0 



98 

 90-0 

 86-0 

 78-0 



62 103 



65-0 110 



770 115-0 



72-0 115-0 



62-0 107-0 



690 112-0 



62 82-0 



68 108-0 



69-0 108-0 



60.0 100-0 



560 93-0 



75 



90.0 



86-0 



78-0 



78-0 



69 



730 



72-0 



68-0 



75-0 



77-0 



79 



810 



74-0 



70-0 



6'i-O 



64-0 



69-0 



67-0 



64-0 



78-0 



72-0 



810 



84-0 



73-0 



82-0 



71-0 



73-0 



75-0 



71-0 



64-0 



44 



44-5 



45 -5 



40-5 



42 



38-5 



37-0 



51-0 



45-0 



48-0 



48-5 



50-0 



42-0 



44-5 ' 



40-0 



42-5 



40-5 



38-5 



42-0 



43-0 



41-0 ! 



36-5, 



39 -0 



42-0 



39-5 ! 



43-0 ; 



40-0 

 42.0 I 

 40-0 

 41-0 

 42-0 



94 66 

 62 i 39 

 57 88 

 87 74 



78 60 



79 63 



80 j 77 



71 I 68 

 69 ' 59 



72 i 64 

 86 ! 64 

 82 ■ 49 

 .81 I 55 



76 ; 73 

 86 1 67 



81 1 58 

 63 54 



79 ' 55 

 SO 67 

 75 62 

 69 ! 62 

 86 i 67 



80 59 



Clouds. ! 



Wind. 





u I 



.1 s 

 : 1 o 



2 .2 ' .2 2 S 



3 B 



o '" M 



p£4 I t^ 



72 



48 

 86 64 

 80 ' 88 

 65 ! 67 

 82 56 



80 I 73 

 93 ! 88 



81 87 



Mean Press. 

 29-757 



Mean 

 1-2-71 



Greatest do, 

 30-290 



Least do. Min. 

 29-438 6-50 



M'n. Tera. Mean. Mean Mean 

 60-83 104-41 74-10 i 42-37 



Max. 



20.00 



Max. 

 125 00 



Max. Max. 

 90-00 51-00 



Min. Min. Min 

 78-00 64-00 36-50 



Mean. 

 -72 



NW 



N 



S 



S 



NW 



NW 



N 



S 



N 



W 



NW 



NW 



N 



NW 



SW 



SW 



w 



SW 



NW 



s 

 w 



NW 

 N 

 I w 



NW 



N 



NW 



NW 



N 

 SW I 







-52 



-52 











•26 





 2-60 

 2 00 

 2-60 



-52 



•52 



-26 



"26 











-52 











•52 











•26 







"26 







•26 



-52 







•52 







E 



NW I 



SE 



S 



w 



SE 



E 



W 



NW 



NW 



E 



NW 



N 



S 



SE 



NW 



S 



NW 



W 



NW 



S 



S 



NW 



N 



NW 



N 



NW 



W 



s 

 s 

 s 



-26 



•52 



•52 



>2 



)0 



J(i 



2(j 



21 



21 



2t 



IL 



52 



2-60 



-52 



•52 



2-60 



•52; 



•52 



•52 



2-60 



5-21 



5 "21 







2-60 

 

 

 



2-60 







: -52 



•02' 



, 50 

 5-0 

 i 3-0 

 1 6-0 

 3-0 

 3-0 

 5-0 

 3-0 

 ; ^"5 

 -431 7-iJ 

 2-0 

 5 

 2 

 25 

 2 

 2-5 

 5-0 

 3-0 

 5-5 

 30 

 2 5 

 5-0 

 4-5 

 2-5 

 40 

 3-0 

 4-0 

 4-0 

 2-0 

 5-5 

 ■43 i 3 



1-03 



Mean for Month. ] 

 6-50 



Prev. Character, 

 K 



Mean Force 

 ■751b. 



Greatest Force 

 5-21 lb. 



Tl. Tl. 

 •51 13-4 



Least Force. 

 



Prevailing Direction. 

 NW, S. 



Tl. 

 117-0 



Mean 

 3-80 



The Meteorological form brought into use at the beginning 

 of 1876 differs in some respects from the former one. It has 

 been adopted with the view of assimilating the Hobart iown 

 records more closely with those of stations in Europe, America, 

 etc., in order to co-operate in a system of International 

 Meteorology. Readings are added from the centigrade ther- 

 mometer, that being the instrument generally used on the 

 continent of Europe. , ^, . 



The mean is in all cases taken from the sums of the two 

 daily registers, not from the maximum and minimum. 



The direction of the wind is registered from currents at a 

 height of 92 feet above sea level, and its force in lbs. per 

 square foot. 



The relative quantity of rain that fell under the different 

 winds is registered each morning at 7 '30 a.m. 



The 35 years' standard tables are used for obtaining the 

 difference from average. ^^^^^^ ABBOTT, F.KA.S., etc. 



Time of leafing, flowering InTlruiting of a few standard 

 plants in th4_Royal Society's Gardens during the month 



10th —Tips' of Hornbeam commencing to turn brown. 

 ' 12th — Coe's Golden-drop Plum ripe. 

 14th — Seckle Fear commencing to ripen. 

 18th —Tips of Elin commencing to turn yeUow. 

 20th.— Horsechestnut leaves turning brown. 

 24th.— Ash leaves commencing to fall. 

 30th —Oak leaves ditto. Acorns ripe. . 



ouiu. V/CVI.K. F, ABBOTT, Ju>-., Supenntendent. 



