METEOROLO GY FOB AU GUST, ISrS. 

 Private Observatory, Hobart Town. 



Latitude 42° 52' 13" S. ; Longitude 91i. 49m. 29.2s. E. 

 ^Registered for the Royal Society of Tasmania.) 



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Thermometers 

 (Reading.) 



Thermometers 

 (Self-Registering. 



Per cent 



cS 





!E 



130019 30 036 5- 

 9 29-949 29 -987 1 8" 

 3 29 848 29-820 10 • 

 4'28 9l8 29-8:i2 G'S 

 .'>2S-967'29-904l 5 5 



6 29-978 29-892| 5- 



7 29-459 29 -550 1 7' 



8 29-618 29-392 5-5 



9 28-94129120 9- 

 10 29-364 29-283 5-5 

 1129-205 29 139 9" 

 1229-157 29-149 7-5 

 1329-39129-4061 8-5 

 1429-761 29-864| 9- 



15 29-350 29-388 lO" 



16 29-493 29-441|l0- 

 1729-914 29-882 10- 

 18i-29-693 29 5H!ll- 

 19 29-562 29-955 7-5 

 2030-060 30-134 1 1- 

 2130-050 30-015112- 

 22 29-803 29-708 " 

 23-29-681 29-575 



30 



29-748 29-764 

 29-937 29-915 

 29-930 29-744 

 29-942 29-Sli 

 29-625 29 604 

 29 819 29-942 

 30126 30-048 



11- 



9- 

 12- 

 14- 

 15- 

 12-5 



7- 



3l'29-916 29-815 



.50- 

 51- 

 53- 



43- 52- 



43- 

 50- 

 54- 

 55- 

 55- 

 54- 

 53- 

 46- 

 45- 

 55- 

 SO- 

 SO- 

 52- 

 57- 

 47- 

 54- 

 59- 

 Gl- 

 60- 

 58- 

 59- 

 68- 

 60 

 42- 

 48- 

 55- 

 6)- 



62- 



85- 

 Go- 



89- 

 73- 



8-}- 

 80- 



62- 

 62- 

 90- 

 65- 

 65- 

 8D- 

 88- 

 }>9- 

 88- 

 81- 

 60- 

 80- 

 86- 

 95- 



go- 

 OS - 



85- 

 105- 

 100- 

 65- 

 93- 

 9;!- 

 94- 



38- 

 37- 

 33- 

 32- 

 36- 

 38- 

 40- 

 37- 

 40- 

 41- 

 42. 

 39- 

 34- 

 36- 

 31- 

 32- 



85 

 79 

 93 

 94 

 92 

 92 

 93 

 85 

 79 

 92 

 80 

 93 

 79 

 SO 



- 93 

 64 

 81 

 74 

 79 

 69 

 67 

 60 

 80 

 80 

 54 

 55 

 49 



100 

 55 

 57 

 67 



Clouds. 



Wind. 



■30 a.m. 4-30 p.m. 7-30 a.m. 430 p.m. p^ 



Mi 



Mean. 



81-00 



Mean I Mean Mean 

 58-40 36-65 76 



Max. Max. 

 105 00 730 



Min. Min 

 62-00 48-00 



Max. 



42-00 



Min 



32 -00 



10 K 

 10 K 

 10 KN 

 10 K 

 8 KX 



4 K 

 10 KN 

 10 K 

 10 KN 

 10 K 



5 KN 

 10 |KN 



6 'KN 

 5 K 



10 ,K 

 2 K 



8 !k 



8 K 

 10 ,KN 



5 K 

 2 |K 



5 IK 

 10 |K 



6 K 

 4 K 



K 

 K 



N 



KN 

 K 

 K 



alean for Month. 

 7-30 



Mean Force 

 1-62 lb. 



TL Tl. 

 3^47 



Prev. Character, 

 K 



Greatest Force 

 10 121b. 



Least Force. 







Prevailing Direction 



NW 



Tl. 



202^5 



Mean 

 6-5 



The Meteorological form brought into use at the beginnmg 

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

 been aaopted ^\ith the view of assimilating the Hobart lown 

 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 

 contineiJ cf 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 m lbs. per 

 square foot. 



The relative quantity cf rain that fell under the different 

 winds is registered ea''^' ^.orning at 7-30 a.m. 



The 35 years' standard tables are used for obtaining the 

 difference from average. 



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



Results of observations taken at New Norfolk for August, 

 1878, in accordance with new forms, at 7 35 a.m., and 



Barometer.— Mean of 2 daily registers corrected and reduced, 

 29-832 inches. 



Thermometer.— Mean of 2 do., 44-89 degrees. 

 Thermometer.— Mean of max. and min. in shade, 40-45 

 degrees. 

 Dew Point.— Mean position of, 2 do., 38-48 degrees. 

 Elastic Force of Vapour.— Mean of 2 do., -241. 

 Humidity of Air — Mcaa of 2 do., -80. 



Solar intensitv, mean of maximum temperature, lQG-04 deg. 

 Terrestial radiation, mean of minimum temperature, 31-0'j 



degrees. , c, • ,. 



Rainfall, 3 89 inciies : in excess of evaporation, I-S3 inches. 

 RainfdlL— Total, from commencement of year, 15-23 inches. 

 Evaporation, 2 Uu inches. 

 Clouds.— Mean of 2 daily registers. G-Oo. 

 Ozone.— Mean of 2 do., 7 25. 



W. E. SHOO BRIDGE, Bushy Park. 



Time of leafing, flowering, and fruiting of a few standard 

 plants in the Botanic Gardens during August, 18'7S :— 

 12th. Common ekier fsainhucu-; ni<j>ii) commencing to break, 

 13th. Horsechestnut_ ditto. 

 14th. Gooseberries ditto. 

 ,, Elm commencing to flower. 

 „ Common poplar commencing to break. 

 28tb. Apricots commencing to flower. 



F. ABBOTT, JuN., Superintbndent. 



