METEOROLOGY FOR OCTOBER, 1878. 

 Private Observatory, Hobart Town. 



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

 (Registered for the Eoyal Society of Tasmania.) 



5 ?(^ 



O ft- 



332 



Thermometers 

 (Reading.) 



Thermometers 

 (Self -Registering.) 



eS 



.2 9 





li29-852 29-651 11- 



2: 29 735 29 798 

 3I29-928 29745 

 4 29 -825 29-845 

 fi'30-035 29-837 

 6|-29-696 29-398 



7 29-835 29825 



8 29-62G 29-362 



9 29-483 29-220 

 10'2S-762 28-641 



11 29-152 29-281 



12 29-384 29-675 

 13-29-573 29-454 



14 •29-427 29-168 



15 •23-942 29-120 

 IG -29-656 29 721 

 17 29-393 -29-517 

 IS 29-842 29-865 

 19!29-S92 29-913 

 20-29-920. 29-804 



•297-22 29-446 

 937,29-942 

 6-25 29-501 

 29-515 29-5-20 

 •29-552| 29-675 

 30-087 

 30-154130075 

 •29848, 29-657 

 •29-542! 29-581 

 29-470 29-314 



12- 



15-5 



11-5 



11-5 



11- 



10- 



12- 



9- 

 11- 



8- 



9- 



12-5 

 14-0 



9- 



7-5 

 11-5 

 11-5 



n-5 



13- 



16- 



11-5 



17-5 

 8-0 

 90 

 9-5 



105 

 9- 



16-5 



135 



1-932 30-065 13- 



52. 



54- 



60- 



57- 



53- 



56- 



50- 



54- 



48- 



52- 



47- 



49- 



52- 



58- 



49- 



46- 



57- 



53- 



53- 



55- 



61- 



57- 



64- 



45- 



49- 



49- 



51- 



48- 



62- 



57- 



56- 



60- 

 62- 

 70- 

 58- 

 60- 

 69- 

 60- 

 62- 

 57- 

 58- 

 52- 

 5Q' 

 63- 

 60- 

 67- 

 55- 

 66 

 56- 

 63- 

 64- 

 58- 

 62- 

 62- 

 60- 



78- 

 85- 



107- 

 80- 



108- 

 95- 

 95- 



107- 

 75- 

 86- 

 98- 

 95- 

 85- 

 75- 

 70- 

 79- 

 95- 

 90- 

 95- 

 85- 



101- 

 85- 



109- 

 85- 

 79- 



11-2- 



109- 



80. 



70- 

 66- 

 73- 

 72- 

 68- 

 71- 



Go- 

 es- 



63- 

 58- 

 58- 

 58- 

 66- 

 63- 

 57- 

 62- 

 61- 

 90- 

 69- 

 70- 

 65- 

 68- 

 71- 

 67- 

 62- 

 57- 

 65- 

 62- 

 75- 

 79- 

 68- 



69 i 67 



87 50 



64 57 



81 66 



64 52 



61 I 88 



68 ; 66 



60 1 59 



67 ! 61 



Mean Press. Mean 

 29-62S 11-50 



Greatest do. 

 30-154 



Least do. 

 28-641 



M'n. Tem. 

 56-60 



Max. 



17.50 



Min. 



8-00 



Mean. 

 90-00 



Mean 

 66-71 



Max. Max. 

 112 00; 90 00 



Min. Min. Min. 



69-00 57-00 3200 



Mean 

 37-23 



Max. 



42-00 



Mean 



70 



Clouds. 



7-30 a.m. 4-30 p.m. 



o I < 



o 



Wind. 



7-30 a.m. 



p.m. 



3« 



I S 



o g 



K 

 K 



K 1 



K ! 



K I 



K 



K 



K 



K 



KN 



K 



K 



K 



K 



KN 



K 



K 



KN 



K 



K 



K 



K 



K 



KN 



K 



KN 







K 



K 



K 



K 



10 K 

 9 K 



4 KS 

 7 IKN 

 10 K 

 10 K 

 7 K 

 KN 

 K 

 N 

 K 

 K 

 K 

 K 



KN 

 K 



KN 

 K 



10 



9 



5 



9 



7 



10 iK 

 K 

 K 

 K 

 K 



KN 

 K 

 K 

 K 

 K 

 K 

 10 K 



3 'K 



NW 5-21, 



N 2-60 



S -0 



NW ' 5 -20 1 



NW I -521 



NW 1 5^21 



NW 



NW 



N 



SE 



SW 



NW 



NW 



NW 



•25 

 2-60 



•52 

 •0 



•52 

 2-60 

 5-21 



-52 



SW 10-42 



W i 2-60 



NW 2-60 



N ' ^52, 



W I 2-60 



SE 



W 



W 



S 



NW 



SE 



S 



NW 



W 



NW 



•26 



-52 



5-21 



2-60, 



•52' 



2-60l 



•06 



1^6o 



•30 



3^ 

 5*. 

 2- 

 6- 

 2- 

 5- 

 2- 

 6- 

 9- 

 5- 

 3- 

 8^ 

 10- 

 8- 

 4- 

 6- 



4:- 



5- 

 9- 

 3^ 



8- 

 7- 

 7^5 



•03 1^00 



Mean for Month. 



7-20 



Prev. Character, 

 K 



Mean Force 

 1-51 lb. 



Greatest Force 

 10-42 lb. 



Least Force. 







Prevailing Direction 



NW 



Tl. ' Tl. ! TI. 

 1-56 2-95 173-0 



Mean 

 560 



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 Town 

 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 dhrection 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 cf rain that fell under the diflferent 

 winds is registered each morning 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. 



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

 plants in the Royal Society's Gardens during the montli 

 of October, 1878 :— 



8th. Caiyinus hetuhis commencing to break. 

 18th. A Uanthus glandulosus commencing to break. 

 20th. Tllia Eurojioea commencing to break. 

 23rd. Black Mulberry commencing to break. 

 25tb. Common Elm Seeds commencing to fall. 

 28th. Melia azcdarach commencing to break. 



F. ABBOTT, JUN., Superintendent. 



