METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 



From the 1st to the 15th Jan., 1878, inclusive. 



Recorded daily at Hobart Town, Tasmania, at lOh. 33m. 

 p.m., simultaneously with registration made at 7h. S5m. 

 a.m., at ^Vashington, United States, in pursuance of a pro- 

 position of the late Vienna Congress, for a system of Inter- 

 national Synchronous Observations. 



Private Observatory, Hobart Town. 



Lat. 42° 52' 13" S. Long. 9h. 49in. 29 '23. E. 



(Registered for the Royal Society, Tasmania. ) 



WeaLher. 



3D-000 

 30 -260 

 30-365 

 30-270 

 30-115 

 30-240 

 30-085 

 30-000 

 29-660 

 29-320 

 30-100 

 30-025 

 29-920 

 29-645 

 29-765 



60-0 

 53 

 61-5 

 53-5 

 60-0 

 oO-O 

 61-0 

 63-0 

 72-5 

 64-0 

 60-0 

 61-5 

 

 69-0 

 63-0 



15-5 



14-5 



16-5 



12-0 



15-5 



15-5 



16-0 



17-5 



22-5 



18-0 



15-5 



16-5 



18-5 



20-5 



12-0 



88 



S 



82 SE 

 88 S 

 71SE 

 7l'sW 

 82SE 

 77, SE 

 88 SE 

 733E 

 88 'sE 

 77 SE 

 S 

 SE 

 69 NW 

 60 W 



•26 



•26 



10-0 



52 10 



•52 

 •25 

 -52 

 •52 

 •26 

 •26 

 •26 

 •52 

 •25 

 •52 

 5-21 

 2 60 





 10-0 



-0 



5-5 



4-0 



2-5 



10.0 



•0 

 5.5 

 4-5 

 5-5 

 7-0 



•0 

 N 



•0 

 N 

 •0 

 K 

 K 

 K 

 K 

 .0 

 K 

 K 

 K 

 K 



In. 



•05 



Cloudy, sky- 

 covered 



Starlight 



Cloud, sky 

 covered 



Starlight 



Cloud, sky 

 covered 



Starlight 

 Stars faint 



Stars and 

 cloud 



Sky cloudy 



Cloud, sky 

 covered 



Moon and 

 starlight 



Cloud and 

 stars 



Moon, star, 

 and cloud 



Wind strong 



Wind and 

 squal 



Francis Abbott, F.R.A.S., etc., Observer. 

 N.B.— The time of registration at Hobart Town, 

 lOh. 33m. p.m., being after dark, renders it impossible 

 to make the wind and cloud records more than ap- 

 proximately correct. The rainfall is measured at 

 7h. 30m. a.m. local time. 



