Meteorological Ohservations. 



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A Table of the Mean Temperature of the Air at the 

 Observatory, by Fahre7iJieit's Thermometer, from a 

 record of three successive years' hourly observation, 

 day and night, is given, to show the accoi^dance which 

 the results present. 



1846. 



1847. 



1848. 



61-7 



61-8 



60-2 



58-9 



60-9 



59-3 



bl-^ 



57-9 



bQQ 



53 3 



53-2 



66-9 



48-2 



47-6 



49-0 



45-7 



43-1 



45-8 



42-8 



43-9 



42-8 



443 



47-9 



45-3 



49-5 



51-4 



48-6 



53-8 



52-5 



50-4* 



58-7 



54-9 



53-3* 



62-8 



62-9 



56-7* 



I 53-1 



53-2 



52-3 



Mean of 

 Three Years. 



January 



February 



March , 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



Mean temperature for 

 the whole year 



61-2 

 59-7 

 58-5 

 54-5 



48-3 

 44-9 

 43-2 

 45-8 

 49-8 

 52-2 

 55-6 

 60-8 



* Cold, Spring and Summer. 



JOSEPH H. KAY, Lieut. E.N., 



director of the Observatory . 



H.M. Observatory, Ross' Bank, 

 Hobart Toivn, May 1849. 



