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Notes on the Meteorology 



planes, and that upon the percentage of moisture present in 

 any of these zones, or the degrees of temperature — which 

 are no doubt governed by many complex causes at present 

 little understood — the fall of snow depends. From the 

 following table of dates upon which snow fell at Omeo it 

 will be seen that June, July, and August are snowy months. 



1879. 





1880. 





1881. 



Min. Temp. 



Wind. 



Min. Temp. 



Wind. 





Min. Temp. 



Wind. 



June 18 .. 32 .. 



s.w. 



June 8 .. 31 .. 



S.W. 



June 



4 .. 37 . 



.N.W. 



„ 28 .. 35 .. 



5J 



„ 15 ..'40 .. 



N.E. 



j5 



7 .. 31 . 



J) 



July 9 .. 32 .. 



J5 



„ 17 .. 33 .. 



N.W. 



)> 



8 .. 31 . 





„ 10 .. 30 .. 



33 



„ 19 .. 27 .. 



N.E. 





19 .. 31 . 



,, 



„ 25 .. 33 .. 



33 



July 1 .. 33 .. 



N.W. 



July 



15 .. 34 . 



. N. 



Aug. 18 .. 33 .. 



5 3 



2 .. 27 .. 



S.W. 



J 5 



28 .. 33 . 



. s.w. 







„ 19 .. 34 .. 



33 



Aug. 



23 .. 35 . 



. S. 







„ 20 .. 34 .. 



5) 



Oct. 



4 .. 37 . 



,. 







Aug. 11 . . 34 . . 



>3 



33 



22 .. 35 . 



. S.W. 



Total depth of ) , , t fi - n 



Total depth of \ 2ftnin 



Total depth of | 2ft 3in 



snow . . j 





snow . . j 





snow . . j 





1882. 



1883. 



1884. 



Min. Temp. 



Wind. 



Min. Temp. 



Wind. 





Min. Temp. 



Wind. 



June 1 . . 35 . . 



N. 



July 10 . . SO . . 



S.W. 



Aug, 



18 .. 30 . 



. S.W. 



„ 21 .. 29 .. 



N.E. 



„ 27 .. 32 .. 



N. 



3 3 



19 .. 30 . 



• 3 3 



„ 24 .. 38 .. 



3 3 



„ 28 .. 33 .. 



S3 









July 13 .. 36 .. 



N.W. 



Aug. 4 .. 32 .. 



s. 









„ 25 .. 36 .. 



» j 



Sept. 13 .. 32 .. 



S.W. 









„ 26 .. 32 .. 



J5 



,, 14 .. 32 .. 



s. 









„ 28 .. 27 .. 



N. 













,, 29 .. 29 .. 



N.W. 













„ 31 .. 33 .. 



N.E. 













Aug. 13 .. 35 .. 



S. 













Sept. 1 .. 35 .. 



S.W. 













,, 7 .. 32 .. 



„ 













Total depth of | 



3 ft. 



Total depth of ] 



3 ft. 



Total depth of \ 



1 ft. 



snow . . j" 





snow . . | 







snow . . j 





Hail. 



Hailstones, although frequent in the higher regions of the 

 Australian Alps during summer and autumn, are not so at 

 sub-alpine altitudes, although it is somewhat remarkable 

 that the size of the hailstones is frequently much larger at 

 elevations of 2000 to 4000 feet than at higher levels. I have 

 noted hailstones fully half an inch to three-quarters of an 

 inch in diameter,* and during October last some curiously- 



Fell at Gelantipy during May, 1869. 



