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Meteorological Observations at Chesiuick, 1892. By Major- 

 GENERA.L Sir William Grossman, K.C.M.G. 



Lat. 51° 41 



/N. 



Long. 



1° 53' W. 



One 



mile from 



and 100 feet above Sea. 





Barometer 















taken at 



Thermometer 









Direction of 





10 a.m. and 



shaded 4ft. Gin. 





Rainfall. 





Wind, 



1892. 



Month. 



4 p.m. 



above Grass. 









10 a.m. 



S 



s 



1 



S 





 g 



"3 



S 

 s 

 .§ 



X 



OS 







B 



'a 







o -2 



Q 



-w 



6 

 



"cS c 



2 







s 



02 



.1 

 









Deg 



Deff 



Desj 













Dvs 



Dys 



DV8 



Dys 



January 



29-87 



28-70 



56 



23 



36i- 



18 



-64 



•18 



18th 



7 



5 



4 



11 



11 



February 



30-10 



28 25 



55 



6 



37,, 



9 



1-37 



-34 



21st 



12 



8 



6 



6 



9 



March 



30-10 



28-92 



63 



13 



•Mk 



16 



1-14 



•72 



12th 



5 



10 



6 



10 



5 



April 



29-92 



28-92 



70 



23 



44i- 



8 



•58 



-26 



27th 



7 



16 



2 



7 



5 



May 



29-98 



28 90 



73 



31 



5H 



1 



2-13 



-61 



31st 



10 



12 



3 



16 







June 



29 84 



28-9G 



80 



40 



55 



— 



2-74 



-87 



19th 



13 



14 



5 



9 



2 



July 



29-86 



28-74 



73 



39 



56* 



— 



1-75 



•53 



3rd 



8 



16 



4 



9 



2 



August 



29-72 



28-82 



78 



35 



58-/o- 



— 



3-73 



■67 



8th 



13 



9 



8 



17 



2 



September 



29-88 



28-82 



69 



36 



53* 



— 



1-60 



•30 



1st 



11 



6 







23 



1 



October 



29-80 



28-50 



59 



25 



45 



5 



4-74 



•90 



2nd 



22 



6 



1 



10 



14 



November 



29-98 



29 06 



56 



25 



42:t 



7 



1-43 



•40 



13th 



10 



1 



8 



17 



4 



December 



29 78 



28-80 



52 



16 



34 



20 



1-11 

 2296 



•30 



19th 



17 

 135 



5 

 118 



3 



45 



20 

 145 



3 



58 



Totals 













84 



Mkan 











46 





















REMARKS. 



As the readings of the Barometer have not been made to accord -with 

 any standard, they can only be taken as showing the extreme variation 

 in the pressure of the atmosphere during each month. 



Barometer was highest on 12th February and 29th March, 30^10; and 

 lowest, 2825, on 2nd February, during a gale from S.W. 



Thermometer highest on 8th June, 80°, wind S.E. ; and lowest 19th 

 February, 6°. 



Number of Days at or below 32° — 84. Mean Temperature of year, 46°. 



Rainfall, 2296 inches. Number of Days on which •Ol or more fell, 135. 



Greatest Fall in 24 hours, on 2nd October — ^90 inches. 



Largest periods of dry weather, 27th March to 10th April, 15 days ; 

 and from 20th July to 2nd August, 14 days. 



N. to B. Winds prevailed from beginning of March to end of July. 

 South-westerly during the remainder of the year. 



W. GROSSMAN. 

 Cheswick House, 



Real, R.S.O. 



