192 METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY. 
LatitupE, 33° 51’ 41” ; Lonarrupe, 104 4™ §0°81s; MAGNETIC VARIATION, 9° 35’ 37” East. 
Height above Mean Sea- ‘level, 146 feet. 
FEBRUARY, 1884.—Generat ApsTRact. 
Barometer ... Highest Reading . 80°179 inches on the 6th, at 10 a.m. 
At 32° Faht., but ak corrected ‘sea-level. 
est Reading ... -. 29216 ,, onthe 3rd, at 2 p.m. 
Mean "Height fe ... 29°838 
Wind ... ... Greatest Pressure ... 18°0 Ibs. on the 8rd. 
Mean Pressure x: (O'S: Ib. 
Number of Days Calm ... 0 
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Temperature Highs in the ‘Shade ... 91°9 on the 22nd. 
n the — de... 66°8 on the 25th. 
one raat «.. 23°2 on the 22nd 
Le cat fe in th “ fan ... 143°0 on the 14th. 
Lowest on the Grass ... 45°83 on the 25th. 
ean “Diu al Range ... 136 ; 
Mesos in ivig Shade re si, 
(Being 1:21 t} ge of the p ling 25 y ) 
Humidity +» Greatest Amount ... 96°0 on the 19th. 
Least ee ae 41°0 on the Ist. 
Mean ib 686 
(Being 6111 ca +h Pies eC 4 g £41 I q* ge 25 y rs.) 
Rain... .... Numberof Days... ... 8 rain and0 
Greatest Fall... res O°254 sane te — be 28th. 
Total Fall... ... a ee ee ground. 
Lovo oe 15 in. a oe 
(Rai -Q0n + 1 1 1 Pt eee ime et y\ 
Evaporation Total Amount .., .» =B412 a 
Electricity .... Number of Days Lightning 1. 
Cloudy Sky... Mean Amount sek 
Number of Clear Days se 0. 
Meteors ... Number observed 0 
Remarks. 
This month has been cooler than usual and a ary at Sydney the rainfall - 
been 5: 320. ee of the a verage, and over a vi arge urea of ed pone 
been a dry month, the maj jority of the rise having had 
rain, and only a f e i nd stations have had more > than two 
inches. list 4 hes. very many cases 
for January and February together is not equal to the requirements of 
ra it ro shag the total for two months,—a fact which shows the extreme arnt 
