METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 195 
GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY. 
LatrTupE, 33° 51’ 41” ; LonarrTupE, 10" 4™ 50-815 ; MAGNETIC VARIATION, 9° 35’ 37” East. 
Height above Mean Sea- jevel, 146 feet. 
MAY, 1884.—Generat ABSTRACT. 
Barometer ... Highest Reading.. 30°369 inches on the Ist at 11 a.m. 
At 32° Faht., ‘but, mn On ae to séaclavel 
che ... 29°410 ,, onthe 13th at 3 p.m. 
. Height =e .. 29°997 
Wind...  ... Greatest Pressure ... 146 Ibs. on the 13th. 
Mean sherry ive re ty lb. 
Number of Days a * 
Prevailing " Diecstio we W. N.W. 
(Prevailing direction during the same month for the preceding 25 years, W.) 
Temperature Highest inthe Shade ... sh 1-1 on the 4th. 
Lowest inthe Shade ... 45°7 on the 26th and 27th. 
Greatest Range ... ... 22:0 on the 17th. 
Highest in the Sun ... 118°3 on the 6th. 
] nthe Grass... 37'4 on the 17th 
Mean Diurnal Range ... 121 
Mean in the Shade .. 583 
(Being 0°3 less than that of the same month on an average of the preceding 25 years.) 
Humidity ... Greatest Amount ... 100°0 on the 4th, 13th and 24th. 
Least ict és ... 48°0 on the 14th. 
Mean ae ses 99 
(Being 4-0 greater than that of the same month on an average of the preceding 25 years.) 
es ans mber of aaae .. 17 rain and 9 dew 
enanes Fall ... 2°550 inches on on the 25 “i . 
5078 sy t. al : , groun & 
Total Fall... oes 7-288 if a . above groun und. 
(Being 2-124 inches greater than that of the same month on an average of the preceding 25 years.) 
hea Total Amount... ... 1'434 inches. 
sea roel of a Lightning 3. 
Clouay § Sky. ean Amou ae 56. 
N coke of Clear Days ee Be 
Meteors ... Numberobserved =. 0. 
Remarks. 
At en the rainfall has this month been 2°124 inches in — of the average ; 
on temperature and pressure have been near the es 4118 inches of the 
apa was recorded on the 24th and 25th. In the arith west of the 
range, ge enerally from 1 to 2 inches of rain fell, but at too many places the 
fall = under 1 inch. “While - n the coast generally very heavy rains fell, at Lis- 
was 16°82 inche 
