198 METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY. 
LATITUDE, 33° 51’ 41”; LonertupE, 105 4™ 50-815; MAGNETIC = genet 9° 35’ 37" East. 
Height above Mean Sea- ‘level, 146 fee 
AUGUST, 1884.—Gernerat ABsTRAcT. 
Barometer ... Highest Reading... .. 80319 inches on the 22nd, at 10 a.m. 
At 32° Faht., bat a Heating to sea-level. 
st Rea 29°379 ,, on the 26th, at 2 p.m. 
aan eg yee ««. 29°874 
Wind... ... Greatest iio ... 25°9 lbs. on the 26th. 
Mean Pre wie OF Ib. 
Number of Day Calm ie ae 
Prevailing Direction ... W. 
(Pr S13 ig 33. 43 A. .. ig +} +1, ¢, 41 4: OR ; Ww.) 
¥ ° 7 
Temperature Highest inthe Shade ... 82:0 on the 31st. 
Lowest in the Shade _.... 42°8 on the 8rd. 
G mge ... .» 27°8 on the 24th, 
Highest in the Sun ... 127-2 on the 31st. 
Lowest on the Grass ... 33°8 on the 3rd. 
Mean Dinrnal Range ... 16° 
onan in the Shade “a OOo 
Humidity .. Greatest Amount ... 97:0 on the 2nd. 
Least oy a -» 80°0 on the 26th. 
Rain ... .-.« Number of Days ... ... 9 rain and 8 dew. 
Greatest Fall... ... 0'318 inch on the 21st. 2 
0°540 65 ft. above groun 
Total Fall... av 0829 4s We te ches ground. 
Evaporation Total Amou as ... 2°086 inches. 
Electrici Number of ne Lightning 2 
Cloudy Sky... Mean Am mee 
Number of ( Clear Days Sire § 
Meteors  ... Number observed 0 
Rem, 
This month the barometer si di bse ‘ean na slightly below and si temperature — 
2'0 greater than the average, umidity was 4°9 below the average. Rain also 
was 2°21 inches less than the ae In the country, aoe hee been 8 aver ca a 
month, and, with the sed agen of one or two Leelipige’y y small areas. my 
has been get 1 inch (and in many places less than } an Even the re coast has 
‘ae ben ch). 
escape Ww caer, In tagcat ie total fall, Senay 1 to AUR dee 30, 
was 37-03 inches, and the for the e period 38°62 inches. The 
was also remarkably warm npg, gsc season. py 
