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METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 199 
GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY. 
Latirupg, 33° 51’ 41”; gait 10h 4m 50-818; MAGNETIC VARIATION, 9° 35’ 37” East. 
ight above Mean Sea- level, 146 feet. 
SHPTRMCATE, 1884.—GENERAL ABSTRACT 
Barometer Highest Reading .. 30°338 inches on the sth, at 10 a.m. 
At 32° Faht., bat not corrected to ‘pow leval. 
Lowest Reading ... se on on the 10th, at 2°30 p.m. 
eee Me an n He ight an ne ae 
Wind... an "Greatest — .. 15°7 Ibs. on n the Qlst. 
ean i PD: 
ambae: of Devt Calm... 8 
Prevailing Direction oo aie 
(Prevailing the sami th for the preceding 25 years W.) 
Bi iperature phates in the Shade... 80°9 on the 93rd. 
Lowest inthe Shade ... 42°80n the 13th. 
tes nite oS. .. 29°9 on the 20th 
Highest in the Sun 130°0 on the 23rd 
t on the Grass 9 he 12t 
Mean Diurnal ar ae 
ee a in the Shad eee “duces 
Humidity ... Greatest Amount ... 94:0 on the 17th and 30th. 
Least os 
Mean its ate te 
(Being 4-4 less than that of tl th f th ding 25 years.) 
eee F Number of Days... ... 11 rain and Bd 
Greatest Fall “he 6 0882 ihe ets the —- cae 
0°760 a 
Total Fall... oon ove 1125 a 15 i in. above around. 
e402 3 REE eee ere 95 years.) 
Eraoration Total Amount ... i> S606 inches. 
Electr Number of ee: Lightning 1 
Clouay § Sky... Mean A se 
Number me ‘Clear ‘Days see 3 
Meteors =... Number observed 0 
eae 
At Sydney, temperature and pressure have been about the average for this ah 
bat the humi midity is again 4°4 below, and the rainfall 2°10 inches ag the a rg 
_ To the monthly rainfall for this month, which was publish 7. weld 
column was ad i i 883 up to 
vere on the than 
George the total rainfall of 1884 is 16 inches he than 1883, at Port Macquarie 
inches, at Newcastle 7 inches, at Sydney 2 inches. On the high lands also the loss 
im many pl as been serious. At Inverell it is 54 inches, at roses 5 inches, 
infal 884 is grea’ at Barraba 
: how dry it was in 1883, the ‘eigaitcanse of the above statements will be seen. 
