200 METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY. 
LATITUDE, 33° 51’ 41”; Lonairupg, 105 4™ 50°81*; MAGNETIC VARIATION, 9° 35’ 37” East. 
Height above Mean Sea-level, 146 feet. 
OCTOBER, 1884.—Gernerat ABSTRACT. 
Barometer ... Highest Reading... . 80°275 inches on the 14th. 
At 32° Faht., but not ne Va to sea-level. 
Lowest Reading . ... 29137 on the 8th. 
Mean Herght 29°791 
(Pat ye ee +} Sic tae: Ae 41 £41 3s. on hy 
Wind... ite 9 test Pressure --- 146 lbs. on the 10th. 
Mean Pressure ... 0°7 lb. 
Number of Days Calm ... 0 
Ses een Nake 2 
(Pr o + i= J 25 ov a N. E ) 
Temperature -pacoarg inthe Shade ... 89-9 on the 17th. 
Lowest in the Shade ... 49°3 on the 11th. 
Grea se t Ran nge ... 35°3 on the 17th. 
Highest in the Sun --. 148°8 on the 17th. 
Lowest on the 
Mea h Ditton al Eatee .. 140 
Ween 3 in = Shade seu, foe ; 
(Being 0-1 greater than that of the same month average of the preceding 25 years.) 
Humidity ... Greatest oe « 93°0 on the 7th. 
Neg : on the 17th. 
as 
Mean 
(Being 1°9 greater than a of the same month on an average of the preceding 26 years.) 
Rain ... ... Number of Days... 
Greatest Fall ~~ ... i i . a0 inch on the 22n 
Total Fall... a be Atte 305 inches ve a above bye or 
(Being 0°952 inch less than that of the same month 
Evaporation Total Amount... ... 8°842 inches. | 
Electricity Number thes Lightning 3 
Cloudy Sky... Mean A AGGIE 2 
Nu iatine'd of "Clear Days eae a 
Meteors ... Number observed ‘a 
Remarks. 
Barometer and pressure have again been about the average, and it is resealable! 
_ that while pri a has been 1-9 greater than the average, the rainfall has been 
; Oct 
lands, and part of the western slopes south of You ung; but generally rain is b . 
wanted, rains here ve done little or nothing to 
want ; perhaps this may be better indicated by the fact that out of 325° ‘tations 
reporting, 150 have had less than 1 inch of rain. 
