202 METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY. 
LATITUDE, 33° 51’ 41”; LonarTupg, 104 4™ 50°81"; MAGNETIC VARIATION, 9° 35’ 37” East. 
Height above Mean Sea “level, 146 feet. 
DECEMBER, 1884.—Gernerat Apstr 
Barometer ... Highest Reading... 29°914 inches on ca ere at 10 he 
At 32° Faht., ‘but x ms corrected to sea-level. 
west Reading ... wee oop on the 3rd, at 1 p.m. 
is we 29°592 
pt Height _ 
(Being 0°146 inch 1 tl f the preceding 25 years.) 
2 eer Meet chee ... 80°41b. on va ths 15th 
Mea: 1:0 Ib. 
Seaahe: a of Dass Calm... 0 ; ‘ 
Pre Yoewnn, y irection ..._ E.N.E. : 
(Prevail th f ling 25 y , N.E, and E.N.E.) 
Temperature Highest ‘i the Shade... 91-0 on the 3rd. 
Lowest inthe Shade ... 56°4 on the 19th 
( st Range ... +. 29°40n th 2 
Highest in the Sun ..- 149°0 on the 3rd. 
Lowest on the Grass ... 48°2 on the 19th and 23rd. 
fean Diurnal Range ... 16°5 : 
Mean in the Shade we TO4 : 
(Being 0°8 greater than that of the same month age of the preceding 25 years.) : 
Humidity ... Greatest Amount ... 86°00n the 6th. 
Least ee x oe 
: Mean nee He ies 
(Being 9-0 less than that of the same month f the preceding 25 years.) 
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Number of Days... and 5 dew 
Greatest Fall .. 0: on esha 5 the 15t th. 1 
0°770 5 ft. above groun 
j Total Fall... oe 1:230 inches 15 - above ground. 
(Being 0-962 inch less than that of tk m preceding 25 years.) 
Evaporation Total Amount... w< 6279 fhitioel 
Electricity .... Numberof ies Lightning 6 
Cloudy Sky «» Mean Am ae: ee 
Number of Clear Days Fe 
Meteors .»» Number observed oe a | 
much faster than usual; and coming as this dry weather did after 
weeks of previous drought, its effects upon any remaining vegetation were in’ 
In the list number of rain stations that bega reco te in the year. 
peaking of the whole Colony, the years 1883 and 1884 have bee 
as th t of and remembering the loss and suffering by the 
drought of 1883, the condition of the country in 1884 may easily : 
pt he y had more rain in 1884 than in 1883, but south 
that less, al llongong much less. Speaking generally, all the 
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country drained by the Darling excepting vely small area in , 
pear aired and a few other laces, had less in "a4 then 1 1883, altho rhract much a : 
wae Dubbo, remark applies to the Lachlan, Murrumbidgee, and 
Jitic 1884 rain was far in excess of 1883, but at We llington this ter 
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