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BSTRACT OF THE METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS 
TAKEN AT THE SYDNEY OBSERVATORY. — 
GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY. Re 
Latirupg, 33° 51’ 41” ; Lonarrupg, 10° 4’ 46” ; MAGNETIC VARIATION, 9° 25’ 2” East. 
JANUARY, 1879.—Gernerat ABsTRACT. 
arometer... Highest Reading ...  ..._ 30°036 ee on the 14th at 11 p.m. 
At 32° Faht. Lowest Reading ... ... 29°479 inches on the 22nd at 4°25 p.m. 
Mean Height re ... 29°769 inches. 
Greatest coe fa : lbs. on the 2 20. 
n Press 
Number of Days Calm 
_Exereiling. sabia -E x. E. 
iling the preceding 20 years, N.E.) 
, - the ‘Shade ... 85°7 on the 29th. 
Lo the Shade _ 57:2 on the 14th. 
Grea caine "Ran nge .. 19°1 on the cag 
Highest in the Sun . 143°3 on the 
Lowest on the me he re 1 on the Joh and 14th. 
Mean Diurnal Ran; praeege © $i" 
“ile in the Shade oye at 9 : 
Greatest Amount ... _ 100-0 on the 20th at 9 p.m. 
Least sag at _., 43°0 on the 13th at 3 p.m. 
Mean a 
- (Beine n-2 % as in ae 20 years.) 
: a oe Oe greater I 3 
tee +» Greatest Fall eu in eee see a on the 21st. 
... 10 rain and 1 
Number of Days ... < neo teed re See ‘ shore ground. 
Total Fall tee see “1s 144 inches. sie in. e grow und. 
ss than that of tl +h on an averave 0 oe ie years.) 
Eline Brot 1 Total Amount... ... 6-967 inches. 
i: Mean Amount... fea be ee 
Lean un 
Number of Clear Days 0 
umber observe 0 
cath Remarks. ine 
er this month has been warm, but — yery hot days. 
there has been a fair rainfall, but inland the fall bas. been a 
is and i in some few places nothing, so that the > ) weather 
re “ Went 
inlany 
worth ” hurricane on the 10th, very severe i ‘of Fiji. 
