236 METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY. 
LATITUDE, 33° 51’ 41”; Lonarrupr, 10° 4’ 46”; Maanrtic VaRrATion, 9° 25’ 2” East. 
AUGUST, 1879.—GerneraL ABSTRACT. 
Barometer... Highest Reading ... 30°300 — on the 19th, at 
At 32° Faht. Lowest Reading ... 29-420 ,, on the 7th, at 6a a.m. 
Mean Height Tea! 917 
Wind Greatest Pressure .. a 6 tiie on the 28th. 
Mean Pressure 0 lb. 
aaitee of Days Calm 
hurt seat, —e Aid 
(Pr ili tl the ao 20 years, W a 
Temperature Highest in the Shade 67-2 on the 2 
Lowest in the Shade 41°2 on the ieth. 
reatest Range 20°4 on the 16th. 
Highest in the Sun 125°3 on the 23rd. 
Lowest on the Grass = . on the 15th. 
ean Di ange 
Mean in the Shade 7 : 
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Humidity Greatest Amount ... 99°0 on “the sth = a sick and on 
9 p. 
Least 46°0 on the 12th, 3 p.m. 
Mean 79°2 
(Being 7-4 r than that of th g preceding 20 years.) 
Rain... Greatest Fall 27. a ee on = 8th. 
Number of Days 16 ra be ke 
6 324 gaara 65 “feet above gro ee 
Lager assed } 10°166 inches. 15 in. above ground. 
rp.: wore tnt peta aaa ed ong 241 ay 90 vears.) 
(Deing j zg ig J 
Evaporation Total Amount 1-747 
Ozone ieee — 91 
rp. @.0 oa 72 veara) 
city... Number of te Lightning 1 
Cloudy Sky Mean Amou wee 
Number of ‘Olea Days aS 
Meteors Number observed ... 2 
Remar 
On ce and me ba was a moderate ae _, tig with barometer 302. 
a backed to south. The at Sydney this month is 
7375 ie shove aie average. Abundant rain has fallen at most stations. Floods 
in Hawkesbury, Hunter, and ser rivers. 7th, Hunter up 30 feet. Pe afew ee 
the fall has been slight, but tation has been without rain during the mor - 
ose ne ep Se ng the coast and high sand pra 
inches, was ed at P. Earl in the month floods occurred 1 Oy 
district about Tamworth, and they extended down the Namoi past Gunnedah 8>¢ 
N t the end of the month ) u in the same district ; 
) Hawkesbury rose 20 feet at Penrith; the Macquarie and the Bell Rivers we? 
also in flood. Throughout the mon e steamers hayé traded up the eg 9-4 
far as Brewarrina. On 21; fog in the harbour ; objects could not be se? 
at a distance of 100 yards. 
