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ABSTRACT OF THE METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS 
TAKEN AT THE SYDNEY OBSERVATORY. 
GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY. 
LATITUDE, 33° 51’ 41”; Lonerrupg, 10 4™ 50°81s ; MAGNETIC oe 9° 35’ 37” East 
Height above Mean Sea- lev el, 146 fee 
es aig 1885.—GENERAL ABSTRACT. 
Barometer Highest Readin 30129 on the 28th. 
At 32° Faht., but a cael oo soe -level. 
Low eading . vs pos 446 on the 17th. 
Mean n Hei eight 
(Being 0°042 inch greater ti n average of the preceding 26 years. ) 
Wind... Greatest ore 13°5 Ibs. on — 8th. 
Mean Pre sc OF 
Number of D Diys Calm ... 0 
Prevailing Direction ..._ E. N.E. 
(Prevailing direction during th 26 , NE) 
i qcrsture eee in the Shade 96°7 on ihe oth anal 31st. 
Low n the Shade 0 on the 
G mae 81-1 on the Sst 
Highest in the Sun 1542 on the 
Lowest on the Grass nt 7 on the ek. 
Diurnal Range 37 
Mean i in the Shade at 5 
weet 1:2 greater th h on an ge of the preceding 26 years.) 
itera Amount 96°0 on the 24th. 
30°0 on the 9th. 
72, Ae & 
Mean : 
(Being 0°4 less than that of preceding 26 years.) 
BA ... Number of Days... 19 rain and 4 dew 
Greatest Fall... i Oo Csghen on the 12th. ‘ 
a 055 65 ft. above groun 
— es {3 —— “ 15 in. above ———, 
Being 0-388 greater than that of t th average of the preceding 26 y 
Evaporation Total Amount renm inches. 
ectrici Number of Days Lightning 7 
Cloudy Sky... Mean Amount ...  ... 75 
~ Number of Clear Days ... 0 
Meteors Number observed 0 
Remarks. 
— ode at Sydney — been rig above re average, and the tempera- 
greater than th Nearly 4 _— of rain fell in Sydney. 
air the « Colony Song the early “as of the ac diem s very dry, but about the 
middle light many places, and on 24th and ‘following days one of th 
mo Sino site on re i. re passed over the Colony. Coming in the N.W. 
ead o ter the caeser west g fi 
eke sr ks fell steadily in from 30 to 40 
9 to to i inches fell, ther okices not so heavy; the rain 
hours, and did not ca’ 
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