208 METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS 
GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY. 
soe 10 4m 50°81s; MAGNETIC VARIATION, 9° 85’ 37% East. 
ight above Mean Sea- lev el, 146 feet. 
LATITUDE, 33° 51’ 417 ; 
FEBRUARY, 1885.—Gernerat ApsTRact. 
Highest Re 30°026 on the 22nd. 
Barometer ... ading .. ca 
ry 32° Faht., but sorts corrected to Gon tev. 
Lowest Reading .. — 
Mean » Hei eight 
29°393 on the 7th. 
29°755 
Wind Greatest Pressure 12°5 Ibs. on the 20th. 
; an Pressure 0°5 Ib. : 
Number of Days Calm 0 
* Prevailing Direction N.E 
(Pi li g di ti during th th for the preceding 26 years, 5. 
Temperature Highest in the Shade 92°1 on the 20th, 
Lowest in the Shade 57°7 on the 10th 
test 22°4 on the 20 
Highest in the Sun 143°9 on the 20th. 
Lowest on the Grass os ; on the 9th. 
n Diurnal Range 
Mean in the Shade 
727 
(Being 1°9 greater than that of tl 
—) = 
co Siaaridnes this month was 0:050 below the average, an 
x0 fall for this this month. 
the average . Only 1605 rain fell in Sydney, being 43 inches Lg the 
On the 20th a wind pressure to 12°51 
Humidity Greatest Amount 97:0 on the 17th. 
: Least a a 
Mean 
Rain .. Number of Days... 9 rain and 5 dew 
Greatest Fall ... ~ mk se ¢ the 13t. . 
S it. see groun 
Total Fall... i oe : 15 in. i seer 
(Being ant inches Perse aoe 8 th g P ) 
Evaporation Total Amount 3°282 inches. 
Electricity robe of feo Lightning 6 
Cloudy S. eo : 
y see wo sor in of cae Days ee 
Meteors ...Number observed 0 
Remarks. 
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