METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 211 
GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY. 
LATITUDE 33° 51’ 41”; LoneitupE, 105 4™ 50°81s ; MAGNETIC VARIATION, 9° 35’ 37” East. 
Height above Mean Sea-level, 146 feet. 
MAY, 1885.—Generat ABSTRACT. 
Barometer Highest Reading... 30°226 on the 11th. 
At 32° Faht., “but not Sti to sea-level. 
29°667 on the 7th. 
Mean Height. 29°999 
(Being 0-091 inch greater th th th £ f tl I li 1g 6 years.) 
Wind... ... Greatest Pressure ... 84]bs. on the 7th. 
Mean Pressure 0°2 lb. 
Number of Days ‘Calm .. 0 
Sacked —— ion << oe 
(Pr li ig th for the preceding 26 years, Ww.) 
Temperature a inthe Shade ..: 77°83 on the 5th. 
Lowest in “be ade . 46°2 on the 20th 
Sabesoeng ange .. 231 on the 15th. 
Highest in the Sun ... 118'2 on the 5t 
— on the Grass ... 38°1 on the 20th. 
15°5 
Moan i in the Shade o. SO 
(Being 1°5 greater than that of the same month on an average of the preceding 26 years.) 
Humidity .» Greatest Amount .. 92°0 on the 6th. 
39°0 on the 22nd, 
Mean 724 
(Being 3°7 less than that i “ same aa on an average of the preceding 26 years.) 
Rain ... ..« Number of Days... .. 5 rain and 18 dew 
Greatest Fall  ... ... 0°058 inch on the 8th. a 
0-045 ,, 65 ft. above ground. 
Total Fall... as 0°214 ,, 15 in. above ground. 
(Being 5-032 inches less than that of th th on an average e preceding 26 years.) 
a Total Amount... ..» 2°830 inches. 
Electricity ... Number of -_ Lightning 0 
Cloudy Sky ... — Ami 48 
é umber of f Clear Days | 
Meteors... EN observed 0 
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Barom s again been nearly a tenth of an inch cae the ea om van 
temperature tom has been hi = oe 5 '6 greater tha than the avera 
Macquarie district, the rain very _—— Ebro a i the Colony 
nearly everywhere less than das tthe ho t Sydney the 
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