212 METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY. 
LATITUDE, 33° 51/ 41” ; LoncrrupE, 10 4™ 50-815; MAGNETIC VARIATION, 9° 35’ 37” East. 
Height above Mean Sea-level, 146 feet. 
‘y UNE, 1885.—GEnerAL ABSTRACT. 
Barometer ... Highest Reading... 30°297 on the 9th. 
At 32° Faht., but = S connactad to ‘sea-level. 
‘Lowest Reading ... ate wd ba on the 15th. 
Mean Height... s 
(Being 0-016 inch greater than that in th of the preceding 26 years.) 
Wind... ... Greatest Pressure ... 1071 lbs. on the 16th. 
an Pressure 08 lb. 
Prevailing Direction 
a: a: ue a . p* 
J So r o 26 wv 7 W.) 
Temperature eee inthe Shade ... 69°7 on the Ist. 
Low nthe Shade... 40°6 on the 30th. 
eae ‘Ren eee .. 19°7 on the 3rd 
Highest in the Sun . 108: vhs on the 16th, 
Lowest on the Grass... 34°40n the 8rd. 
Mean Diurnal Range ... 11° 2. 
ean in the Shade we 544 
(Being 0°1 greater than that of the same month ge of the preceding 26 years.) 
Humidity ... Greatest Amount.., ... 1000 on the 12th, 18th, 22nd, 23rd, 
and 24th. 
Least 44°0 
Mean oes ee ee Poe 
(Being 0°4 less than that of the same month on an average of the preceding 26 years.) 
Rain ..._.... Number of Da _ .. 16 rain and 5 dew 
Greatest Fall we B45 bios on the 24th. z 
12°649 65 ft. above groun 
Total Fall wee 1 2 ve he in. above e groun und. 
Being 11°110 inches greater than that of the same month on an average of the preceding 26 years.) 
Evaporation Total Amount... ... 1°892 inches. 
ectricity ..._ Number of Days in 3 
Cloudy Sky .... Mean Amoun 50 
dy Number of Clear Days .. 7 
0 
Meteors .... Number observed we 
"296 inches. On the coast about Sydney very : 
ver a very limited area along other parts of the 
inland the fall has Spy helo 
th, icularly in the south-west 
total minfal for the six first months pee tenses 
