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METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY. 
LATITUDE, 33° 51’ 41”; got 10h 4m 50°815 ; 
Mean Sea- lev el, 146 fee 
Height above 
MAGNETIC VARIATION, 9° 35’ 37” East, 
t. 
AUGUST, 1885.—Gernerat ABSTRACT. 
Highest Reading.. 
30°249 on the 25th. 
Barometer . es 
At 32° Faht., but not corrected to sea-level. 
west Reading ... 29°419 on the 14th. 
Mean Height 29°906 
Wind.. Greatest sg ... 25°9 Ibs. on the 7th. 
Mean Pre ec pe eels 
Number of, Du Cali eee | 
FRrHning Dieeie (tsi 
(Prevailing d g th for the preceding 26 years, W-) 
Temperature Ln ooo in the ae _ on the 29th. 
owest in the Sha on so 18th and 25th. 
Gis ang 30 7on h. 
Highest in the Sun * 124° 0 on the 30th. 
on the Grass 33°2 on the 13th. 
Mean Diurnal Range 17:0 
Mean in the Shade 57°0 
Humidity Greatest Amount 98:0 on the 2nd. 
aa 82-0 on the 14th and 30th. 
Mean 63°6 
Rain ... --» Number of Days... 6 rain and 6 dew 
Greatest Fall... 0-011 inch on the 25th. #5 
0-006 65 ft. above groun 
Total Fall... 0°040 a aa in ener grown: 
Evaporation Total Amou x ..» 2°002 inches. 
Electricity .... Number of Da Lightning . 
Cloudy Sky ... rem Amou ene 
mber of Clear Days a rr] 
Meteors ous antes observed “ o 
arks, 
e blew at Sydney for 8 hours, and the 
The 
‘reatest pressure oot. 
rainfall this mo: nth b has been very light over great of the Colony less than 
— 050 nae fallen: andi in and asa pat en drought been very , the 
