METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 215 
GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY. 
Latitupe, 33° 51’ 41”; Lonattupg, 10 4" 50°81:; MaGnetic VARIATION, 9° 35’ 37” East. 
Height above Mean Sea-level, 146 feet. 
SEPTEMBER, 1885.—Gernerat ABSTRACT. 
Barometer Highest Reading .. 30-333 on the 7th. 
At 32° Faht., but ss seiner to ‘sea-level. 
Lowest Reading . 
29°518 on the 26th. 
Mean Te eight 29°965 
(Being 0°0 g than that in th my th ge of the fF ding 26 years. 
Wind... pee at caus ..« 11 lbs. on the 27th. 
Mea ure Oban 
Namber rot Days Calm . 0 
revailin ng Direction + aa 
(Prevaili th for the preceding 26 5 Ww.) 
Temperature Highest in the » Shade ... 80°5 on the 5th, 
Lowest in the Shade 45°8 on the 7th 
Greatest 29°2 on the 4th 
ighest in the Sun 126°6 on the 22nd 
Lowest on the Grass 36°10 4t 
ean Diurnal Range ... ; 
Mean in the Shade vin Ae 
Humidity ... Greatest Amount ..- 96°0 on the 23rd. 
Least ive eS ..- 25°0 on the 4th. 
Mean si ces 
Rain ..._.... Numberof Days... _ ... 8 rain and 6 dew 
Greatest Fall... ... 07185 ith we the 27th. y 
0°389 65 ft. above groun 
Total Fall... hoa £2 is "667 te 1B in. above peer 
Evaporation Total Amount ... ... 2°02 inches. 
Electricity ... Number of Days cana 2 
Cloudy Sky ... Mean Amount ... 4°5 
Number of Clear Days . wae 8 
Meteors ... Number observed 0 
Remarks. 
mean barometer this month was 0°088 inch sash the —. ; and the mean 
r the 
g, and ev = 
as been some rain it has been by no to requirements ; indeed, it may 
be said that rain is badly wanted oo over r the ‘Colony just now, and in some — 
he contin) weather is becoming s D this month the 
majority of stations had less Shae 2 res aa ‘the a New England oo bad 
from 3 to 4 inches, ees about the sa Com 
fall f tere last nin hs of 1885 with that for the corresponding pe peg or of 1884, 
it pound that the fall fall for 1885 is, in he majority of places, in : 
