216 METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. - 
GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY. 
LATITUDE, 33° 51’ 41”; LonerrupE, 105 4™ 50°81* ; MAGNETIC VARIATION, 9° 35’ 37” East. 
Height above Mean Sea-level, 146 feet. 
. OCTOBER, 1885.—GerneErat ABSTRACT. 
_ Barometer ... _ Highest Reading... _..._ 30°313 on the 15th. 
At 32° Faht., corrected to sea-level. 
Lowest Reading ... ... 29516 on the 22nd. 
Mean Height... . 29°986 
(Being 0°157 inch greater than that in th th ge of the p ling 26 y ) 
Wind... ae eomepigers reer ... 11:0 lbs. on the 22nd. 
Mean oe sts A EEE 
Num of Dies Calm ... 0 
Provan Directio pi. eee 
( th for the preceding 26 years, N.E.) 
Temperature “Highest inthe Shade .., 90°3 on the 31st. : 
nthe Shade ... 46°7 on the 13th. 
. 28:1 on the 31st 
ghest in the Su 144°8 on the 22nd 
Lowest on the Gras 40° 5th 
iurnal Range 14 
649 
(Being 1-7 greater than that of the same cuiiedie on an average of the preceding 26 years.) 
Humidity ... peg Amount... «. 97:0 on the 12th. 
... 42°0 on the 22nd. 
71'8 
Men 
Seg 2°6 greater en that of ‘ same <mak on an average of the preceding 26 years.) 
soe eee ~Number of Days... .. 10 rain and 6 dew. 
Greatest Fall... . 0983 pen on the 13th. 
Total Fall... ae sd = inches 65 reg above ground. 
15 in above groun und. 
(Being 1-694 inches less than that of th month g 
Evaporation Total Amount ... ..... 3°238 inches. 
Electricity Number of hs Lightning 2 : 
Cloudy Sky... Mean Am 7 a. 
ee 
Number of “Clear Days oi oS 
Meteors ... Number observed peer | 
Remarks. 
this month has again been high—0-157 above the average; and the 
17 sharon 8 average. October must be classed as another month. 
Of the 493 — ns os 353 had less than te inch of rain, 113 over 1 inch and — 
less Ane 2 in a and only 27 had me 2 inches, and most | of these, as usual, on 
the coast. y of case to supply the — 
some time before, and there were indications of still 
