218 METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY. 
LAatiTubE, 33° 51’ 41” ; LonarrupE, 104 4™ 50°81; MAGNETIC VARIATION, 9° 35/ 37” East. 
Height above Mean Sea- evel, 146 feet. 
DECEMBER, 1885.—GENERAL ABSTRACT. 
Barometer ... Highest Reading... .. 80°123 on the 18th. 
At 3a" Faht., but not corrected to sea-level. 
Lowest Reading . va 
29°623 on the 28rd. 
Mean Height . 29°887 
£4h 4: 92 » 
Wind... ve Greatest ho .. 10°1 Ibs. on the 24th. 
Mean Pre 0°7 Ib. 
Number of "Days Calm... 0 
Pre vailin ng I Direction ... E. 
(Prevailing direction d th for the preceding 26 years, N.E. and E.N.E.) 
Temperature paren in the Shade... beh ° on the 8th. 
inthe Shade ... 6 on the er and 2nd. 
Ges reatest Range ive n the 8 
Highest in the Sun ‘.. 150°0 on the 8th. 
Lowest on the Grass... 
ean Diurnal Range... 13°2 
Mean in the Shade ae (las, 
(Being 1-1 greater than that of th onth ge of the preceding 26 years.) 
Humidity .. Greatest Amount «+» 99°0 on the 12th. 
Least i ua te ee h. 
Mean ie eas tae ae 
(Being 3°4 greater than that of the same month on an average of the preceding 26 years.) 
Rain ... ... Number of Days... .. 15 rain and 7 dew 
Greatest Fall... os OOES inch on the 14th. 
2°044 inches 65 ft. above ground. 
RO Pelhss e fe 16 it in. 1. above grou und. 
Evaporation Total Amount .., ... 4407 inches. 
Electricity ... N ce iste Lightning 3 
Cloudy Sky ... ae Ol 
y Non aie eg Clear Days oo 7 
0 
Meteors ..._ Number observed ee 
Remarks. . : 
Barometer this month has been 0°154 above the average, and the temperature 1° é., 
above the average. The rainfall at Sydney, 3-991 inches, represents = the 
fall in the Sydney district. Along the coast northwa a it was heavier. In New 
Between the g, Macquarie, and Lachlan, ; 
“eg sinbealty the : of these homibae tains rte dproey Abt to 10 poe 
e cn of the avrg railing the tala for 155 up prem of Ee 
