284 METEOROLOGY. 
GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY. 
LatitvpE 33° 51’ 41” ; LonerruDE 10! 4™ 46°; MaGyetic VARIATION 9° 32! 45” East. 
FEBRUARY, 1877.—GENERAL ABSTRACT. 
Barometer... Highest Reading ...  .... 30°139 pe on the 3rd, at 8°10 p.m 
At 32° Faht. Lowest ae 4 w. ‘BS9567 n the 22nd, at 6 p.m 
Mean Hei i wa 29:850 
(Being 0-052 inch greater than that in the same month on an average of the preceding 18 years.) 
Wind ... Greatest Pressure ... ... 115 Ibs. on the 28rd. 
ean Pressure... 0°7 |b. 
Number of Days Calm 0 
enn Direction ao ae 
d th th for the preceding 18 years 8.) 
Ie isnt Highest nee Shade ae 2 BOO On the Ist. 
Aa ade ys, O82 On the 3rd. 
ya tan é 19° On the 16th. 
Highest i in th a ick 1519 On the Ist. 
Highest in Black Box with 
ass Top ate oe BOUL On the Ist. 
Lowest on the Grass eae Saf § On the 9th. 
Mean Diurnal Range 12°8 
Mean e Shad 723 
(Being 1°6 greater than that of the s. th ge of the preceding 18 years.) 
Humidity ... Greatest Amount ... .. 990 On the 24th. 
Least am as 420 On the 9th. 
Mean ‘ vals 
(Being 3:2 less than that of th th ge of the preceding 18 years.) 
Rain .... Number of Days ... ... 10 rain and 5 
Greatest Fall se ... 0°609 inch. nee 4th. e 
: 0°853 inch. 65 eet ai groun 
FONE RE oss) 1°600 inch. 15 in. above ground. 
(Being 4-922 inches less than that of th th ge of the preceding 18 years.) 
Evaporation TotalAmount ... ... 5°848 inches. 
Ozone Mean Amount iis a OR 
(Being 16 that in tk tl ye of the preceding 17 years.) 
Electricity... Number of Days yep 6 
68 
Meteors .. Number Observed... oe 
Remark 
Another hot and very dry month ; at shiek iui .: bse the rainfall was 
less than one inch. At Sydney the tem a oi the whe 
Inlan 
temperat 
and the rhintall 4-922 inches below the sveags of t se fon 18 
continued drought is severely felt, and great numbers of star and pase are dying. 
