290 METEOROLOGY. 
GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY. 
LATITUDE 83° 51/ 41” ; Loneirupe 105 4 46°; MAGNETIC VARIATION 9° 25/ 2” East. 
AUGUST, 1877.—GerneraL ABSTRACT. 
Barometer... Highest Reading ... ... 80°350 pace: on seem 7th, at 8 a.m. 
At 32° Faht. Lowest Reading ... a BYCEL 3, the 25th, at 2 p.m. 
Mean Height Me ... 80°009 
(Being 0-065 inch greater than that in th th on an average of th ling 18 years.) 
Wind ... Greatest oe aes ‘ih i : ~ on the 10th. 
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Number of This Calm 
Tigods — ng Rech ction 
(Pr ah 44. €, +} 4: 1° y W.) 
Temperature Highest inthe Shade ... 743 | Onthe 15th. 
n the Shade w. 449 On the 3rd. 
‘nat es GO a. 26°0 On the 14th 
Highest in the Sun | 1300 On the 27th. 
Highest in Black Box with 
Glass Top ... 1534 On the 24th. 
Poabeene on the Grass “a OES On the 23rd 
Mean Diurnal Range xe LOS 
ee in dere Shade ier OOS 
1°83 f th tl 4 f th p ding 18 years. ) 
naaiy y mee Amount .., .. 990 On the Ist. 
Least ae it ae On the 15th. 
Mean : me ee OLS 
: (Being 0°7 greater } Ey ee ae, rat g 4h p at ig 18 years.) 
Rain... ... Number of Days ... wh Se Se se 
Greatest Fall os ... 2087 in On the 30th. r 
2°306 aha 65 Pa above —_ 
Total Fall ... an > 2927 Sanhei, “Win above e grown! 
(Being 0°172 inch greater than that of th p oe on 
Evaporation Total Amount... ... 98°275 inches. 
Ozone nna) geet 57 
i; 1k 3. 
4 Pp ig 10 yea4rs. } 
Wisckzicity. Number of Days Lightning 5 
Cloudy Sky Mean Amount ce Se 
Number of Clear Days cae 
Meteors .. Number Observed... ... 8 
Remarks, 
Excepting just along the coast, from Sydney ieee the month has been 8 
very dry one erougboes the Colony, and at 38 out of 49 recording stations the fall 
has been less than one inch of rain, and at many places little or none has fallen ; 
ing fast 
, wa nth at h. The 
i oa and at Sydney the temperature 18 above the average. On the 10th, at 
yaney, a W.N.W. wind came on after 10 p.m.; and onthe 15th there was ® 
hot wind from noon until after sunset, 
