METEOROLOGY. 291 
GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY. 
LATITUDE 33° 51’ 41”; LonGITUDE 10% 4™ 46; MAGNETIC VARIATION 9° 25’ 2” East. 
SEPTEMBER, 1877.—Generat ABSTRACT. 
Highest oe “as 30° i ere on the 14th, at 9°40 a.m. 
Mean Height ading 29'6 n the 20th, at 3 p.m. 
Barometer... 
At 32° Faht. 
+h 
f the preceding 18 years.) 
25°2 lbs. on the 23rd. 
0°4 Ib. 
(Being 0077 inch greater th 
Wind 
nics Shorey. 
ure 
umb of Days s Calm 
Preaig Divereon 
— 
On the 9th. 
Centenicis Highest in the , Shade ve GE 
Lowest in the Shade ae On the 15th. 
Crcateah Range .. 262 On the 6th. 
Highest in the Sun .. 13867 On the 19th. 
ighest in Black Box with 
Glass Top ... 183°1 On the 19th. 
Lowest on the Grass 87°7 On the Ist. 
n nge 14°4 
Mean in the Shade 58°4 : 
(Being 0-1 less than that of th m f the preceding 18 years.) 
Humidity ... oven Amount ... 100°0 On the 11th and 26th. 
Leas ; 43-0 the 6th. 
Mea 
(Being 10-4 greater than that of the same month on an average of the preceding 18 years.) 
Rain... Number of Days ... 15 and 2 dew. 
Greatest Fall wae 1-740 inch. On the 11th. 
4845 inches. 65 feet above ground. 
eae = 6-274 inches. 15 in. above ground. 
(Being 3-977 inches greater than that of th 
eee Total Amount 3°317 inches. 
Oz Mean eopacy 6-0 
aii 0°7 greater tl th rage of the preceding 16 years.) 
Electricity... Number of oe Lightning 9 
Cloudy — Amoun 55 
sia umber of Clear Days 2 
Meteors aren Observed... 2 
Ae aa 
The pr —, temperat ray and wind this month are ae near the 
viest on the coast 
ripe pie s have fallen at al 
Ff oniney, reaching 9° 600 inches a 
ged fro 
reporting stations ; it was h 
along t mountains 
sou 
ay poled ran 9 inches, nlan 
do n peed to ii ae pe level of the ee * Wentworth, and the Murray 
Thun s have been 
at the 
very frequent. 
the 14th: 
m Lake 
Snow w 
same place has Slee 11 inches since last m 
reported fro: 
Gouge Winderradeen Station, on 
