THE CLIMATE OF MACKAY. 95 
R672. duly 29....5. 60085 31° TSTG. Sag DO. cinicce cc 29° 
eee ays. | Semen eet 29° bea ig: eae ees SRE ey 29° 
» ol 30° 95 era 28° 
Ate - TiS cic 28° 3: Se 28° 
Pr pate eee 30° sb ae age) RRR foe 32° 
. ome: Hyer er 30° ae. Bptimmecee re 
iia. July 16. oc: 32° 1878; June ics 31° 
1874. No frosts. 1970, July ib. -- i 32° 
1976. June 27 a. ci 306] [eae Jone 22... mics ad 
vale 6h. ee 
The mean diurnal range, as reduced from observations taken at 
the Hollow, is tolerably great for the locality ; it is 21°8 degrees ; 
it is greatest in September ; during August, October, and Novem- 
ge amounts 
to 145 degrees only ; the range throughout that month fluctuates 
very little, and it is in that month that the heaviest rainfalls are 
The extreme range of temperature recorded at the Hollow, from 
114°5° in the shade on. 31st December, 1877, to 35° in the shade 
on llth June, 1878, is 79°5° 
It is much to be regretted that the winds have not been recorded, 
as So very much depends on them. 
The climate is healthy ; the less healthy periods are towards the 
end of the year, before the wet weather sets in, and during and 
er the wet seasons: From August to the middle of November 
the climate is genial. 
CoxDENsED notes on the climate previous to 1876 (when the con- 
Paterno a eine ee ti were instituted), e: 
Rawson :— — 
from the diaries of Messrs. C. and 
incl... Rain more or less daily. On 23rd the river rose, 
, ... The shade thermometer up to 110° daily. 
ESS Heavy dew. 
” Rain and thunderstorm. 
Two thunderstorms. 
