30. THE CLIMATE OF MACKAY. 
_ Heavy falls in twenty-four hours :— 
-. $00 inches on 22 March, 1876. 
3°95 93 +? 23: bea 7 
4°30 23 bed 2 L 33 23 
5°50 33 93 } May 3° 
400 ,,- ,, 21 February, 1877. 
8:98. ,,.. 5, 10 March, 1878. 
6°64 29 ” ‘ 29 ” 
4°74 39 29 99 99 
Seber. pst sober 1878. 
3°50 © 45.5, 9 March; 1879, 
4°03 ,,  ,, 23 January, 1880 
5°63 ,, ,, 5 February, ,, 
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In September, Oceabee November, and partly December, rains are e almost a 
is os to thunderstorms from the south- west, which finish in the — 
uth-eas 
‘ a e pata season rains, from December to April, and even into May, are 
PNorthe up fro it thes east, chiefly the south- ve aie a 
DEGREE or Humiprry (Absolute aortas a 
OBSERVATIONS taken at 8 a.m, daily from dry an + bulb thera 
the reductions ne made by means of Gincher s Tables 
Month. 1876. 1877. 1878. 1879. 1880. Means. 
ee ee 82°9 | 81°5 771 810 | 83-4 | 812 
February ............ 824 | 83-1 82-0 811 85:0 | 827 
March 88-0 85 | 902 | 880 | 79-6 | 869 
ES eee 866 | 880 | 896 | 88-2 | 899 | 898 
DN ins overs scans 89°8 91-9 | 888 | 898 | 899 
GORE oe siieacics cess. 89°4(?)/ 93°5(2)| 93-2 | 88-4 | 900 | 90°9 
cit eee 9 | 916 | 887 | 89-4 | 90-0 on 
ugust ...... 87-4 | 89-4 | $89 | 88-7 i 
September ............ 789 | 83-7 | 863 | 798 | 770 | 812 
BES Rivibicena. 709 | 757 | 734 | 806 | 74:6 | 150 
November ............| 713 | 797 | 696 | 70-7 | 675 | 71% 
prsubvceasin 716 | 762 | 785 | 646 | 77 | 1808 
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Means............ | S22 | 848 | 842 | S25 | 827 | Sees 
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The relative Fathi. i: age humidity at 8 a.m. is therefore 83°] 
mi 1 which there is least rang is November, the average. 
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The ear 1877 was the most was the 
atte at a lng ad io. : 
een days more ‘hat in 1878, the ear ae hi neki in oink 0! 
In 1977 on tel twelve gt 8 only did the tet saad fall te 3 of saturatiod, 
The moisture in May, June, Jal an st, is largely due to fogs and 
heavy dews ; the dryness Beptans Oeveber, Serene: and Decembet 
