296 METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY. 
LatitupR, 33° 51’ 41”; Lonerrvupe, 10> 4™ 50°81s; Maanetic VARIATION, 9° 35 37” East. 
Height above Mean Sea- evel, 146 feet. 
APRIL, 1882.—Grnerat ABSTRACT. 
Barometer .... Highest Reading... 80°103 inches on the 9th, at 9 a.m, 
At 32° Faht., but not hose to sea- Jovel. 
Lowest Reading ... .. 29368 ,, on the 27th, at 3 pm. 
sien wa 29°B05; 
Mean Height 
(Being 0:123 1 th t] average of the preceding 23 years.) 
Wind... =... Greatest Pressure ... 82°8 Ibs. on the 6th. 
Mean Pressure ... ce (OS8IB: 
Number of Days Calm ... 0 
Prevailing Direction ... N.E. 
(Pr $33 2g 4: ray ae is +} 4h ¢. 41 p 4: 93 ¥ ars, W.) 
Temperature a inthe Shade... 76°4 on the 24th. 
Paes nthe Shade ... 49°20n the 29th. 
nge oe on the 12th. 
Highest in the Sun ... 129-0 on the 24th. 
Lowest on the Grass... 41°0 on the 29th. 
Mean Diurnal Range ... 12°0 
Mean in the Shade cow G42 
(Being 0°7 less than that of the same month on an average of the preceding 23 years.) 
Humidity ... Greatest Amount ... 97°0 on the be ~ and 5th. 
Least ea a .» 41°0 on the 2 
Mean , 
(Being 0-7 less than that of the same month on an average of the preceding 23 years.) 
Rain... .... Number of et a ga, ok aw dew "0 6th 
bic Oe inches on 
Greatest Fall 10-957 ., » 68 'feet above ground. 
Total Fall tee “> ) 11-347 o 15 in. . above e ground. 
93 yeu) 
(Being 4-823 inches greater than that of the same month on an average of the preceding a 
Evaporation Total Amount ..  ... 2140 inches. 
Electricity ... Number of Deegan 9 
Cloudy § oe Amount 50 
die umber of Clear Days .. i, © 
Meteors... Sew observed re 
emarks, 
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ydney. On the 
_ The mean mean barometer has been, 0128 below the average 60 E 6-482 ; nearly? 
Zl gf a aren 930 fell: the smnount on the & the rainfall has been * 
