300 METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
‘GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY, 
LATITUDE, 33° 51' 41”; — 104 4m 50°81s; MAGNETIC VARIATION, 9° 35’ “ih 
ight above Mean Sea-level, 146 feet. 
AvausT, 1882.—GrneRat ABSTRACT. 
Barometer ... Highest Reading... .. 80244 inches on the 24th at 9 m. 
At 32° Faht., but not corrected to sea-level. 
Lowest Reading . .. 29°371 ,, onthe 5th, at 2pm 
Mean He = ved ove 20°S79 
(Being 0°057 less than that tl ge of the preceding 24 years.) 
Wind... ... Greatest Eun vs 2:4 Ibs, on the 18th. 
- ean —. .. 0-7 Ib. 
Number of Days Calm 0 
Prevailing. Direction .... W. 
Dy t1: q as ia a “. +. 2 eas 3: OA vaara W.) 
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Temperature Highest in the Shade .., 740 on the 26th, 
Lowest in the Shade ... 41'2 on the 7th. 
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est ri 24:0 on the 16th. 
Highest in the Sun 124-1 on the 24th 
Lowest on the Gra 3 7th 
Mean Diurnal Range ... 13°9 
Mean in the Shade i eee 
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a ae oe pe low 4 24 years.) 
Humidity ... Greatest Amount ... 1000 on the 24th. 
Least see . ‘ 
Mean. 
42... O4 wears.) 
Rain .. .... Numberof Days... .... 18 rain and 3 de 
Greatest Fall... 
390 yy ’ 
Total Fall... oon oes {5.392 ; 15 in. above ground. 
{Paine 0-926 Inot Pac Rar ane ae ee ee } ceding 24 yeas) 
Evaporation Total Amount... ... 2°100 inches. 
Electricity ... Number of oH Lightning 3 
Cloudy Sky... Mean Amow . 48 . 
Number of ¢ Clear Days woe 
Meteors ... Number observed ce 
Remarks. 
he sburcention has been below the average, =. “9 temperature 
rainfall haa boon slightly grester than urual 
