302 METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY, 
Latrrupe, 33° 51’ 41”; Lonerrupz, 10% 4™ 50-81>; Maanetic VARIATION, 9° 35’ 37” East. 
Height above Mean Sea-level, 146 feet. 
OCTOBER, 1882.—Gernerant ABSTRACT. 
Barometer ... Highest Reading... 80°131 on the 2nd, at 8 a.m. 
, At 32° Faht., but not corrected to sea- -level. 
owest Reading ... ... 29°283 on the 23rd, at 2 p.m. 
Mean Height ...  .... 29°801 
(Being 0°030 less than that in th +1 ge of the preceding 24 years.) 
Wind...  s« Greatest Pressure ... 17:4 Ibs. on the 2nd and 10th. 
Mean Pressure os 
Number of Days Calm ... 0 
Prevailing Direction ... N.E. 
(Pr ore. g a: . 4 * e th ih & +t r ling 24 y ars, N.E.) 
Temperature Bieber | in the Shade .,, 89°4o0n the 17th. 
Lowest in the Shade 50° 
Greatest Range ... 0 on the 17th. 
Highest in the Sun 135°8 on the 24th 
Lowest on the Grass... 3 . 
iurnal ge . 
Mean in the Shade oi, ORG 
(Being 0°4 greater than that of the same month on an average of the preceding 24 years.) 
Humidity ... Greatest Amount... .,.. 1000 on the 28th and 29th. 
Least = ot .. 36°0 on the 10th. 
Mean a eh : 
(Being 5°0 greater than that of the same month on an average of the preceding 24 years.) 
Rain...  ... Numberof Days... ... 14 
Greatest Fall... ... 4235 inches or the fy xe grou i 
6°688 ve 
Total Fall... 8645» 15 in. above ground. : 
@eing 5-690 inches greater than that of the sa th preceding 24 years) 
Evaporation Total Amount... ... 98°253 inches. 
t ... Number of De ial 1 
Cloudy Sky... Mean Amoun 51 
Number of Clear Days .. a Se 
Meteors ... Number observed a 
Remarks. 
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