360 METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY. 
LatiTupg, 33° 51’ 41”; LonarrupE, 10 4™ 50-81: ; Magnetic VARIATION, 9° 25’ 2” East. 
FEBRUARY, 1880.—GernERAL ABSTRACT. 
Barometer ... Highest Reading... 30° Ke inches ed the 2nd, at 10°'20a.m. 
At 32° Faht. Lowest Reading ... 29° n the 13th, at 5 p.m. 
Mean Height 29° 395 
Wind .. Greatest rere 6°5 lbs. on the 28th. 
Mean P. . O'4 1b, 
Number of pavi Calm ins 
Pre rickcengiaad — Se YP 
73. as g 4h ¢£. 41 p a oT years, S & | 
Temperature Highest in the Shade 79°7 on the 14th. 
Lowest in the Shade 60°7 on the 19t 
est Range ... 4°6 on the 5th 
Highest in the Sun 147-9 on the 19th 
Lowest on the Gras 57°5 on the 2nd. 
Mean Diurnal Range O:1 
Mean in the Shade 70°8 
(B g th PS ae sy k a g 21 years.) 
Humidity ... Greatest Amount .. 1000 on the 12th. 
Least we ye ... 56:0 on the 6th. 
Mean a : 
(Rat: pur + ret peg el oe poe e 4 91 wears.) 
Rain .. Number of Days... 20 rain and 
Greatest Fall ... 0°888 inch on the 9t 
Total Fall 2-216 ,, 65 ft. above ae 
: = 3°565 15 in. above grown 
Evaporation Total Amount 3°492 inches. 
Ozone... ... Mean Amount 
(Pot. o-n +h Poa ae Sa a At g 20 years.) 
Electricity ... Number of Days Lightning 1 
Cloudy Sky... Mean Amoun ios 
Number of Clear ies fe ae 0 
Meteors Number o 0 
Remarks. 
to the averages. 
Pressure and siaipatabiens pre ei have been — "At Syd <a 
abally over the 
rainfall has reached little more than half the average, 
has ual. district north of the se River, = expec 
slopes of the mo’ d abundant peat se enn Maes 
inches at Pangee, and west of the Darling a ma: m of f Gt cate at ain fell, 
but at other places the rainfall was very light and pe t Goonoo Coon00 
and at the other stations in that district very little was reco: 
