METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 361 
GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY. 
— 83° 51’ 41”; LoneiruDE, 104 4™ 50-815 ; MAGNETIC VARIATION, 9° 25’ 2” East. 
MARCH, 1880.—Gernerat ApsTrRact. 
Barometer ... Highest Reading... .... 80-065 inches on the 13th, at 8:40a.m. 
; and on the 20th, at 9.35 a.m. 
~ At 32° Faht. a ens a - pi onan d on the 25th, at 5°15 a.m. 
} (Being 2 vortina in th t ‘ ig years. ) 
Wind... ss Agi Pressure en a : Ibs. on the 25th. 
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Prevaling Direction... N.E. 
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Temperature Highest in the Shade... 82-3 0n 1 31st. 
ade... 
Lowest in the 58°7 on the 14th 
Greatest Range ... 18°4 on the 31st 
Highest in the Sun ..» 140°5 on the 6th. 
Lowest on the Grass ... 53°4 0n the 14th. 
Mean Diurnal Range... 112 
Mean in the Shade oo ED 
(Being 0 tl era eo +h ¢ p ding 21 years.) 
Humidity ... Greatest Amount ... 97:0 on the 30th. 
Least i, ... 540 on the 13th. 
ean icin date 
(Being 2°7 greater than that of tl th ge of the preceding 21 years.) 
Rain ... + Number of Days... ... 17 rain and 3 
Greatest Fall... ... 1'218 inches on as 6th. 
Total Fall 4817 ,, 65 feet ew penal. 
i hed otal Fa. seus’ 2 ae 185. 445 A6in. above ground. 
| Evaporation “Total Amount... ... 2°802 inches. 
ee ae +.» Mean Amount... we ot ee 
rie “Se = 9 stCater Ss E oS 2 
a i alee of oe ren i 
r neha of ( abe Days . ty 
i Re .. Number observed .... 0 
Remarks. 
this m cage were repo orted from several places. At Lismore, eck 
4 ts 5rd 
re very small, as if be seen by the sandy ing ‘table. 
ted fell duri = fot 20 days of the ical ss light showers. Tempe 
barometer are close to the average for this month. 
