870 “METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY. _ 
LATITUDE, 33° 51’ 41”; LonairuDE, 104 4™ 50-815 ; MaGnetic VARIATION, 9° 25’ 2” East. 
DECEMBER, 1880.—Geyerat ABSTRACT. 
Barometer ... Highest ig oe ..» 80°101 inches on the 19th, at 10 a.m . 
At 82° Faht. Lowest Readin .. 29204 ,, onthel5th, at 9°13 p Mm. 
Height ... ... 29°771 
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Wind ... .. Greatest Pressure ... 33°6 lbs. on the 3lst. 
Mean Pressu eed a eee 
Mamter of Days Calm ... 0 
ie reva —- —— tion ... NE. 
(Pr li ig th for the preceding 21 years, N.E.) 
Temperature Highest inthe Shade ... 88°9 on the 3rd. 
Lowest in the Shade ... 53°9 - the 9th. 
ee 29°3 on the 18th. 
‘ a in the Sun . 151°9 oi ithe 13th. 
Lowest onthe Grass... 
M n Dit: rnal Range ... 146 
Mean i in nine = a 4Oe 
41 Lt 7 
\ > 5 — 5 # iJ - 
Humidity ... eerie Amount... —.... 93°0 on the 4th. 
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28°0 on the 138th. 
Rain ... ... Number of “eda > BRain 
Greatest Fall... ....  0°360 inch on the Sth. nil 
Res Fall hose So 0530 ,, 65 feet above gro 
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0779 5, 15 in. above oe 
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cova Total Amount ... ...  6°323 
Ozone. ee eee Pinaeced ae fe 
(Being no f the preceding years.) 
Electricity ... Number of Days ae 4 
Cloudy Sky... Mean Amount “4 
5 
Number of Clear Da: 0 
Meteors --» Number observed ye 2 
Remarks. : 
The tem temperature < been ee only 0°5 aucte the orerne’s and the highe _ 
shade less than 90° at Sydney ; t fall 0° ‘779 is less than the average ery he 
inches The majority of the sta 2 ae honk supply ;_but part 
N i had fine est bein 3°870 inches at — 
