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ABSTRACT OF THE METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS 
TAKEN AT THE SYDNEY OBSERVATORY. 
GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY. 
Stee ; MAGNETIC VARIATION, 9° 35’ 37” East. 
Height Shove Mean ‘Bon, level, 146 feet, 
JANUARY, 1883.—Gernrrat ABSTRACT 
LATITUDE, 33° 51’ 41” ; 
Barometer Highest Readin 
At 32° Faht., but not corrected to sea-level. 
Lowest Reading ... ae 
30°128 inches on the 3rd, at 10 a.m. 
29°515 ,, onthe 24th, at 3 p.m. 
29°806 
Mean Height 
Wind... Greatest Pressure 125 Ibs. on the 21st. 
Mean stag Ne 0°9 Ib. 
Number of Days Calm 1 
_Froaliog Direction 8. 
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Temperature "Highest in the ee 81°9 on the Ist. 
Lowest in the Shad 9 7 on the 24th. 
Sicatehe "Ran e 9°5 on the Ist. 
Highest in the Sun "a5 . on the 23rd. 
Lowest on the Grass 2 on the 2nd. 
Mean Diurnal Range 12-4 
: 8 Mean in the Shade 70°3 
(bolls L t f th > RP rot 24 mi ) 
Humidity Greatest Amount 99:0 on the 18th. 
Least oe ae ; 
Mean “ ‘ 
(Being 4 than that of : p g24y 
Rain ... Number of Days... 18 rain and 1 dew. 
Greatest Fall... 2° 242 inches < the : sg 
eet above ground, 
Total Fall... 10489 15 in, above ground. 
(Being 7-130 inches greater than that of the same month on an average of the preceding 
Evaporation Total Amou 3°524 inches, 
Electricity ... Number of as hiahsiiton 6 
Cloudy Sky ... sc Am a ee 
‘ ad er of | Cine ‘Days Ros | 
Meteors nee observed 
Remar. 
The temperature has been low _ woe the highest in padi re atte 0 
819, and the mean 1° less than the average. rainfall has 
the Golany had very little, if 
result of the very high hills 
