294 METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY. 
LATITUDE, 33° 51’ 41”; Lonarrnpe, 104 4™ 50°81s; MAGNETIC VARIATION, 9° 35’ 37% East. 
Height above Mean Sea evel, 146 feet. 
FEBRUARY, 1883.—Gernerat ABSTRACT. 
Barometer ... Highest Read . 29°999 inches on the 15th, at 8 a.m. 
At 32° Faht., but “ eareidead ye ‘sea-level. 
Lowest Readin 29:232 ,, on the 18th, at 3 p.m. 
Fi Height ee ... 29°660 bE 
(Being 0:015 less than that in th tl ling 24 years 
Wind ... .. Greatest — ... 27°41bs. on the 28th. 
Mean Pre fo ee 
Number of Days Calm ... 
ms Pre Cem = ec .. E.N.E, fi cs 
Temperature on inthe Shade ... 84°9 on the 28th. 
Lowest in the Shade ...  57°8 on the 23rd. 
4 arene ... 20°3 on the a 
Highest in the Sun ... 147:'0 on the 11th. 
Owest on the peewee: > | 
Mean Diurnal Range... 1118 
0 in — Shade <i 
94 vears.) 
(Rej viel 
\ 
Humidity ... Greatest Amount ... 96°0 on the 2nd at 9 p.m 
Ne, chee. ss, pie.) See. SO. 0n thd 26th at 9 p.m. 
(Reine 1-1 Mean 73° 7 At 9A vears. 
Rain... .... Number of Days... ... 14rain and 6 dew 
Greatest Fall... we : rad inches on the 3 . 8rd. an 
t. above gr . 
Total Fall. d 
(Being O19 teat that of oe ms os oe ” 15 in. above ee 94 years.) 
poration Total Amount... ... 8°199 inches. 
Electricity ... Number of fos Lightning : 
Cloudy Sky... Mean 
Am ses 
Number of ( Clear Days Sa 
Meteors -.. Number observed pee 
i. Remarks. ge for 
€ temperature, gana and rain, have all been very near the av : 
this month. On the canal ry heavy rain (2°670) fell at Sydney. In thew. dis die 
has bee 
"13; C; 
parison of the records shows that the ‘ ce was In 
of February 3rd, when only 2°67 fell Sonstiges 5°00 at Dotenge ad 5:17 at Croyin- 
