METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY. 
Lanrrupe, 33° 51’ 41”; Lonerrvpe, 10% 4™ 50°81"; MAGNETIC VARIATION, 9° 35’ 37” East. 
Height above Mean Sea- “evel, 146 feet. 
MARCH, 1883.—GeneRrat ABSTRACT. 
- Barometer ... 
. This month has been fine and rather dry, the en toy 15 
averag 
rilfe 
all 3:679 below the average 
Highest Reading... 30156 inches on the 24th, at 9 a.m. 
= 32° Faht., but not gaat to sea-level. 
Reading ... 29-484 ,, onthe 10th, at 4 p.m. 
Mean “Height : 29-948 
(Being 0°061 greater tl tl th f th E di ig 24 years. 
Wind... .» Greatest —? 6°5 Ibs. on the 2nd and 9th. 
Mean Press 0-4 Ib. 
Number of ae Calm 0 
Prevailing Direction E.N.E. 
: (Pi g direction during th for the p ig 24 years, N.E.) 
: Temperature yee in the os 78'3 on the 13th. 
Lowest in the Shade 55°2 on the 
at 21°5 on the 13th. 
Highest in the Sun 137°7 on the 5th. 
Lowest on the Grass 49°5 on the 13th. 
Mean Diurnal Range 13-7 
Mean in = Shade 67°9 
(Being 1°5 greater than th th th f the | ding 24 years 
_ Humidity Greatest Amount ... 93°0 on the 22nd, at 9 a.m. 
. is ... 47:0 on the 11th, at 9 a.m. 
Mean tei 5 | 
(Being eer 4} hat +h ig p Ay ig OA years. 
Rain ... Number > 8 rain and 4 
Greatest Fall 0 fe inches on = a * 
09 A ma above groun 
Total Fall... 1-449 ” 15 in bove ground. 
Evaporation Total Am ... 2°867 inches. 
: Hectricity ... Number of Dor Lightning 4 
Cloudy Sky Mean Amou is 
oa Number of Clear “Days wens 
: Meteors .... Number observed 0 
Remarks. 
infall for the month vias not mong eh hea 
stations have 
below what might be expected for M 
very dry. 
greater than 
seen from t mo 
from 1 to 2 inches, 
