298 METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY. 
LatitupE, 33° 51/ 41”; LonarrupE, 10 4™ 50°81*; MAGNETIC VARIATION, 9° 35’ 37” East. 
Height al above Mean Sea- level, 146 feet. 
JUNE, 1883.—GeneRAL ABSTRACT. 
Barometer Highest Readin, ng... 30°347 inches on the 12th, at 10a.m, 
At: 32° Faht., a ts corrected to searlevel. | 
st Readin pe 9°474 ,, onthe 22nd, at 3 a.m. 
Mose. Height ay — 29° 996 : 
(Being 0°078 greater than that in tl tl n average of the preceding 24 years.) 
Wind... —...._- Greatest — ..» 12°5 Ibs. on the 23rd. 
ean Pressu 0°3 lb. 
M vine 
Number of Das Calm... 11 
Mitten: — cea PO 
th f, +} 1; 94 vears, W. 
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Temperature ca inthe Shade ... 71°9 on the 16th. 
Lowest inthe Shade ... 42°8 on the 29th. 
why ae 2 16th. 
Highest in the Sun 119-9 on the 16th. 
Lowest o Tass... $4°'40n 6th. 
Mean Diurnal Range... 14 
Mean in the Shade cs 
(Being 0-3 greater than that of th th ge of the preceding 24Jyeats. 
Humidity .. Greatest Amount... ... 97-0 on the 9th and 12th. 
Least As 43-0 on the 29th. 
Mean rie ess 751 
(Being 1°5 less than that of the same th age of the preceding 24 years 
Rain... _.... Number of Da ays... .. 4rain and 16 dew 
Greatest Fall... ... 0°680 inches on the 6th. a 
Total F (0420 ,, pec t above grout 
otal Fall = VORsL in. above ground. 
(Being 4-487 inches less than that of the same month on an average of rk preceding adfyears) 
Evaporation Total Amount... .» 1°217 inches. 
Electricity ... Number of si Lightning 2 
Cloudy Sky ... ae Se 
ne of "Chead Days es 
Meteors... in umber observed 1 
Remarks. she total xin 
June has 0 a very dry ne bis the f th Colony; the 
greater part o - e ~ 
pores Poa ae ean less 1 inch; the southern districts, ng of 8 
the have had fom 1 ~ 3 inches, the pet excepting 
Kiandva, 3'11 inches at Albury 
