_ METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 299 
GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY. 
Latirupg, 33° 51’ 41”; Lonarrupe, 10 4™ 50°81s; MaGnetic VARIATION, 9° 35 37” East. 
Height above Mean Sea-le vel, 146 feet. 
JULY, 1883.—Genyerat ABSTRACT. 
Barometer ... Highest Reading.. 30-297 inches on the 30th, at 10 a.m. 
At 32° Faht., but not re SAO to sea-level. 
| owest Reading . . 29°421 ,, onthe 27th, at 12 a.m. 
Mean Height ... .» 29°952 
(B g anton + g ter than that in tl th ¢ 2 41 p - g 24 years.) 
Wind... ... Greatest Pressure ... 19°8 Ibs. on the 9th. 
| ean Pressure MOB IB. 
Number of Days Calm 4 
. Prevailing Direction... - 
| (Piaveliitig dinbbltion Goitiig 2 th for the preceding 24 years, W. 
; 
| Temperature Highest in the Shade... 65°2 on the 16th. 
Lowest in the Shade... vi 9°7 on the 18th. 
, Greatest Range ... 1°5 on the 16th. 
Highest in the Sun 108 2 on the 8th. 
Lowest on the Grass... 33°3 on the 18th. 
Mean Diurnal Range ... 13°6 
Mean in the Shade ae? e~ 
(Being 0°1 less than that of tl th verage of the preceding 24 years. 
Humidity ... Greatest Amount ... 99°0 on the at 
Least ae és ... 40°0 on the 26th. 
Mean 
nes at 72°8 
(Being 2°2 less than that of the same month on an average of the preceding 24 years.) 
Rain ... ... Number of Days... ... 12 rain 
Greatest Fall ... i DUS rein on ee. = 
( 200, "oe Foti groun' 
Total Fall... ee i mies ; 15 in. above ground. 
(Being 1-207 inches less than that of the sar th verage of the preceding 24 years.) 
Evaporation Total Amount... .«. 1°64] inches. 
a of nena aaa 0 
Cloudy Sky... Mea 3:8 
Nenber "ot “Clear Days .. 6 
Meteors =... Number observed 0 
Remarks. 
_ Barometric pressure has been 0°010 greater ered ~ rep for this month, oe 
: the temperature slight! (01) 1 less In Sydney th nfall w 1207 Tess than 
over maely abe e of the Caled. the wea 
ng July; the pes ee usual the coast districts ae shoe *: of ‘the southern 
districts—that lying south of Forbes. In the north there has been very lt little rai 
Mmany places not a drop. 
