300 METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY. 
LATITUDE, 33° 51’ 41”; meen 10h 4m 50°815; MAGNETIC Saas 9° 35’ 37" East. 
ight above Mean Sea- ‘level, 146 fee 
AUGUST, 1883.—Guyeran ABSTRACT. 
Barometer .... Highest Reading. 30-270 inches on the Ist, at 10 a.m. 
At 32° Faht., bat — “5 ce so sea-level, 
Lowest Rea .. 29°483 ,, on the 31st, at 3a.m. 
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Mea om es ew ee 
(Being 0°006 inch less path that in the same month ge of the preceding 24 years.) 
Wind... -- Greatest uaa ... 18°5 lbs. on the 12th. 
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renin Direction .. W. 
(Prevailing direction during the same month for the preceding 24 years, W.) 
Temperature Highest inthe Shade .., 80-9 on the 19th. 
Lowest in the Shade ... 53°1 on the 22nd 
reatest Range ... 26'3 on the 18th. 
Highest in the Sun : 127°8 on the 19th. 
Lowest on the Grass ... 33°9 on the 6th. 
Mean Diurnal Range ... 165 
Me the § 8 
(Being 0-9 greater than that of the same month on an average of the preceding 24 years.) 
Humidity . te —— Amount ..- 100°0 on the 9th. 
ast .. 86°0 on the 18th. 
won ae 72°2 
(Being exactly to that oni the sam th f they ding 24 years.) 
Rain ... +» Number of Days ... cue ek ean dew, 
Greatest Fall... iar ee Shacioas on on the 21 bor er 
2-389 above fe 
Total Fall... 2: 821 ” 153 in. bael aeeies 
(Being 0-223 j re 1 ei le ee 
Evaporation Total Amount 2 ... 1/754 inches. 
Electrici Number of = iia 2 
Cloudy Sky... Mean Am a 
Number of ‘Clear Days feats 
Meteors .... Number observed se @ 
Remarks. 
This month the barometer has been very close to the — and the ves the fi 
09 above the average. The baragraph ree ae “abe some remarkable waves: the 1) 
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ught generally, and i wr 
ees vegetation. At others heavy rain has fallen. The heaviest 
coast is 7°53 at Nelson’s Bay; and inland, 3°36 at Orange. 
