302 METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY. 
LATITUDE, 33° 51’ 41”; leet 104 4m 50°81»; MAGNETIC VARIATION, 9° 35’ 87” East. 
ight above Mean Sea- level, 146 feet. 
OCTOBER, 1883.—Gernerat ABSTRACT. 
Barometer .... Highest Reading... 30°232 on the Ist, at 9 a.m. 
At 32° Faht., but crete ‘Eeedine to sea- ‘evel 
est Readin te eh on the 27th, at 3 p.m. 
29°856 
Mean — ght ‘er 
Wind... ... Greatest oaleaae ..- 10:1 lbs. on the 21st. 
Mean Pre 1 Ore th 
Number of Tass Calm ... 0 
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Temperature Highest inthe Shade .., 848 on the 17th. 
Lowest in the Shade... 
n 2 on the 1s 
est Ra 22°9 on the 31st 
Highest in the Sun 145°9 on the 17th 
Lowest on the Grass 3 t 
Diurnal Range 
Mean in the Shade 621 
(Being 1-2 less than that of the same month on an average of the preceding 24 years.) 
Humidity .. Greatest Amount... .. 99°0 on the 20th. 
Least a vie .». 28°0 on the 17th. 
Mean 
(Being 0°4 greater than that of the same month on an average of the preceding 24 years.) 
Rain ... .-» Number of gid oe 
Greatest Fall ... 0°493 inches on ie he ee 
97 65 ft. above ground. 
Total Fall... dep ye ee - 15 in. above ate 
(Being 1884 inches less than that of th th F ears.) 
Evaporation Total Amount... 2°674 inches. 
Electricity ... Number of Days Lighting 3 
Cloudy Sky ... —_ Amount 
umber of Clear Days .. pe 1 
Meteors... puke observed «.- O 
Remarks, 
Sipe rain ta the rainfall was 1°34 less than the ayera still heath — was eo 
oo Y; some of the western stati te ay 
