METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 303 
GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY. 
LaTITUDE, 33° 51’ 41”; Lonairupk, 104 4™ 50°81; MAGNETIC VARIATION, 9° 35’ 37” East. 
Height above Mean Sea-level, 146 feet. 
NOVEMBER, 1883.—GerneERrat ABSTRACT. 
Highest Reading .. 30°156 on the 23rd, at 1 p.m, 
Barom eter 2) a 
At 3° F; aht., re pon! acdes to sea-level. 
t Rea . 29°160 on the 11th, at 4 p.m. 
29°842 
Moon Hehe = 
(Bi H ry AAA 7 h g + +h that i +} 4h rage ant the preceding 94 years.) 
Wind ... «.. Greatest a ... 84 ]bs. on the Ist, 2nd, 11th, and 12th. 
Mean wider 0°8 lb. 
umber Days. ‘Calm... 1 
Prevadtiis "Dine en ee 
1D st: 3: +o 3 2 ‘. = _ 2 1 3: OA Ss 5 | 
Temperature er in the Shade... 81°1 on the 7th, 14th, and 28th. 
nthe Shade ... 50°6 on the Ist. 
patos ange ... 
Highest in the Sun .. 152°0 on the 14th 
Lowest on the Grass ... 40°2 on the 16th. 
an Di Range ... 14°4 
Mean in the Shade . 644 
th on an average of the preceding 24 years.) 
(Being 2°2 less than that of th 
Humidity ... Greatest Amount ... 92°0 on the 11th. 
Least os ed ... 82°0 on the 14th. 
Mean ae See 
th on an average of the preceding 24 years.) 
(Being 1°5 less than that of th 
‘Rain ... 23 gamer of aioe “a ise 
Greatest Fall 1 1 570 — 2 Padres = 29th. Y 
. above groun 
Total Fall... ave avé saan s ca in. above ground. 
(Being 0-723 inch less than that of the same month on an average of the preceding 24 years.) 
Fvaporation ‘Total Amount ... _.... 3°848 inches 
: Electricity . .. Number of Days — 3 
; Cloudy Sky... Mean Amount ... 5'1 
a Number of Clear Days . me 
: Meteors ... Number observed i 
Remarks. 
This month has been very dry, generally ; in fibcnes the eda oes C29 be 
the ave i at ee nay 788 the average; the far being 
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