304 METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY. 
Larrropg, 33°51’ 41” ; Lonarropz, 10 4" 50°815; Magnetic VARIATION, 9° 9° 35’ 87” East. 
Height above Mean Sea jeve 1, 146 feet. 
DECEMBER, 1883.—GrnERAL ABSTRACT. | 
Barometer ighest Reading... 30°092 on the Ist, at 8 p.m. 
At 32° Faht., se mat corrected to ‘seatevel: 
west Reading . .. 29°072 on the 12th, at 8 a.m. 
Mean Height 29°677 
(Being 0-064 inch less than that in th th rage of the preceding 24 years) 
Wind... v» Greatest Seria ... 146 Ibs. on the 22nd. 
Mean Press cis: Od as 
Number of ‘Da ays sCalm... 1 
Sep sicbrontr sie a con ae 
i as th for tl ding 24 years, N.E.) 
Temperature “Highest os 0 Shade ... 99°6 on the 12th. 
Lo Beate ... 5671 on the 25th. 
Giese ... 81°3 on the 20th. 
Highest i in a i, ... 153°6 on the 12th. 
] onthe Grass ... 49:4 on the 16th. 
Mean Diurnal Range ... 167 
oath in the _— ec 
(Being 1°2 greater than that of the sam th average of the preceding 2A years) 
Humidity ... Greatest Amount ..» 92°0 on the 27th. 
Least we iv ... 25°0 on the 20th. 
Mean sits bs a. G2 “ : 
(Being 6°5 less than that of the same month on an average of the preceding 24 year) 
i .. Number of Days. ... 11 rain and 2 dew. 
Pekie Fall: .. 0°808 inthe on the po gm 
1450 a 
Total Fall... Bas +) 2-069 ff 15 in. above 
(Being 0°128 inch less than that of the same month on an average of the preceding 2 
a ora Total Amount ... ... 6°179 inches. 
. Numberof “se Lightning 4 
Cloudy Sky... Mean Amount is 
Number of Clear Days a 
Meteors ... Number observed ai 8 
Remarks. 
Taken as “ooh tng the rainfall of 1883 has been very met this i is — 
the re 
is from 80 30 to 50 per cent. below the average. Out of 231 stations ! 
aks rain this month ; of those whieh | had rain ones 
ones, ‘is of dry weather : 
‘sent the whole of tern districts. Strong hot winds i 
and intensified the ds drought. 
