298 METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, 
GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY. 
LATITUDE 38° 51’ 41” ; LonGITUDE 104 4™ 46"; MAGNETIC VARIATION 9° 25’ 2” East. 
FEBRUARY, 1878.—Gernerat ABSTRACT. 
Barometer ... Highest Reading ... 30°213 inches on the 25th at 9 p.m. 
At 32° Faht. Lowest Reading ... 29°499 inc chee on the 23rd at 3 p.m. 
— ‘870 inch 
(B ing 0°069 inch greater than that in tt an average Z the preceding 19 years.) 
Wind... Greatest Pressure... 10°1 Ib. on the 6th and 8th. 
Mean Pressure... o-9 
Number of Calm Days 0 
Prevailing Direction E. a E. 
SaN Le aa ee segura em asi sia) al wk 
Temperature Highest in the Shade 91°1 on the 23rd. 
a est in the Shade 62°5 on the 27th 
ates ge 18°6 on the 23rd. 
Highest i in the Sun . 146-2 on the 25th 
igpesti in es. Box with 
. 206°4 on the 12th. 
peaks on ake Grass od _ on the 5th. 
ean Di ge 
Mean in the Shade 2 2 
(B gls_g thi shad 2 si eat P ding 19 y 5 ; 
Humidity Side: gs Amnaeat i . 100°0 on the 
5th. 
55° ? on the 25th and 26th. 
78° 
Mean 
(Being 3-4 greater than that of the same vada on an average of the preceding 19 years.) 
Rain ... Number of Days . 19 rain. (No dew 
Greatest Fall 7°526 inches on th. 
Total Fall ... 12 inches. 65 feet above ground 
(Pat 0-001 tnnt 
16-254 inches. 15 in. above ground 
S 
“S 5 
Brapration Total Amount 4691 inches. 
70 
Mean Amount 
Electricity . Naber of DaysLightning 10 
Number of Clear Days ... 0 
Meteors Number Observed... 0 
Remarks. 
Like last month, the mean barometer has been above the esi and th 
ong 1- 3 above Per average of 19 years. Very hea pian Sev inches fall 
and thro Colony ¢ gery, en, 
est mg 01 inch at Boulka greatest 23°30 ches ab Bodalla 
e Murra; has risen 5 ft. and is still rising. At Wentworth the Darling 
is below enantio but a flood is coming down. 
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