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METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY. 
LATITUDE 33° 51’ 41” ; LoNGITUDE 104 4™ 46s; MAGNETIC VARIATION 9° 25 2” East. 
JUNE, 1878.—GeneraL ABSTRACT. 
This month the mean 
_ Generally there has in oy 
hone has fallen. 
Ceo 
bits th pans 
Barometer ... Highest Reading ... 30°156 inches on the 22nd at 9 a.m. 
At 32° Faht. Lowest Reading 29 367 snare on the 13th at 1 p.m. 
Mean ene 29°802 inc 
(Being 0°130 inch less th f the preceding 19 years.) 
Wind... Greatest eo ... 14:0 lbs. on the 12’, 13’ and 14. 
ean Press 1°4 Ib. 
amber of ae Calm 0 
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il for the p g 19 years, W.) 
Temperature Highest in the Shade 63-1 on the 12th 
Lowest in the Shade 38°7 on the 17th. 
Greatest Range 17°8 on the 18th. 
Highest in the Sun 123°0 on the 14th. 
aoe in Black ee with 
Top a *3 on the 23rd. 
Lowest on the Grass ‘ 
Mean Diurnal Range : 
Meni i in the Shade... 51°3 
Humidity Greatest Amount ... 99°0 on the 23rd and 26th. 
. Least ae Oe 50°0 on the 20th. 
Mean 71°9 
(Being 5-2 legs than that of th tt age of the preceding 18 years.) 
Rain ... haw! of Daye si 10 rain and 4 dew. 
Grea ee re 2995 in ches. 65 fect rh pound 
190 inches. eet above 
Total Tall ake 7°167 inches. Wi in. a aboye a “6 
Evaporation Total Amount 2-239 inches. 
ot ae Ament 8°3 
L{Ratne 2:4 a ok 10 wears.) 
Electricity = of ways Lightning 6 
Cloudy Sky... Mean Amoun 39 
Nout mber of ‘Clear Days 3 
Meteors Number Observed... 3 
Remarks. 
little or 
ature is 3:5 below the average of 19 years. 
ideas far west where 
