METEOKOLOGY. 11 



GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY. 



Latitude 33° 51' 41*; Longitude 10^ 4™ 46* ; Magnetic Variation 9° 32' 45" East. 



]S T OVEMBEB, 1875.— Genekal Abstkact. 



Barometer... Highest Reading 29952 inches on the 7th, at 12 p.m. 



At 32° Faht Lowest heading 29139 „ on the 2nd, at 3 p.m. 



' Mean Height 29'633 



(Being 0-199 inch less than that in the same month on an average of the preceding 16 years.) 



Wind ... Greatest Pressure 31*2 Its. on the 2nd. 



Mean Pressure 09 1b. 



Number of Days Calm ... 



Prvailing Direction ... W. 



(Prevailing direction during the same month for the preceding 16 years N.E.) 



Temperature Highest in the Shade . . . 86'2 On the 6th. 



Lowest in the Shade ... 51*6 On the 8th. 



Greatest Range 30'8 On the 23rd. 



Highest in the Sun ... 124*8 On the 18th. 



H Hast To^ kCk B0S Wlth > 196 * 2 0n the 18th ' 

 Lowest on the Glass ... 41*4 On the 8th. 

 Mean Diurnal Range ... 183 

 Mean in the Shade ... 681 



(Being 1*8 greater than that of the same month on an average of the preceding 16 years.) 



Humidity ... Greatest Amount 1000 On the 13th. 



Least 31-0 On the 2nd and 4th. 



Mean 616 



(Being 8*0 less than that of the same month on an average of the preceding 16 years.) 



Rain ... Number of Days ... ... 10 



Greatest Pall 0"322 inch. On the 17th. 



m , , -, ,, f 0-614 inch. 65 ft. above ground. 



lotalJjak I 0-881 inch. 15 in. above ground. 



(Being 2-779 inches less than that of the same month on an average of the preceding 16 years.) 



Evaporation Total Amount 8 981 inches. 



Ozone ... Mean Amount 5 6 



(Being 0-6 greater than that in the same month on an average of the preceding 15 years.) 



Electricity . • . Number of Days Lightning 9 



Cloudy Sky Mean Amount 5*9 



Number of Clear Days ... 3 



Meteors . • . Number Observed ... 1 



Remarks. 



The weather during the month has been remarkably dry and warm, with pre- 

 valent westerly winds. Barometer 0*199 inch below, and temperature 1*8 above the 

 average. The rainfall has been very small indeed, 2'779 inches below the average, 

 and less than that for any November since 1867. 



At the coast stations north.and south of Sydney, a moderate amount of rain fell, 

 but inland the weather has been very dry. On the south coast of Australia the 

 rainfall has been very abundant. 



