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August. 
The rainfall this month was greater than has been recorded in 
August during the last 37 years ; the total fall, 5.35 ins., exceeded 
the average by 2.19 ins. The showers were mostly very heavy, 
occurring with slight thunderstorms ; half-an-inch of rain fell 
between 8.30 and 9.0 a.m. on the 25th, and 0.G0 in. fell in half- 
an-hour between 1.15 and 1.45 p.m. on the 27th. No unusual 
variation was recorded in the barometer ; the winds were light and 
variable, chiefly from the S. and S.W. from the 12th to 18th, and 
E. and X. E. from the 19th to the 24th. The mean temperature 
was about 2 degrees above the usual average. 
Note.— N o observations of the barometer and thermometers were recorded 
between the 10th and 25th ; the average of the barometric pressure and the 
temperature are taken from readings on the 15 days, the 1st to the 9th, and 
the 26th to the 51st. 
September. 
During the first fortnight the barometric pressure was very 
steady, the readings being generally slightly above 30 in. ; the 
winds were light and variable, and the weather mostly fine, rain 
falling on only the 5th, 8th, and 12th. From the 15th to the end 
of the month, considerable oscillation was recorded in the 
barometer, but no very remarkable variation occurred ; the weather 
was cloudy, gloomy, and showery, winds chiefly from the S.W. and 
W.S.W. The barometer fell from 29.9G9 at 9 p.m. the 14th, to 
29.415 at 9 p.m. the 15th, followed by a rise to 29.929 at 9 p.m. 
the 1 6th, and attended by a sudden shower of rain at 10.20 p.m. 
the loth, followed by a strong W.S.W. and W. gale until 6 p.m. 
the 16th. The barometer fell from 30.141 at 9 p.m. the 21st, to 
29.441 at 3 p.m. the 23rd; this fall was attended by a heavy shower 
of rain at 6 a.m. the 23rd, and followed by a gradual rise to 29.713 
at 9 p.m. the 24th, with rain from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the 24th. 
The barometer readings increased to 30 in. on the 27th, remained 
steady until the night of the 29th, when a further fall to 29.577 
at 9 a.m. the 30th was recorded, with a shower of 0.49 in. of rain 
early on the 30th. The rainfall for the month was 0.04 in. above 
the average. 
