6 
NOTES ON THE CLIMATE OF VICTORIA. 
Table II.— Showing the Maxima, Minima, and Eange in Tem- 
perature OF Am at the following Stations during a 
period OF Fourteen Years ( 1858 - 1871 ). 
MONTHS. 
Melbourne. 
Portland. 
Sandhurst. 
Ballarat. 
Max. 
Min. 
S3 
•1 
S >> 
S 
Max. 
Min. 
o 
bO 
s>, 
S- 
WS 
s 
Q 
3 
Max. 
Min. 
Is 
Si 
« 
s 
Max. 
Jlin. 
-w ^ 
c - 
Mean 
Monthly Rge. 
Q 
0 
9 
0 
O 
0 
0 
0 
0 
» 
s 
Jainiaiy .. 
111-2 
44-0 
67-2 
55-4 
108-0 
42-0 
66-0 
50-1 
117-4 
41-5 
75-9 
57-2 
109-0 
37-3 
71-7 
58-4 
February 
109-0 
40*3 
68-7 
63-3 
104-0 
39 0 
65*0 
50-4 
105-0 
45-0 
60-0 
52-4 
100-1 
36-2 
63-0 
56 ’6 
March 
104-6 
41-8 
62-8 
48-9 
100-0 
41-0 
59-0 
47-8 
101-5 
42-0 
59o 
47-7 
98-0 
34 0 
64-0 
51-4 
April .. .. 
94-0 
35-1 
58-9 
45-0 
860 
36*0 
50 0 
39-7 
930 
89-0 
54-0 
42-j: 
80-1 
31-2 
57-9 
45-1 
May ., ,, 
82-1 
31-8 
50'3 
35-2 
78 0 
81-0 
47-0 
34-9 
78-5 
36-0 
43-5 
85-7 
75-4 
30-6 
44-9 
35-4 
June .. .. 
68-1 
28*0 
40T 
30-9 
70-0 
27 0 
43-0 
32 3 
71*5 
31-0 
40-5 
81-u 
66-4 
27-2 
39-2 
301 
July .. .. 
65-7 
27-0 
3S-7 
31*1 
68-0 
300 
380 
30 -t 
63-0 
27*6 
85-5 
30-t 
61-0 
22-0 
39-0 
29-3 
August . . 
74-0 
28-S 
46-7 
84-9 
780 
30 -C 
48-0 
34-9 
73-0 
31-0 
420 
S4-4 
72-2 
26-5 
45-7 
34-4 
September 
70-0 
33 0 
46-0 
40-3 
79-0 
30-C 
49-0 
37-i 
80-7 
32-0 
48-7 
39-i 
82-4 
28-4 
54-0 
89-4 
October .. 
95-8 
321 
63*7 
46-9 
95 0 
35-C 
60-0 
45 C 
95 0 
34-0 
61 0 
48-1 
91-3 
31*5 
59-8 
47-6 
November 
103-2 
38-8 
64-4 
62-0 
lOO-O 
37-C 
63-0 
46-t 
100*5 
37-0 
63-5 
64-5 
99-7 
33-0 
66-7 
55-9 
December.. 
iio-o 
40-0 
70-0 
54-9 
104-0 
37-0 
‘ 67*0 
61-8 
UO-5 
41*0 
69-6 
57-7 
1U8-3 
31-2 
77-1 
58-5 
Greatest range 
during the 
period .... 
84-2 
81-0 
89-9 
87-0 
Average year- 
ly range . . 
76-0 
69-5 
76-3 
75-9 
Table III. — Temperature of Soil at Melbourne. 
‘g ^ Ground Thermometers at the following Depths 
Wgl DURING A PERIOD OF 11 YEARS {1861-1871). 
Months. 
CJ — ^ * 
14 Inches Deep, 
3 Feet Deep. 
6 Feet Deep. 
8 Feet Deep. 
-N 5® 
Is 
s 0 
gj to 
'V 5> 
Ct ^ 
4:2 
'A A 
e t 
eS 0 
■S S 
Sm 
s? 
& 
H 
|« 
E-i 
7: 
^ c; 
? s 
S C 
i « 
e 
0 
0 
D 
0 
0 
0 
0 
. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
January . . 
78-7 
64-9 
8-1 
281 
68-8 
3-8 
141 
66-6 
2-9 
8-2 
63-9 
2-6 
61 
February. 
76 -7 
64-4 
7-1 
22-1 
68-9 
31 
91 
681 
1-2 
71 
65-6 
1-2 
5-6 
March . . 
70-3 
64-4 
7-8 
27 2 
67*8 
8-5 
9-4 
07-9 
1-6 
71 
66-2 
0-8 
5-5 
April 
61-6 
68-2 
8-4 
24-7 
64-1 
51 
10-6 
65-6 
3-2 
8-8 
66-0 
1-9 
6-6 
May 
53-7 
52 0 
7-3 
181 
.58-6 
61 
11-4 
61-6 
3-9 
9-6 
62-.3 
2-9 
6*9 
June 
49-2 
47-8 
5-0 
15-4 
53-4 
4 0 
11-5 
57-2 
8-6 
10-4 
591 
3 1 
8-0 
July 
47-6 
45 '7 
4-8 
16-2 
50-6 
8-2 
7*6 
54-6 
2-6 
80 
56-3 
2-6 
7*8 
August .. 
50-8 
46-2 
5-6 
17-4 
50-4 
31 
7-7 
53*8 
1-2 
6-3 
54-4 
1-4 
7-5 
September 
55-4 
49-4 
5-8 
20-3 
68-8 
4*3 
8-0 
54-6 
2-0 
5*8 
54-8 
0-9 
4-2 
October . . 
61-8 
58-8 
8-5 
261 
57-0 
5-6 
10-8 
56-9 
31 
6-7 
56-2 
21 
4-3 
November 
68-8 
58-4 
7-7 
27-2 
61-5 
4-9 
12-4 
60-4 
3-8 
7-3 
58-7 
2-4 
4-7 
December 
73-7 
62-3 
8*5 
28-7 
65-0 
4-3 
8-6 
63-6 
31 
6-5 
61-2 
2-5 
50 
Mean for the 
year 
Mean yearly 
62-4 
55-6 
7-0 
59-9 
4-3 
60-9 
2-6 
-■ 
60-3 
2-0 
range 
Greatest 
" 
29-5 
•• 
22-4 
•• 
16-0 
-- 
12-9 
range during 
the period . . 
45-9 
29-0 
22-9 
. . 
20-4 
