242 HEY. C. W. HARVEY-METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS 
from the S.W. with heavy rain. I observed this pressure at periods 
of six hours with the following result:—26th, 9 a.m. 29*26, 
3 p.m. 28*90, 9 p.m. 28*47 ; 27th, 3 a.m. 28*72, 9 a.m. 28*97. 
The minimum, 28*47 ins. at 9 p.m. on 26th, was the lowest pressure 
yet recorded in the 5-year period, the range of which is now 2*47 
inches, namely, from 30*94 on January 18th, 1882, to 28*47 on 
January 26th, 1884. On January 16th the barometer stood at 
30*63 ins. Consequently the range for January was nearly the 
range for the whole year, the year’s range being from 30*74 on 
Oct. 5th, to 28*47 on January 26th, or 2*27 inches. The only 
other days on which pressure exceeded 30*50 ins. were October 
4th (30*52) and 6th (30*56), and no other instance occurred of its 
being less than 29 inches. This year’s range of pressure exceeded 
that of any other in the period by 0*21 inch. 
Temperature.— The mean temperature of the year, 48°*8, was 
the highest yet recorded, and was 0°*9 in excess of the mean of the 
period. The range for the year was from 87°*7 on August 11th, to 
25°*1 on Nov. 25th; the maximum registered this year (87°*7) 
being the second highest maximum of the period. The four highest 
maxima and lowest minima during the year were :— 
Highest Maxima. Lowest Minima. 
(«) August 11th . 87°*7 {a) Nov. 25th . 25°*1 
( b) August 8 th . 86 *4 (5) Nov. 30th . 25 *4 
(c) July 4th . 83 *4* (d) April 17th . 25 *9 
(d) August 7th . 81 *4f ( c) Dec. 1 st . 26 *4 
* and on August 9th and 24th. f and on September 17th. 
By these four lowest minima it will he seen that there have been 
no severe frosts. 
The warmest and coldest period of 14 days was August 5th to 
18th on the one hand, and December 18th to 21st on the other. 
Warmest Period {Mean). Coldest Period {Mean). 
Aug. 5th. 60*8 Aug. 12 th. 68*5 Dec. 18th.:... 37*6 Dec. 25th. 34*2 
,, 6th. 61*0 ,, 13th. 66*0 ,, 19th..... 37*4 ,, 26th. 32*3 
,, 7th. 67*5 ,, 14th. 62*0 ,, 20th. 37*7 ,, 27th. 32*7 
„ 8th. 71*8 ,, 15th. 63*0 ,, 21st. 35*1 ,, 28th. 33*3 
„ 9th. 71*7 ,, 16th..... 63*5 ,, 22nd.. 36*6 ,, 29th. 33-7 
„ 10th. 67*9 ,, 17th. 65*8 ,, 23rd. 34*0 „ 30th. 32-5 
„ 11th. 73*5 ,, 18th. 65*7 ,, 24th. 33*8 ,, 31st. 31*9 
Mean 66*4. Mean 34*6. 
From this it appears that the warmest and coldest fortnight in the 
present year were each considerably warmer than the warmest and 
coldest fortnight in any previous year of the five. 
Rainfall. —Considerably below the mean. The only months 
which were in excess were January and July, the former owing to 
the fall of the 26th (0*52), the latter owing to the very heavy rain 
(1*60) which accompanied the TSS of the 9th. This max. fall of 
1*60 in. was the max. fall of the whole 5-year period. 
Dry Periods .—These were of very frequent occurrence, the most 
prolonged being from March 11th to April 1st, during which no 
rain at all fell; May 4th to June 4th, during which only a total of 
0*15 fell upon 5 days; and June 10th to July 8th, during which a 
