METEOROLOGICAL.
From the official meteorological report for Febnary it appears that the mean height of the barometer at the Doiiecpn Observatory was 29.737 m.; the highest reading being3o.loß on 1 he 28th, and the lowest 29.134 on the 11th. The mean temperature of the airwaa 47.0, the greatest heat, in the shade being 80 oh the 17th, the greatest cold 45 oh the Slat. The total .range of temperature in the shade was therefore 45, the mean daily range being 2s. The maximum solar radiation was 155 on the 13th, the minimum terrestrial radiation 37 on the 30th. The extreme range between the reading of the •tposed thermometers was, therefore, 88. The total rainfall was 1.656 in. It fell on ton days, the maximum rainfall in any twenty-four hours being •430 on the s4th. The mean diurnal horizontal movement of the air was 149 miles ; the greatest velocity for one day being 350 miles.
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Evening Star, Issue 4074, 17 March 1876, Page 4
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154METEOROLOGICAL. Evening Star, Issue 4074, 17 March 1876, Page 4
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