ABSTRACT OP METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATION'S.
OSBISTCHUSCH ObSEET ATGET. Lat. 43° 32' 16" S.; long. 172° 38' 50" E. Altitude above the sea 21 feet. Abstract of observations taken during June, 1880. BAHOITET2S. Corrected and reduced to 32.0 Pah. and sea evel:— Mean reading for month ... 29.845 m. Highest do.—on 25th. ... 30.316 in. Lowest do.—on 12th 29.349 in. Extreme range during month 0.967 in. TBJtPESArUEH SHADE. Approximate mean temperature for month ... ... ... 43 3 Pah. Extreme maximum do. —on 18th 64.1 „ Extreme minimum do. —on 15th 25.7 „ Extreme range of temperature for month ... ... ... ... 38.4 ~ EXPOSED THEEIIOITETEES. Mean solar radiation 78.1 „ Maximum solar radiation— on 18th ... ... 95.0 „ Mean terrestrial radiation ... 29.4 ~ Minimum terrestrial radiation —on 2nd 18.7 „ HTQBOSIEXHICAL. Mean elastic force of vapour, 0.229 inches. Mean temperature of the dew point, 38.0 Pah. Mean degree of moisture (saturation =100) 81 EAEST. Total rainfall for month ... 1.49 inches. Number of days on which rain fell— 8 days. Greatest rainfall in twenty-four hours, on 30th—O.SO inches. ■WIND. Average daily velocity for month, 102.1 miles. Direction—N.E., 5 davs; E., 4; S.W., 19; W., 1 ; N.W.,'1—30 days. Total evaporation by gauge ... 0.675 inches. Mean evaporation do. ... 0.022 „ Mean amount of cloud (0 clear sky; 10 overcast) 6.4 Mean amount of ozone, Moffat’s scale—--1 to 10—5.5. The observations are taken at 9.30 a.m. and record the temperature,&?., of the previous twenty-four hours. BEST AGES. The month has been thoroughly wintry in its character, yet with many fine days ; on twenty mornings the thermometer on the grass registered below the freezing point, the lowest being on the Sad—lß.7 Pah. There have been twenty fine days during the month ; the rainfall has been less than the average of the same month of the previous four years—--3.442 inches. In June of 1879 the rainfaU was exceptionally heavy—6 87 inches. The prevailing winds have been S.W. There was a very distinct eclipse of the moon on the 22nd. J. B. Stansele, Observer.
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Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1984, 3 July 1880, Page 2
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