ABSTRACT OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2063, 4 October 1880, Page 3

ABSTRACT OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.

Chbistohubch Obsbbvatoby. Lat. 43° 32' 16" S.; long. 172° 38' 50" E. Altitude above the sea 21 feet. Abstract of observations taken during September, 1880. BABOHETBB. Corrected and reduced to 32.0 Fah. and sea level:— Moan reading for month ... 29.955 in. Highest do. —on 9th ... 30.414 in. Lowest do.—on 30th... ... 29.440 in. Extreme range during month 0.974 in. TEMPBBATUBB IK SHADE. Approximate mean temperature for month ... ... ... 51.1 Fah. Extreme maximum do. —on 20th 76 2 „ Extreme minimum do.—on Ist 28.0 „ Extreme range of temperature for month " 45.2 „ EXPOSED THEBMOMETBBB. Mean solar radiation 111.9 „ Maximum solar radiation—on 20th 130.2 „ Mean terrestrial radiation ... 34.0 „ Minimum terrestrial radiation —on Ist 20.0 „ HYGBOMETBICAL. Mean elastic force of vapour, 0.270 inches. Mean temperature of the dew point, 42.3 Fah. Mean degree of moisture (saturation =100) 72 BAIN. Total rainfall for month ... 0.30 inches. Number of days on which rain fell— 5 days. Total evaporation during month, 4.630 inches. Mean evaporation do. 0.154 „ WIND. Average daily velocity for month, 144.8 miles. Direction—N.E., 10 days; E.,7; S.E., 1; S.W., 7; W., 1; N.W., 4-30 days. Mean amount of cloud (0 clear sky; 10overcast) ... ... 4.8 Mean amount of ozone, Ito 10 —7 The observations are taken at 9.30 a.m., and record the temperature, &<•„, of the previous twenty-four hours. BEMABKS. The month has been remarkably fine, occasionally like summer weather. There have been but two dull days during the month. The rainfall has bean less than half the average (1.084 inches) of the same month for previous five years, and has fallen during the night. Strong N.W. winds blew on the 11th, 15th, 19th, 26th, and 27th. On eleven mornings the thermometer on the grass registered below the freezing point. Prevailing winds have been N.E., E., and S.W. J. B. Stan sell, Observer.