ABSTRACT OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2115, 3 December 1880, Page 3

ABSTRACT OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.

Ghbistchttbch Qbsbbvatory. Lat. 43° 32' 16" S.; long. 172° 38' 50" E. Altitude above the sea 21 feet. An Abstract of observations taken during November, 1880. BABOMETEB. Corrected and reduced to 32.0 Fuh. and sea level:— Mean reading for month ... 29.856 in. Highest do.—on 18th ... 30.368 in. Lowest do.—on 16th 29.436 in. Extreme range during month 0.932 in. TKJrPBKATFBB IN SHADE. Approximate mean temperature for month 59.7 Pah. Extreme maximum do. —on 24th 83.4 „ Extreme minimum do.—on 6th 33.8 „ Extreme range of temperature for month " 49.6 „ EXPOSES THEBHOHBTEBS. Mean solar radiation 131.6 „ Maximum solar radiation—on 17th ... ... 148.2 „ Mean terrestrial radiation ... 45.1 „ Minimum terrestrial radiation —on 6th 28.4 „ HYGBOMBTBICAIi. Mean elastic force of vapour, 0.353 inches. Mean temperature of the dew point, 49.4 Pah. Mean degree of moisture (saturation =100) 69 BAIN. Total rainfall for month ... 2.44 inches. Greatest rainfall in any 24 hours on 7th, 0.84 inches. Number of days on whioh rain fell- 5 days. Total evaporation by gauge, 6.515 inohes. Mean evaporation do. 0.217 „ WIHD. Average daily velocity for month, 157.1 miles. Maximum velocity on 7th 320.3 „ Direction—N.E., 14 days; E., 5 ; S.E., 1 } S.W., 3 ; W., 2; N.W., 5—30 days. Mean amount of cloud (0 clear sky; 10overcast) ... ... 5.1 Mean amount of ozone, Moffat's scale, 1 to 10—4.2. The observations are taken at 9.30 a.m., and record the temperature, &c, of previous twenty-four hours. BBHABK3. The month has been a succession of fine days, and, at times, very sultry, except on the 3rd, 7th, and 29th, when rain fell abundantly; the prevailing winds have been N.E.; the rainfall, although at long intervals, has been rather above the average of same month of previous five years. J. B. Stanski,!, Observer.