THE WEATHER.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 47, 17 September 1864, Page 5

THE WEATHER.

liaTßOßOLOffitcii Obsievatiows Dtmixa the Month oi August, is Seven Ybaes. The brilliant weather which tet in on the Ist of July, continued during the whole of August, and has lasted up to the present date (Sept. 14) . The wind waß moderate, the air dry, and the temperature mild throughout. A lunar rainbow was visible on the 12th, and a magnificent green meteor on the 29fch ; it was fully one fourth the moon's apparent Bize, and cast a powerful light, falling slowly, and changing to a dull red before it disappeared. The Aurora Australis was often faintly to be seen. The Zodiacal Light was very bright and distinct. The table shows the month of August to have been fine in five years out of seven — August, 1860, was, with the exception of last May, the wettest month on record. The mean barometrical pressure waa 29691 inches, the highest point 30*24 inches, and the lowest 29-09 inches. The me*n temperature of the air was 42 - 5 dep ., ■which is slightly below the average of seven years. The highest day temperature was 61 deg., the lowest night temperature 18 deg., the range of temperature during the month was therefore 43 deg. The mean degree of atmospheric humidity was "71, saturation being represented by l - 00. The mean temperature of evaporation was 380 deg., and of the dew point 337 deg.

Notb. — The barometrical readings are not reduced to 32 deg., or sea level. The thermometers liaTe a southern aspect, and are placed feur fee* above the surface of tho ground. The hygrometrical results are obtained by dry and wet bulb thermometers and Mr. Grlaisher'a tables. The rain is measured in three separate guages, graduated to '0001 of an inch ; two are placed on the ground, tho third 1G feet above. CHARLES EOUS MARTEN. Martendale, Ryal Bush.

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