SEPTEMBER, 1867.
Mabtehdalb —The weather throughout the whole of September was remarkably fine, dry and warm, with light S.E. winds. Slight thunder storms occurred on the 22nd and 29th. Rain was much needed at the end of the month. The mean height of the barometer (corrected and reduced) was29'Bo2 inches; the maximum 30*279 inches on the 11th, and the minimum 29421 on the Ist and 31st. The mean temperature of the air was 49*1 deg.; the greatest heat in shade 70*1 deg. on the 17th; the greatest cold in night, 251 deg. on the 10th. The mean temperature of the dew-point was 34"6 deg.; vapour tension, •206 inch, and relative humidity *57. Rain fell on six days only, to the amount of 1*731 inch. The evaporation was 3*023 inches. The wind blew on 16 days from S.E.; the remainder of the month being equally divided among E.W.NW. and N. The mean velocity was only 76. miles daily. The amount of cloud was 4*2. At the BiiTJFF —The mean temperature was 48 0 deg, maximum, 62 deg., and minimum 39 deg; dew-point, 41*7; vapour tension, *263 inch; humidity, '79: total rainfall 3*31 inches on seven days, and amount of cloud 4.7. Chables Sous Maetek, Director of Meteorological Stations. Southland, November, 25,1867.
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Southland Times, Issue 757, 2 December 1867, Page 3
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210SEPTEMBER, 1867. Southland Times, Issue 757, 2 December 1867, Page 3
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