THE WEATHER.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18915, 2 February 1927, Page 14

THE WEATHER.

OBSERVATIONS FOR JANUARY. Iho fc-l'j'Aing is ar. abstract c: the coir rvitinr.s ft the Mr.gnctie. Observatory, C'l-.r:=:chu:cl!. for the mor.'.h ending JaEUarv Slit : Barometer. Mean for m.T.:ii—-'J.OIB :r.c!.c.'. Maximum lor month on tho 7:li—SC'.ll" \[ ; n:m"iu :'vr month oa tho 13th—23.255 i'.-.trcice :2u?c— J.lj= tr.chcs. Air-Temperature la Shade. y ..\.«:: tnaMiuum tempcra'urc—7l.7 Fan. M-;a:. mimmum temperature—sl.7 Fall. Aaproximatt mean temperature for the i:im!:!i-«1.7 Fab. Mean dai'y range cf temperature—2o.o Fall. Kxtrerac maximum temperature on intake.."> Fa!i. Kxtrcmc minimum temperature on 14lu—- ■:,:.•'< Fail. Kxtrcme range of temperature tor moist a -19.5 I'ali. Exposed Therniomctcris. M<a:i solar radiation—l 33.7 Fall. Fxtrenn- maximum eolar radiatiui: on 3rd -I.V. Fall. Me-n minimum on giass— 44.B Fall. i-vlrcmc ntiuimum on the llth—3o.l Fall. Hygrometrlcal. Mean r'.aMk forre of vapour—.3*l ii:cli._ Mear. temperature of the dew j>oint- 31.5 !'«!>. . 4 ~ , Mean degree of moisture (saturation equals Cloud. Mean amount of cloud for nnntli -0. clear thy; I<>. overcast', CO. Rain. Total rainfall-0.620 inch. Number of davs on whicli rain fell- i days. Maximum rainfall in' any t-.Tcnty.four hours, on the 13th-0.250 inch. Wind, at P. 30 a.m. S.E. S. S.W. V. N.W. Calm. DnvsI. 11 4 U 2 8 0 2 3 The mean teinpcrattiro for the month was OS i'uovp normal: rainfall only 26 per cent. ■if "normal for January, indeed only in Januarv, 1902 (0.17 inch) and in January, 1908 (rt.55 inch) has thin month of the vrnr had n smaller rainfall. ' The Might frost on 1-tth did bomo very slight damage to some vegetable;.