THE WEATHER REPORT.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXXII, Issue 5288, 23 September 1876, Page 4

THE WEATHER REPORT.

The illne->-> of the Obsuivei at the commencement of the month Laving caused some ineguluity in tho lecoidmg of the obseiv.itions in the Domain, oui customaij ai tide w.is omitted on tin 11th inst. Tho following lemaiks will theiufoie lefei to the whole of the twentj days last past . - The month began with a fall in the baiometei from 29 873 on the lbt., to 2 ( >-(>2(> on the 2nd ; then followed a giadual and neaily legulai use to .TO 1.50 on the 9th, succeeded by a fall, at fiist giaduil, but veiy su<lden between the 12th and 1.5th (2<) 94.:! to 29"3 54) the lattei being the lowest point lccoulcil at the legulai houi of obseivation A sudden but tempoiaiy use biought it to 2 r )'(i3 f )on the 1.1th, but by the 18th it had again f illen to 2') 391. The two following days biought a veiyi.ipid use, tlic leadings being for the 19th 2<J 877, anl fot the 20th .30*1 14, tho Utter being the highest point touched. The aveiages of the above give, foi the hi.t 10 days, 29-91.}, and foi the lattei, 2 C ) 09.2 ; oi, ovci the whole, 2'J "SO 5 ; considei ibly lower than the 12 yeais' average foi September, which is 20 ( )'M). Lowei leulings than .my above gucn weie taken at 2 1*5 p.m on the 13th, and again at midnight, vi/.., 2!) 217 and 27 24(i. The thannometiic obseivations (as above stated) am not complete, but tho extiemos lccoidedh.ue been G,"» 7 on the 12th (14th and 18th neail,' fio «a,me), and 417 on the 7th (20th almost is low). The lattoi pait of this penod has bi!< ii much the w nmer, the gem ial.u oiages being V> t uul .">()."> lespectively. Of tliohe, one ib lnghoi and the other lower than the 1'2 jf us' aveiage of ."H 7. A coi lewpondrng i i»e is noted in tho wet bulb tlieimomoteis ; then means h.uing been ~>0 4 uid "«1 0, giymg dew point temppi ituies of 47 T» and r.l'ti, and humulity equal to ,S1 and 8 1 1 lcspoctively. Tho lamfall fiom klie lat to the 10th w.i>, only 0 070, and from the 11th to the 20th ]-020in, of which lattei amount 1 0">0 fell in the 24 hoiu-. ending on the momingof tlie l.ith ; the leni.undoi has fallen mostly in heavy, but veiy shoit showeis, constituting moic unplcas mt than wet u.eathoi The .iveiage of morning cloud lias been ,i little ovei 7 thioughout. The ladiatiou thermometeis show the same use with the advance of the month, their .ivei iges being 113 3 and 110 0, with a maximum of 122 2 on the 18th (122 1 on the 8th), and 41 1 and 43 0, v lth i minimum of 34 "4, on the 20th (3"> (i on the 7th) The wind has been stion^ei (lining tho last few days, giving an .ivei age of 2 ( )1 miles foi the beginning of the month, and 340 foi the middle puiod. These lepiesent houily velocities ot 12 and 11 V miles. Tho stiongest wind has been tint of the two hst d lys, ')") j and .")(j2 miles, equivalent to about 23J; miles per houi, an amount fai nhoit of the oidinaiy severity of the " equi noctial " gale,