TEE WEATHER.

Otago Witness, Issue 2325, 22 September 1898, Page 3

TEE WEATHER.

Mr Skey kindly supplies the following abstract of the weather at Dunedin for August: — Mean barometer, 30.002 m. Mean elastic force of vapour, 0 208 in. Mean temperature in shade, 42deg. Mean solar radiatic-n, BCdeg i Mean terrestrial -radiation. 32deg. Mean daily velocity of -wind, 149 miles. Mean amount of cloud (from 1 to 10), 5.4. Total rainfall, 2.71 in. !No. of days on which rain fell, 14.

CALENDAR FOE THE WEEK.

* For time of high water at Oamaru add limin . suotract a Bluff, 2hi oTniin; Inveieargill, 2Ur 12min : Taiaroa Heaa, lhr 25mla; Tort Chalmers. -iOnun; St. Clair. lhr <SOmin: Catlms Elver, 2hr 25min Departures of English Mails. — Mails leave Daaedin for England:— San Fhancisco, September 28 : Brindisi. October 3. Mails are also sent by direct steamers and the v&riouß Australian lines, but letters by these require to be specially addressed. - Mails for Melbourne close at Dunedin every Monday and at Invercargill every Tuenday.

Jay of Honth 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Day of Week. Th. F. Sat. S. M. T. W. HIGH WATEiI AT 1 DUNEDIN.* i a.m. p.m 7.3E) 8. 4 8.32 9. 2 9.35 10.18 11. 4 11.54 0.40 1.20 1.55 2.10 2.25 2.49 Sun Risea. h m 6. 2 6. 0 5.5S 5.56 5 54 5.52 5.5'J ouu Sets. h m 5 59 6. 0 6. 2 6. 3 6. 4 6 5 6. 6

•EASES OF THE MOON. MOON SEPTEMBER. I D'te h m jast Quarter 8 10 21 a in. Tew -Moon 16 11 40 a.m. lint Quarter 23 2 9 p.m full M00n... 30 10 41 a.m. ipogee ... 10 10 0 a.m. 'erigee ..25 6 0 p.m. Kises. Set 3. 22 8.57 a.m. 119 p.m. 2310. 3 „ 2.15 „ 2411114 „ 3 2,, -25, 0.32 p.m. 338 „ 2fi 2.50 „ 4. 8 „ 27 8. 4 „ 4£6 „ 28 423 „ 455 „