THE WEATHER.

Southland Times, Issue 1021, 14 September 1868, Page 2

THE WEATHER.

METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, AUGUST, 1868. Mabtendaib Station. — The weather was constantly wet and squally during the firafc ten days. Snow fell on the Ist, and hail on the 2nd and 3rd ; on the 6th and 9th there were heavy falls of rain amounting to l"05 inch and 0*94 inches respectively. On the morning of the 10th the weather entirely cleared and continued brilliantly fine and clear — warm and sunny in the daytime and frosty at night — '•until the end of the month, with the exception of a short interruption on the 23rd and 24th, when some snow fell, but speedily thawed. The clearness of the atmosphere (not alone the mere absence of cloud) from the 17th to the 2Lst was very remarkable. The moon was distinctly visible, only a few hours after the change, and the zodiacall light showed with brightness. The clearness was strikingly shown by the amount of radiation, which ranged lO'l degrees between day and night. At sunrise on the 12th, the terrestrial - reflected radiation, thermometer read 12 deg., 2 in the afternoon, the insulated solar thermometer hi vocus, read 113 deg-^the largest difference I have yet recorded. The mean temperature of the month was 40*9 deg. j 2*6 deg. below the Dine years' average. The rainfall was 4"23 inches, which does not differ materially the average of the same period. Of this amouut nearly four inches fell in the first nine days. Barometer — (Corrected and reduced to 33 deg. Fah. and sea level) ; maximum, 20*352 inches (25th), minimum, 29370 (Ist) j mean, 29892 inches. Thermometer in shade — Maximum, 64*4 deg (30th) ; minimum, 20*1 deg. (21st) ; Mean, 409 deg. ; mean daily range, 21"1 deg. Radiation— Solar mean, 100-3 deg. j Maximum, 114*0 (3l8t) ; terrestrial mean, 24*2 deg., minimum, 12*0 deg (21st). Hygrometer — Dew-point, 343 degj vapor tension, o*2ol inch j humidity, *77. Rainfall — Total, 4*230 inches; maximum daily, I*os iuch (6th) : days rain fell, 163. Evaporation — Total, I*l3o inch. Cloud — Mean amount, 4"2— (0-10) . Anemometer — Mean daily movement, 173 miles ; maximum, 340 (6th) . Direction of Wind-^S., 1 day ; N.E., 1 ;. E., 9; S.E., 3j S., 0 5 S.W., 2; W.,9; ISM., 1 days. ....:-.-. Thunder, distant on 30;h ; near on lßt, 23rd, and 24th : hail on 2nd, 3rd, and 23rd.. No gales, thunderstorms, or fogs. CHARLES ROUB MARTEN, Director of Meteorological Stations.