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METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS at the Observatory, Wellington, for the Month ending 30th November, 1863.
Lat. 41 deg. 16 min. 25 sec. S. Long. 174 deg. 47 min. 25 sec. E. Height above sea 90 feet.
| Day of Month. | Barometer. | Daily Means. | Shade. | Wind. | In. of Rain in 24 hours. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thermometer. | Clouds. | Maximum in Sun\'s Rays. Blackened Bulb. | Maximum. | Minimum. | Direction. | Maximum Force in 24 hours. | |||||
| Dry Bulb. | Wet Bulb. | Morning. | Afternoon. | ||||||||
| 1863. | |||||||||||
| November. | |||||||||||
| Sunday 1 | 29.557 | 59.5 | 57.0 | 2. | 75 | 65 | 54 | N | N | 9.25 | — |
| Monday 2 | .622 | 58.5 | 55.0 | 1. | 78 | 64 | 53 | N | N | 8.00 | — |
| Tuesday 3 | .650 | 58.5 | 53.5 | 3. | 81 | 64 | 53 | N | NE | 3.25 | — |
| Wednesday 4 | .477 | 58.5 | 54.0 | 8. | 84 | 65 | 52 | NNE | W | 1.00 | — |
| Thursday 5 | .236 | 58.5 | 54.7 | 9. | 77 | 65 | 52 | N | N | 2.00 | 1.27 |
| Friday 6 | .676 | 56.5 | 53.0 | 4. | 77 | 65 | 48 | SSW | S | 3.75 | .08 |
| Saturday 7 | .829 | 52.0 | 51.0 | 1. | 84 | 60 | 44 | NE | N | .50 | — |
| Sunday 8 | .694 | 59.0 | 56.0 | 6. | 87 | 65 | 53 | NNW | NNW | 1.50 | — |
| Monday 9 | .530 | 59.5 | 58.0 | 3. | 76 | 64 | 55 | N | N | 4.25 | — |
| Tuesday 10 | .619 | 60.0 | 56.5 | 6. | 83 | 66 | 54 | N | N | 4.25 | — |
| Wednesday 11 | .474 | 59.0 | 56.5 | 10. | 85 | 64 | 54 | NW | N | 4.25 | — |
| Thursday 12 | .355 | 56.0 | 55.2 | 10. | 64 | 60 | 52 | SSW | S | 4.25 | .78 |
| Friday 13 | .129 | 54.0 | 52.5 | 3. | 70 | 60 | 48 | N | NW | 13.50 | .19 |
| Saturday 14 | .163 | 56.5 | 53.0 | 3. | 84 | 63 | 50 | N | NE | 5.30 | — |
| Sunday 15 | .267 | 55.5 | 52.5 | 5. | 88 | 63 | 48 | N | SW | 2.50 | — |
| Monday 16 | .391 | 55.5 | 49.7 | 3. | 80 | 62 | 49 | N | N | 5.50 | — |
| Tuesday 17 | .607 | 52.5 | 49.0 | 3. | 83 | 62 | 43 | S | S | 3.00 | .16 |
| Wednesday 18 | .198 | 51.5 | 47.7 | 5. | 77 | 58 | 45 | NNE | N | 2.75 | .20 |
| Thursday 19 | .150 | 55.5 | 53.0 | 8. | 70 | 61 | 50 | N | N | 6.75 | .16 |
| Friday 20 | .227 | 57.0 | 52.5 | 3. | 75 | 63 | 51 | N | NE | 8.75 | .26 |
| Saturday 21 | .275 | 55.5 | 50.2 | 3. | 76 | 60 | 51 | N | N | 5.50 | — |
| Sunday 22 | .394 | 52.5 | 49.0 | 3. | 79 | 60 | 45 | N | S | 4.25 | .09 |
| Monday 23 | .506 | 53.7 | 49.7 | 7. | 86 | 59 | 48 | S | S | .50 | .04 |
| Tuesday 24 | .867 | 53.5 | 49.2 | 10. | 82 | 61 | 46 | S | S | 6.25 | .26 |
| Wednesday 25 | 30.146 | 52.0 | 48.5 | 5. | 67 | 56 | 48 | S | S | 5.00 | .02 |
| Thursday 26 | .129 | 54.0 | 50.7 | 0. | 80 | 65 | 43 | N | S | 1.50 | — |
| Friday 27 | .091 | 57.0 | 52.7 | 0. | 92 | 67 | 47 | N | N | .00 | — |
| Saturday 28 | 29.904 | 62.0 | 57.5 | 3. | 94 | 70 | 54 | NNE | N | 3.25 | — |
| Sunday 29 | .978 | 58.0 | 54.7 | 5. | 79 | 65 | 51 | S | S | 7.25 | — |
| Monday 30 | .769 | 57.5 | 54.0 | 6. | 88 | 68 | 47 | N | N | .50 | — |
NOTE.—Clouds.—10 is an overcast sky, and 0 is a cloudless sky.
Wind: Force.—The Maximum Pressure in 24 hours in lbs., and decimal parts of a lb. on the square foot.
Barometer.—The height is reduced to sea level, at a temperature of 32 deg. Far.
Thermometer Means.—Deducible from Maximum and Minimum readings at 10 a.m., of the 24 hours previously.
Maximum in Sun\'s Rays, and Maximum and Minimum in Shade.—These figures are the readings at 10 a.m., and like the wind\'s force, thermometer means, and fall of rain apply to the 24 hours previously.
JOHN KNOWLES, in Charge.
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