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METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS at the Observatory, Wellington, for the
Month ending 31st December, 1863.
Lat. 41 deg. 16 min. 25 sec. S. Long. 174 deg. 47 min. 25 sec. E. Height above the
sea 90 feet.
| Day of Month. | Barometer. | Thermometer. | Clouds. | Maximum in Sun\'s Rays. Blackened Bulb. | Shade. | Wind. | In. of Rain in 24 hours. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry Bulb. | Wet Bulb. | Maximum. | Minimum. | Direction. | Maximum Force in 24 hours. | |||||||
| Morning. | Afternoon. | |||||||||||
| 1863. | ||||||||||||
| December. | ||||||||||||
| Tuesday 1 | 29.683 | 57.5 | 53.7 | 3. | 85 | 68 | 47 | N | N | 6.50 | .09 | |
| Wednesday 2 | .968 | 55.5 | 52.2 | 0. | 84 | 65 | 46 | SE | N | 7.75 | — | |
| Thursday 3 | .990 | 60.5 | 58.0 | 9. | 87 | 67 | 54 | N | N | 2.75 | — | |
| Friday 4 | .759 | 60.5 | 58.0 | 10. | 74 | 63 | 58 | N | NE | 4 75 | .15 | |
| Saturday 5 | .718 | 55.5 | 54.0 | 6. | 68 | 66 | 50 | S | S | 4.50 | .89 | |
| Sunday 6 | .479 | 55.0 | 54.0 | 5. | 77 | 63 | 47 | NNE | N | .50 | — | |
| Monday 7 | .680 | 56.0 | 53.5 | 5. | 83 | 66 | 46 | S | S | 4.50 | .22 | |
| Tuesday 8 | .690 | 50 0 | 46.0 | 1. | 75 | 55 | 45 | S | N | 4.25 | .02 | |
| Wednesday 9 | .620 | 57.0 | 51.5 | 4. | 86 | 65 | 49 | N | N | 3.50 | — | |
| Thursday 10 | .646 | 57.0 | 52.5 | 8. | 85 | 66 | 48 | N | NW | .75 | — | |
| Friday 11 | .660 | 62.5 | 59.5 | 7. | 86 | 69 | 56 | N | N | 11.75 | .02 | |
| Saturday 12 | .612 | 61.0 | 59 5 | 7. | 82 | 70 | 52 | N | N | 8.25 | .07 | |
| Sunday 13 | .672 | 59.5 | 57.0 | 10. | 66 | 63 | 56 | N | NNW | 11.75 | .04 | |
| Monday 14 | .780 | 61 0 | 59.7 | 3. | 87 | 67 | 55 | N | N | 3.25 | .02 | |
| Tuesday 15 | .830 | 62 5 | 60.7 | 7. | 94 | 70 | 55 | NNW | NW | 1 00 | — | |
| Wednesday 16 | .788 | 64.5 | 61.0 | 8. | 92 | 74 | 55 | N | N | 1.50 | .01 | |
| Thursday 17 | .727 | 68.0 | 64.5 | 8. | 90 | 75 | 61 | N | N | 3.25 | .57 | |
| Friday 18 | .551 | 64.0 | 62.5 | 10. | 74 | 67 | 61 | N | N | 5.00 | 1.60 | |
| Saturday 19 | .648 | 62.5 | 60.7 | 9. | 78 | 67 | 58 | N | SSW | 3 25 | .06 | |
| Sunday 20 | .706 | 62 0 | 59.2 | 10. | 84 | 68 | 56 | SSW | S | 7.00 | .02 | |
| Monday 21 | .754 | 57.0 | 54.5 | 5. | 75 | 62 | 52 | S | S | 2.25 | .03 | |
| Tuesday 22 | .787 | 56.0 | 51.2 | 0. | 82 | 62 | 50 | S | SSW | 1.50 | — | |
| Wednesday 23 | .968 | 58 0 | 53.5 | 4. | 81 | 66 | 50 | E | S | .23 | — | |
| Thursday 24 | .886 | 59.5 | 54.7 | 7. | 90 | 67 | 52 | S | S | 1.25 | — | |
| Friday 25 | .932 | 56 0 | 53.0 | 4. | 67 | 60 | 52 | S | S | .75 | — | |
| Saturday 26 | .816 | 56.0 | 52.5 | 1. | 88 | 66 | 46 | NE | SSW | .25 | — | |
| Sunday 27 | .664 | 61.0 | 57 0 | 3. | 89 | 70 | 52 | NW | S | 12 | — | |
| Monday 28 | .546 | 62.5 | 58.0 | 5. | 91 | 71 | 54 | SSE | NNW | .25 | — | |
| Tuesday 29 | .564 | 55.5 | 53 2 | 8. | 87 | 64 | 47 | SSW | S | 2.25 | .32 | |
| Wednesday 30 | .877 | 52.0 | 48.5 | 9. | 69 | 59 | 45 | SE | SSW | 8 00 | .78 | |
| Thursday 31 | .874 | 55.0 | 51.5 | 2. | 76 | 62 | 48 | SE | S | 6 25 | .02 |
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.—Deductible from the Maximum and Minimum readings
at 10 a.m., of the 24 hours previously.
Maximum in Sun\'s Rays, and Maximum and Minimum in Shade—The 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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