Meteorology records and analysis of the observatory records for August 1866 in conjunction with those of births and deaths

Abstract

Meteorological records recorded at the Observatory, Hobart Town. Includes leafing, flowering, and fruiting of a few standard plants in the Royal Society's Gardens during the month of August, 1866. Never before was the month of August so pleasant in its climatic character, or so favorable to health and life. The last ten days of the month, specially, were more like model summer days, than winter ones. It is a general though peculiar phenomenon in the last week of August, that there should be three or four consecutive days of a warm summer character, but never before were there so many in any August, as have been recorded for the present month. August 1865 was a fine and healthy month, yet while the deaths then amounted to 42, the present month had only 33.