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CLIMATE AND WEATHER OF AUSTRALIA.
CONTENTS.
| Page | ||
| Climate— | ||
| I. | —Size of Continent and Effect on Climatic Variation | 7 |
| II. | —March of the Temperature | 8 |
| III. | —Barometric Variation— | |
| General | 12 | |
| Local | 13 | |
| Paths of the Highs and Lows | 14 | |
| IV. | —Distribution of the Dominant Winds— | |
| Trade Winds | 17 | |
| Land and Sea Breezes | 18 | |
| V. | —Rainfall Monthly and Seasonal Distribution | 19 |
| VI. | —Humidity and Wet Bulb Temperatures | 22 |
| VII. | —Special Factors influencing Climate— | |
| Ocean Currents | 23 | |
| Topography | 24 | |
| VIII. | —Chief Climatic Regions— | |
| Northern Monsoonal Summer Rains | 26 | |
| Central Arid Region | 29 | |
| Intermediate Region of Uniform Rains | 33 | |
| Winter Rain Region | 37 | |
| Weather— | ||
| IX. | —Characteristics of Drought Years | 40 |
| X. | —Characteristics of Local Rain— | |
| (A) Rainfall in the West Australian Gold-fields | 52 | |
| (B) Flood Rains— | ||
| (1) Victoria | 56 | |
| (2) Darling | 58 | |
| (3) Queensland | 59 | |
| (4) Western Australia | 60 | |
| XI. | —Special Type of Weather— | |
| (A) Western Australian Hurricanes | 61 | |
| (B) Hurricanes in South-West Pacific | 66 | |
| (C) Southerly Bursters | 70 | |
| XII. | —(A) Forecasting | 72 |
| (B) Types of Weather | 75 |
