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The mean temperature of the atmosphere in the shade
42.7 is —1.4. The mean daily range is —1.2 than the cor-
responding month in the two preceding years.
Solar radiation is 4.5 above, and terrestrial radiation is
0.2 below the average.
Extreme thermal range, 36.7.
Frost occurred on 17 nights in the month.
Spontaneous evaporation, exposed to sun and wind,
1.076 in.
HOKITIKA.
Except on the 8th, 9th, and 10th, and again on the 28th
and 29th, when a considerable quantity of rain fell, the
month was in general very fine, with a great many (14)
clear frosty nights. The mean direction of the wind was
S.E. No gales occurred, and only on the 8th was there a
high wind. The range of the barometer was almost iden-
tical with that in Christchurch, reading in general some-
what higher during the first fortnight, and lower during the
remainder of the month. The greatest and least pressure
of the atmosphere occurred on the same day and at the
same hour at both stations.
R. L. HOLMES,
Meteorological Observer,
Christchurch.
CHRISTCHURCH:
Printed, under the authority of the Provincial Government of the Province of Canterbury, at the “Press”
Office, Cashel-street, by James Edward Fitzgerald, Official Printer for the time being to the said
Government.
Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1866, No 58
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🎓 Education, Culture & ScienceWeather, Statistics, Christchurch, Hokitika, July 1866
- R. L. Holmes, Meteorological Observer
- James Edward Fitzgerald, Official Printer