✨ Meteorological Observations
RESULTS OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS
DEDUCED FROM DAILY REGISTERS KEPT AT THE
Government Stations in Christchurch and Hokitika, for August, 1866.
CHRISTCHURCH STATION.
Latitude . . . 43° 32' 16" S.
Longitude . . . 172° 38' 59" E.
Height above Sea . . . 21 feet.
HOKITIKA STATION.*
Latitude . . . 42° 41' 30" S.
Longitude . . . 170° 59' 0" E.
Height above Sea . . . 8 feet.
| CHRISTCHURCH. | HOKITIKA. | |
|---|---|---|
| Mean Atmospheric Pressure | 29.913 | 29.991 |
| Greatest Pressure | (31st) 30.416 | (31st) 30.424 |
| Least Pressure | (12th) 29.132 | (12th) 29.115 |
| Mean Pressure of Vapour in Inches of Mercury | .278 | .294 |
| Mean of Highest Day Temperature in Shade | 54.2 | 53.3 |
| Mean of Lowest Night Temperature in Shade | 36.7 | 39.2 |
| Mean Temperature of Atmosphere in Shade | 45.4 | 46.2 |
| Highest Temperature in Shade | (28th) 64.8 | (28th) 57.4 |
| Lowest Temperature in Shade | (2nd) 27.3 | (1st) 29.0 |
| Mean Daily Range | 17.6 | 14.4 |
| Mean Solar Radiation | 78.7 | 67.5 |
| Maximum ditto | (30th) 106.7 | (30th) 77.0 |
| Mean Nocturnal Radiation | 30.1 | 24.9 |
| Minimum ditto | (19th) 18.8 | (2nd) 22.6 |
| Mean Temperature of Dew-point | 42.7 | 47.1 |
| Mean Degree of Moisture (saturation = 100) | 81 | 92 |
| Number of Days on which Rain fell | 9 | 19 |
| Total Rainfall in Inches on ground | 0.616 | 11.56 |
| Greatest Daily Fall | (20th) 0.142 | (11th) 2.65 |
| Mean Amount of Cloud (overcast = 10) | 5.6 | 5.9 |
| Mean Velocity of Wind in Miles per Day | 133 | 103 |
| Greatest ditto | (8th) 247 | (11th) 236 |
| Least ditto | (15th) 69 | (22nd) 89 |
| Mean Weight of a Cubic Foot of Air | 545.1 grains | 545.1 grains |
| Vapour in a Cubic Foot of Air | 3.15 | 3.7 |
| Vapour required to saturate a Cubic Foot of Air | 0.75 | 0.3 |
Note.—The Barometer is corrected for Index Error, &c., and reduced to 32 deg. Fah.
Observer, James Rochfort, Esq., District Engineer.
REMARKS.
CHRISTCHURCH.
The first day of the month was cold and cloudy, with showers of rain in the evening. From the 2nd to the 7th beautiful weather prevailed, warm sunshine days, often cloudless, with light variable winds. There was a cold damp fog on the morning of the 8th; the day overcast and dull. Frequent showers fell on the 9th, with strong N.E. wind in the forenoon. The 10th and 11th were very fine, wind northerly and warm. 12th, light rain from the S.W. in the forenoon, afternoon fine. 13th and 14th, fine but cloudy,
showers of rain at night. Light rain fell also on the morning of the 15th for an hour, when it cleared up remarkably fine, and continued thus for five days, during which time scarcely a cloud was visible day or night, the wind blowing lightly from the east, with frequent calms. On the 20th the wind blew strong in the forenoon from N.W., changing to S.W. at 3 p.m., with two hours of rain; at night a very slight shower of hail fell for a few seconds, and at the same time the higher parts of Banks Peninsula were covered with a thin coating of.
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1866, No 67
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🎓 Meteorological Observations for August 1866
🎓 Education, Culture & ScienceWeather, Temperature, Rainfall, Wind, Atmospheric Pressure, Christchurch, Hokitika
- James Rochfort, Esq., District Engineer