✨ Meteorological Observations
RESULTS OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS
DEDUCED FROM DAILY REGISTERS KEPT AT THE
Government Stations in Christchurch, and Hokitika, for September, 1867.
CHRISTCHURCH STATION.
- Latitude - 43° 32' 16" S.
- Longitude - 172° 38' 59" E.
- Height above Sea - 21 feet.
- Distance from Sea - 5 miles.
HOKITIKA STATION.*
- Latitude - 42° 41' 30" S.
- Longitude - 170° 59' 0" E.
- Height above Sea - 8 feet.
- Distance from Sea - ¼ mile.
| CHRISTCHURCH | HOKITIKA | |
|---|---|---|
| Barometer (corrected and reduced to 32° F.) | ||
| Mean | 29.946 | 29.952 |
| Highest in Month | (11th) 30.312 | (5th) 30.33 |
| Lowest in Month | (30th) 29.421 | (30th) 29.554 |
| Mean Temperature of Atmosphere |
| Mean | 49.2 | 49.3 |
| Mean of all Highest | 58.2 | 57.6 |
| Mean of all Lowest | 42.2 | 40.9 |
| Highest in Month | (29th) 67.6 | (19th) 67.0 |
| Lowest in Month | (10th) 30.6 | (9th) 31.5 |
| Mean Daily Range | 14.1 | 17.0 |
| Self-registering Thermometers |
| Maximum in Shade |
| Mean | 78.5 | 75.8 |
| Highest in Month | (29th) 100.3 | (15th) 87.0 |
| Minimum on Grass |
| Mean | 34.8 | 36.7 |
| Lowest in Month | (4th, 10th) 22.0 | (2nd, 9th) 27.5 |
| Hygrometer (dew point) |
| Mean Temperature of Evaporation | 46.3 | 47.6 |
| Mean Temperature of Dew Point | 43.2 | 45.8 |
| Mean Tension of Vapour | 0.279 | 0.308 |
| Mean Humidity (saturation = 100) | 80 | 88 |
| Mean Weight of a Cubic Foot of Air | 543.7 grains | 544.6 grains |
| Mean Weight of Vapour in a Cubic Foot of Air | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| Mean Weight required to saturate a Cubic Foot of Air | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| Rain |
| Total amount collected, in Inches | 0.827 | 1.88 |
| Greatest Fall in one Day | (6th) 0.309 | (5th) 0.74 |
| Number of Days it fell | 3 | 10 |
| Wind |
| Mean Velocity in Miles per Day | 177 | 98 |
| Greatest Velocity in Miles per Day | (18th) 448 | (6th) 187 |
| Cloud |
| Mean Amount (0 = clear, 10 = overcast) | 4.2 | 4.7 |
- Observer at Hokitika, James Rochfort, Esq., District Engineer.
REMARKS.
CHRISTCHURCH.
The weather was exceedingly fine throughout the month of September; the days warm and sunny, the nights in general clear, and often frosty, particularly at the beginning of the month. Rain fell on three days only; viz., on the afternoon and night of the 7th, and in showers on the 14th and 15th. There was a heavy squall from S.W. on the 3rd, and a very high wind from N.E. on the 15th, on which day 448 miles of wind passed the station. Easterly winds prevailed without ceasing, from the 15th to the 23rd. The mean temperature of the month was about...
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1867, No 74
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🎓 Meteorological Observations for September 1867
🎓 Education, Culture & ScienceWeather, Temperature, Barometer, Rainfall, Wind, Christchurch, Hokitika
- James Rochfort (Esquire), Observer at Hokitika