RESULTS OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS
DEDUCED FROM DAILY REGISTERS KEPT AT THE
Government Stations in Christchurch, Hokitika, and Bealey, Canterbury,
FOR NOVEMBER, 1867.

CHRISTCHURCH STATION. HOKITIKA STATION.* BEALEY STATION.†
Latitude. 43° 32’ 16" S. 42° 41’ 30" S. 42° 2’ S.
Longitude. 172° 38’ 59" E. 170° 59’ E. 171° 37’ E.
Height above Sea. 21 feet. 8 feet. 2,100 feet.
Distance from Sea. 5 miles. ¼ mile. 38 miles (West Coast).

Barometer corrected and reduced to 32 deg. F.

Mean 29.450 29.613 —
Highest in Month (16th) 29.965 (1st) 30.140 —
Lowest in Month (24th) 28.663 (24th) 28.894 —

Self-registering Thermometers.

In Shade, and protected.
Mean Temperature of Atmosphere 56.8 59.3 48.6
Mean of all Highest 67.5 57.8 53.9
Mean of all Lowest 46.1 46.6 39.3
Highest in Month (3rd) 85.7 (4th) 62.0 (4th) 62.8
Lowest in Month (28th) 33.8 (28th) 35.0 (13th) 31.0
Mean Daily Range 21.4 11.4 14.6

Maximum in Sun.
Mean 101.7 77.2 84.4
Highest in Month (13th) 125.5 (25th) 85.0 (28th) 78.5

Minimum on Grass.
Mean 36.8 42.8 25.3
Lowest in Month (12th) 23.0 (28th) 30.0 (28th) 12.5

Hygrometer (deductions).

Mean Temperature of Evaporation 50.7 50.2 43.4
Mean Temperature of Dew Point 45.1 48.3 39.7
Mean Tension of Vapour .301 .339 .244
Mean Humidity (saturation=100) 65 86 78
Mean Weight of a Cubic Foot of Air 527.8 grains 535.2 grains —
Mean Weight of Vapour in a Cubic Foot of Air 3.3 ,, 3.8 ,, 2.8 grains
Mean Weight required to saturate a Cubic Foot of Air 1.8 ,, 0.6 ,, 0.8 ,,

Rain.

Total amount collected in Inches 4.424 15.60 15.00
Greatest Fall in one Day (15th) 1.030 (23rd) 2.42 (9th) 2.11
Number of Days it Fell 13 23 27

Wind.

Mean Velocity in Miles per Day 216 196 169
Greatest Velocity in Miles per Day (28th) 331 (28th) 317 (4th) 389

Cloud.

Mean Amount (0=clear, 10=overcast) 4.4 7.9 7.5

• Observer at Hokitika, JAMES ROCHFORT, Esq., District Engineer.
  † Observer at Bealey, JOHN M. MUNCE, Esq., Telegraph Manager.

R E M A R K S.

CHRISTCHURCH.
The weather during the month of November was remarkable in many respects for unseasonable heat, and almost constant strong dry north-east winds, in the beginning, and equally abnormal cold and wet in the latter part. From the 1st to the 11th the heat was very great in the day-time, parti-