Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1869 – No. 14

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✨ Meteorological Observations



TABLE 1.

RESULTS
OF
METEOROLOGICAL
OBSERVATIONS
TAKEN
AT
CHRISTCHURCH,
CANTERBURY,
NEW ZEALAND
FOR
THE YEAR
ENDING
31ST DECEMBER, 1868.

Latitude 43 deg. 32 min. 16 sec. S. Longitude 172 deg. 38 min. 59 sec. E. Height above sea level 25 feet. Distance from sea, five miles.

1868. Barometer at 9.30 a.m. and 3.30 p.m. Corrected and reduced to 32 deg. Fahr. SELF-REGISTERING THERMOMETERS. HYGROMETER. RAIN. WIND.
Mean. Max. Min. Mean. Max. in sun.
Inches. Inches. Inches. Deg. Deg.
January ... 29.783 30.255 29.102 60.6 88.2
February .. 29.765 30.226 29.096 59.5 85.3
March ... 29.842 30.300 29.345 58.1 78.0
April ... 29.708 30.178 29.072 56.6 74.7
May ... 29.844 30.359 29.420 47.9 72.3
June ... 29.921 30.366 29.245 40.9 54.6
July ... 29.807 30.339 28.997 41.0 61.9
August ... 29.842 30.307 29.296 41.6 64.9
September... 29.879 30.473 29.421 48.6 66.0
October ... 29.643 30.342 29.055 52.4 70.9
November ... 29.759 30.385 29.112 57.7 82.3
December ... 29.614 30.287 28.998 60.3 82.7
Mean. Max. Min. Mean. Max.
Year 1868 ... 29.825 30.473 28.997 52.0 89.4
1864-67 inclusive.. 29.845 30.630 28.650 53.2 89.4
1864-68 inclusive.. 29.845 30.630 28.650 53.0 89.4

(a) 17th September. (b) 6th July. (c) 21st February. (d) 7th July. (e) 20th December. (f) 11th December. (g) 7th July. (h) 8th January. *Mean of four and five years. † From 1864-1867, and 1864-1868 inclusive.



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