Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1870 – No. 10

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✨ Meteorological Observations

RESULTS OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN AT CHRISTCHURCH, CANTERBURY, NEW ZEALAND,

FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31ST DECEMBER, 1869.

Latitude, 43 deg. 32 min. 16 sec. S. Longitude, 172 deg. 38 min. 59 sec. E. Height above sea level, 21 feet. Distance from sea, five miles.

	Barometer corrected and reduced to 32 deg. Fahr.	Self-Registering Thermometers.	Hygrometer.	Rain.	Wind.
	Mean Pressure.	Greatest Pressure.	Least Pressure.	Mean Temp. of Air.	Mean of all Highest.
Month	Inches.	Inches.	Inches.	Deg.	Deg.
--------------	---------	----------------	---------------	-------------	------------------
January	29.817	30.150	29.196	61.8	70.0
February	29.939	30.424	29.445	61.5	67.9
March	29.900	30.332	29.097	58.0	68.0
April	29.959	30.359	29.388	54.2	66.6
May	29.792	30.271	29.048	50.7	58.3
June	29.896	30.337	29.174	46.5	53.7
July	29.960	30.265	29.532	43.9	51.8
August	29.900	30.205	29.440	45.5	54.2
September	29.904	30.342	29.406	50.3	60.8
October	29.897	30.354	29.342	53.1	62.6
November	29.760	30.253	29.177	56.0	65.4
December	29.944	30.359	29.538	62.0	70.3

	Mean.	Max.	Min.	Mean	Mean	Max.	Mean	Mean	Mean	Sum	Sum.	Max.	Sum.	Sum.	Sum.	Sum.	Sum.	Mean.	Max.	Sum.
Year 1869	29.890	30.424	29.048	52.8	60.9	88.8	44.7	16.0	49.6	313.0	27.292	3.50	80	120	158.5	10.6	46.2	490	3.0	9
1864-68 inclusive	29.841	30.530	28.660	53.0	61.6	89.4	44.4	17.0	49.1	...	25.197	2.23	76	118	157.7	10.2	45.4	470	4.6	11
1864-69 inclusive	29.849	30.630	28.660	52.9	61.5	89.4	44.4	16.9	49.2	...	25.546	2.23	77	119	158.5	10.2	45.5	470	4.5	11

(a) 8th February. (b) 24th May. (c) 11th January. (d) 22nd July. (e) 11th January. (f) 18th July. (g) 28th February. (h) 3rd January. (i) for 1868 only. (j) for 1868-9. (k) Mean for four years. (l) Max. in four years.

(m) Mean for five years. (n) Max. in five years.

VUW Te Waharoa — Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1870, No 10

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