New Zealand Gazette – 1868 – No. 39

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✨ Meteorological Statistics Table

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
ABSTRACT of METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, New Zealand, for the Month of MAY, 1868.

BAROMETER.
TEMPERATURE FROM SELF-REGISTERING
INSTRUMENTS, READ IN MORNING
FOR TWENTY-FOUR HOURS PREVIOUSLY.
COMPUTED
FROM
OBSERVATIONS.
RAIN.
WIND.
CLOUD.
STATIONS.

Mean
Extr'me Max. Min.
Mean Extr'me Mean Mean Total No. of Average Maximum Mean
Reading Range. Temp. Temp. Daily Range Temp. in Sun's Temp. Elastic Moist. Fall in Days Daily Force in Miles Amount
in Shade. of Temp. Rays. on Grass. Vapour. (Saturation = 100.) Month (inches) Rain for Month. (0to10).
fell.

TARANAKI ... 30.050 846 54.8 12.6 28.0 87.0 32.0 358 83.3 5.040 18 260.0 639, 5th 6.4
Same month previous 4 years 29.960 546 78.0 6.590 15 193.0 375,23rd 5.8

WELLINGTON 30.077 906 52.9 10.0 22.3 105.4 17.3 322 80.0 4.220 17 133.0 270,23rd 4.0
Same month previous 4 years 29.875 53.2 362 68.0 4.040 11 5.260

NELSON 30.021 1.012 51.0 20.0 35.0 87.0 33.0 299 80.0 1.820 4 133.0 270,23rd 4.0
Same month previous 4 years 29.943 51.1 342 77.0 5.260 7

CHRISTCHURCH 30.014 854 47.9 15.8 42.8 116.0 15.6 271 83.0 2.139 8 126.0 257, 1st 4.2
Same month previous 4 years 29.888 48.3 286 80.0 2.376 8

HOKITIKA 30.066 1.094 48.4 13.6 27.6 72.0 27.0 318 93.7 6.930 15 123.1 239, 2nd 6.3
Same month previous 2 years 30.094 50.0 350 90.0 5.325 11

DUNEDIN 30.035 973 48.2 12.4 29.0 100.0 23.0 241 71.8 4.836 18 128.0 285, 31st 6.0
Same month previous 4 years 29.934 48.1 251 75.0 4.050 16

SOUTHLAND 29.941 940 46.3 17.1 40.2 18.2 248 79.0 3.920 17 171.0 380,25th 4.9
Same month previous 3 years 29.914 47.2 257 80.0 4.293 16

NOTES.
Taranaki.—Gale from S.E. on 4th, 5th, and 6th, lasting fifty hours, and very high wind on 7th and 8th from N.E.; thunder on
the 8th; fog on the 19th, 20th, 21st, and 29th; slight earthquake on the 20th; very wet and disagreeable month.
Wellington.—Strong wind on the 20th from N.W.; fine weather during the month.
Nelson.—Very dry month; only four days of rain; light winds.
Christchurch.—Pleasant weather; strong wind from N.W. on the 16th.
Hokitika.—Strong N.W. wind on 1st, with showers and heavy squall at 5 p.m. on same day; thunderstorm on 30th, S.W. wind
with rain; fog on 13th, 14th, 15th, and 19th; wet, unpleasant weather; prevailing wind, S.E.
Dunedin.—Strong winds on 17th, 27th, and 30th, from W.: tolerably fine weather.
Southland.—Thunder on 21st; hail on 30th; fog on 25th: rather a wet month.

GENERAL REMARKS.
The barometer readings are (with one exception) higher than those for previous years; the temperatures are in most cases
lower than usual for this month; the rainfall is less than usual, and at Nelson it is nearly 3.5 inches below the average
for the same month for previous years. The average daily force of wind is greatest at Taranaki and least at Hokitika; and the
maximum force of wind also highest at Taranaki and lowest at Hokitika.

JAMES HECTOR,
Inspector of Meteorological Stations.

Printed under the authority of the New Zealand Government, by GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.