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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

ABSTRACT of METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, New Zealand, for the Month of SEPTEMBER, 1868.

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

STATIONS.
Mean
Reading
Mean
Range.
Mean
Extr'me
Temp.
Shade.
Max.
Temp.
Min.
Temp.
Daily
Range
of
Temp.
Mean
Temp.
on
Grass.
Extr'me
Temp.
in
Sun's
Rays.
Mean
Elastic
Force
of
Vapour.
Deg. of
Moist.
(Satu-
ration
=100.)
Total
Fall
(inches)
No. of
Days on
which
Rain
fell.
Average
Force
in Miles
for
Month.
Maximum
Velocity
in Miles
in any
24 hours,
and date.
Mean
Amount
for
Month.
(0to10).

MONGONUI
55.3
15.2
33.5
109.0
33.0
6.280
18
221.0
460, 30th
6.0
Same month previous 3 years
55.2
6.990
19
and 27th

AUCKLAND
30.023
0.887
53.8
13.0
33.7
124.6
33.6
-336
80.6
7.450
16
358.4
907, 1st
5.4
Same month previous 4 years
29.776
56.5
-356
74.0
4.037
17
2

NAPIER
29.959
1.049
53.8
12.9
34.0
124.3
-329
78.8
1.322
22
233.3
403, 15th
5.2
Same month previous 2 years
29.836
54.7
-374
82.0
-760
2

TARANAKI
29.971
0.886
53.0
16.3
35.0
100.0
31.0
-305
77.9
4.240
12
316.0
746, 1st
4.0
Same month previous 4 years
29.775
53.1
-373
83.0
5.030
14

WELLINGTON
30.017
1.000
50.4
11.3
26.5
120.3
10.5
-275
75.0
3.220
16
182.7
385, 2nd
5.7
Same month previous 4 years
29.828
52.1
-257
64.5
3.587
13

NELSON
29.965
1.143
50.0
21.6
35.0
98.0
29.0
-279
78.0
4.350
4
141.9
380, 2nd
3.8
Same month previous 4 years
29.881
52.0
-351
74.0
7.152
7

CHRISTCHURCH
30.005
1.052
48.6
14.0
35.4
131.6
19.7
-273
80.0
1.319
7
144.0
247, 28th
4.9
Same month previous 4 years
29.815
49.7
-290
76.0
1.276
8

HOKITIKA
29.991
1.090
46.9
16.7
29.6
82.0
26.5
-286
89.5
6.440
11
161.1
334, 12th
4.9
Same month previous 2 years
29.873
50.2
-364
86.3
5.020
15

DUNEDIN
30.049
1.245
46.2
13.3
27.0
120.0
-247
79.8
1.348
9
118.0
475, 4th
5.0
Same month previous 4 years
29.866
48.0
-249
71.9
2.418
12

SOUTHLAND
29.949
1.225
46.2
24.5
42.1
128.0
17.0
-237
76.0
-770
5
173.0
390, 27th
3.7
Same month previous 3 years
29.708
47.8
-214
64.0
2.446
9

NOTES.

Mongonui. - Thunder on 1st, 7th, 11th, 27th, and 28th. Return received 13th October, 1868.
Auckland. - Gale on the 1st from S.W., with much rain; also on the 28th strong wind from W., with rain; hail on the 15th;
fog on the 12th; very stormy and wet weather during the month; 2.00 inches of rain registered on the 11th. Return
received 8th October, 1868.
Napier. - On the 14th squally weather, strong S. wind. The total rain and number of days of rain are far above the average;
prevailing winds from N.E. and S.E. Return received 12th October, 1868.
Taranaki. - Gales on the 1st, 12th, 13th, and 14th from W.; thunder on the 26th and 27th, with rain. Fourteen days of S.E.
wind; no rain from this quarter. Tolerably fine weather, though strong winds. Return received 8th October, 1868.
Wellington. - On the whole, fine weather; temperature rather lower than usual. Earthquake on the 21st, at 4:10 p.m.-rather a
sharp shock. Return received 1st October, 1868.
Nelson. - Strong wind from S.E. on the 1st, with rain; heavy gale from northward on 2nd, and on 3rd strong wind from S.W.;
on the 28th severe gale from N.E., lasting about six hours, with rain-1.85 inches registered. The rainfall far below the
average; squally weather. Return received 8th October, 1868.
Christchurch. - Strong wind on the 9th; on 27th strong E. wind, with rain; prevailing winds from E. and S.W. Fine weather
on the whole. Return received 8th October, 1868.
Hokitika. - Lightning without thunder on 12th, followed by rain. Unusually fine weather throughout the month; wind
moderate. Return received 10th October, 1868.
Dunedin. - Strong wind on the 3rd from S.W.; hail on 1st; fog on the 17th, 18th, and 28th; very slight rainfall and moderate
wind; low average temperature. Fine weather. Return received 19th October, 1868.
Southland. - Very fine weather throughout the month; unusually dry; there were no gales. Aurora Australis on 16th, and
lunar halo on the 26th.

GENERAL REMARKS.

The temperature for this month throughout the Colony has been lower than that for the same month in previous years, and
the total rainfall rather less. There have been some heavy gales at many of the stations, but, for the season of the year, the
weather has, on the whole, been tolerably fine.

November, 1868.

JAMES HECTOR,
Inspector of Meteorological Stations.

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