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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
ABSTRACT of METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, New Zealand, for the Month of SEPTEMBER, 1872.

BAROMETER.
Corrected and
Reduced to Sea
Level.

TEMPERATURE FROM SELF-REGISTERING
INSTRUMENTS, READ IN MORNING
FOR TWENTY-FOUR HOURS PREVIOUSLY.

COMPUTED
FROM
OBSERVATIONS.

RAIN.

WIND.

CLOUD.

STATIONS.
Mean
Reading
Extr'me
Range.
Mean
Temp.
in
Shade.
Mean
Daily
Range
of
Temp.
Extr'me
Range
of
Temp.
Max.
Temp.
in Sun's
Rays.
Min.
Temp.
on
Grass.
Mean
Elastic
Vapour.
Mean
Deg. of
Moist.
(Satu-
ration
=100.)
Total
Fall
in
Month
(inches)
No. of
Days
on
which
Rain
fell.
Average
Velocity
in Miles
for
Month.
Maximum
Force
in Miles
in any
24 hours,
and Date.
Mean
Amount
for
Month
(0to 10).

MONGONUI
Same month previous 7 years 29.989
55.3
346
73
5.058
18
...
...
...

AUCKLAND
30.193 955 55.0 13.8 31.9 131.0 16.1
354 82
1.837 11
280 876, 8th 6.5
Same month previous 8 years 29.927
54.9
345 77
4.003 17
...
...
...

TARANAKI
30.172 858 53.2 17.6 37.0 138.0 28.0
242 62
3.240 6
...
...
7.2
Same month previous 8 years 29.897
53.0
325 77
4.030 13
...
...
...

NAPIER
30.163 937 54.8 16.6 38.0 121.0
328 76
930 8
213 500, 1st, 1.0
Same month previous 4 years 29.932
54.0
344 79
1.292 9
6th, &8th
...

WELLINGTON
30.089 969 51.4 10.2 28.7 121.0 32.0 325 86
4.362 13
212 420, 7th 5.9
Same month previous 8 years 29.903
51.5
273 71
3.540 13
...
...
...

*WANGANUI
30.250 850 52.0 17.2 42.0 129.0 10.0
280 72
1.270 5
268 355, 24th 4.0
Same month previous 7 years
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2.540 11
...
...
...

NELSON
30.048 973 51.3 20.8 36.0 128.0 25.0
324 86
3.290 6
...
...
4.9
Same month previous 8 years 29.886
51.1
315 75
5.763 6
...
...
...

CHRISTCHURCH
30.043 1.013 49.5 17.8 44.0 128.7 18.3
266 75
641 5
...
...
4.1
Same month previous 8 years 29.899
49.1
278 77
1.310 9
...
...
...

*BEALEY
29.932 894 43.6 14.9 38.0 116.0 1.0†
240 84
4.840 12
...
...
4.4
Same month previous 4 years 29.880
42.3
220 82
6.616 13
...
...
...

HOKITIKA
30.144 887 49.7 11.7 28.7 72.8 22.1
306 86
5.750 14
132 273, 3rd 5.0
Same month previous 6 years 30.006
49.2
314 85
5.490 13
...
...
...

DUNEDIN
29.913 1.106 49.4 17.0 36.0 128.0 22.0
247 70
1.598 9
176 590, 28th 5.0
Same month previous 8 years 29.918
47.9
248 73
1.846 11
...
...
...

*QUEENSTOWN
30.133 879 47.2 16.0 36.2 119.2
214 67
2.590 10
153 228, 3rd 5.6
SOUTHLAND
29.947 850 47.8 19.2 43.0 126.0 21.0
247 74
3.660 12
212 504, 12th 5.0
Same month previous 7 years 29.822
47.5
233 71
2.197 9
...
...
...

• Altitude of Bealey, 2,104 feet; Queenstown, 1,070 feet. The stations marked thus * are furnished with Aneroid barometers only. † Below zero.

NOTES FOR SEPTEMBER, 1872.

Auckland.—Remarkably fine, genial weather; a severe gale from. S.W. on 8th, with 800 inch of rain, chiefly during night,
and on 10th from same quarter, not so strong; wet and stormy on 28th from S.; prevailing wind S.W.; fog on 23rd; barometer
30.515 on 5th. Maximum temperature in shade, 68°.1; minimum, 36°.2.

Taranaki.—Very fine generally, but changeable, and at times very dull and wet; northerly gale on 7th, with 1.30 inch of
rain; barometer, 30.496 on 18th, and very fine; prevailing winds N.E. and S.W. Maximum temperature in shade, 72°;
minimum, 35°.

Napier.—Fine weather, very small rainfall; maximum 37 inch on 9th; prevailing wind N.E., and stormy on 1st, 6th, and
8th from that quarter; on 13th and 27th strong from S.W. and N.W.; high barometer on 16th, 30.497. Maximum temperature
in shade, 76°; minimum, 38°.

Wanganui.—Clear, warm weather, with light N.W. winds, very little rain, maximum on 8th, 80 inch; barometer on 18th,
30.58. Maximum temperature in shade, 72°; minimum, 30°.

Wellington.—Up to 9th showery and stormy, though mild; on 5th, 6th, and 7th, strong N.W. winds, with rain, changed to
S.W. on 7th, and heavy rain continued to 8th, 2.15 inches recorded on that morning; fine and generally mild from 10th to 22nd,
with northerly winds; on 23rd, stormy from N.W., and most disagreeable, clouds of dust and close weather; also dust storms on
26th and 30th, wind N.W. Fog on 1st. Maximum temperature in shade, 64°; minimum, 35°.

Nelson.—Tolerably fine during month, little rain; maximum on 8th, 1.15 inch; strong northerly gale on 7th, with rain;
prevailing wind S.E. and N.W. On 16th, high barometer, 30.436. Maximum temperature in shade, 68°; minimum, 32.

Christchurch.—Very fine up to 27th, that day and the following very rough and cold from S.W., with snow and sleet;
cleared up again on 29th; maximum rain on 28th, 400 inch; prevailing winds N.E. and S.W. Barometer 30-509 on 15th.
Maximum temperature in shade, 74°.2; minimum, 30°.2.

Bealey.—Fine weather generally, with high N.W. winds, blew twenty days from that quarter; maximum rain on 6th, 1.67
inch; thunder on 7th; snow on 8th, 28th, and 29th; high barometer middle of month. Maximum temperature in shade, 60°;
minimum, 22°.

Hokitika.—Average weather at this station; light winds, prevailing from N.E. and S.W.; maximum rain on 6th, 94 inch;
fog on 21st; high barometer on 16th, 30.464. Maximum temperature in shade, 59°.3; minimum, 30°.6.

Dunedin.—Very fine weather generally, with occasional showers. Maximum fall on 14th, 59 inch; prevailing wind W. and
N.W.; cold severe weather on 27th and 28th, with snow and hail from S.W. Maximum temperature in shade, 68°; minimum,
32°.

Queenstown.—Very fine weather on the whole; greatest rain on 7th, 94 inch; snow on 7th, 27th, and 28th, from S.W.;
moderate winds prevailing from N.W; high barometer on 15th, 30.548. Maximum temperature in shade, 66°.1; minimum, 29°.9.

Southland.—Generally fine; snow on 27th; hail on 6th, 26th, 27th, and 28th; northerly gale on 11th and 12th, with rain;
maximum fall recorded on 13th, 1.05 inch; prevailing wind N.; barometer on 16th, 30.36. Maximum temperature in shade,
67°; minimum, 24°.

GENERAL REMARKS.

Very fine weather throughout for time of year; no severe storms recorded, and unusually small rainfall; very high atmospheric
pressure occurred throughout about the middle of month, with fine clear weather. Earthquakes occurred at Patea on 5th, 10.45
p.m., slight; Foxton, 5th, 10:38 p.m., slight; Queenstown, 6th, 3 p.m.; Wanganui on 10th, 8.15 a.m., slight; on. 20th at
White's Bay, Wanganui, Wellington, Hutt, Bull's, Hawera, Patea, Foxton, and Nelson; smart except at Foxton, where it
was slight, about 5.7 p.m.; Wellington on 24th, at 9.17 a.m., very slight. Meteor reported at Christchurch on 14th.

JAMES HECTOR, Inspector.

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