New Zealand Gazette – 1894 – No. 14

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✨ Rainfall Data



THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

FEB. 22.,

Rainfall for January, 1894.

The following is the rainfall for the month of January, 1894:—

Station Observer Total Fall, in Inches Days of Rain Maximum Fall and Date (for Previous Twenty-four Hours)
Kaitaia (Whangaroa Harbour) W. G. Puckey 2.56 7 1.62 on 20th.
Pakaraka (Bay of Islands) Hon. H. Williams, M.L.C. 2.60 8 1.13 on 20th.
Auckland Government Observer 2.68 9 0.89 on 20th.
Cuvier Island (Hauraki Gulf) Lightkeeper 4.34 14 2.50 on 5th.
Tolago Bay A. Reeves 3.85 6 1.22 on 18th.
Omokoroa (Tauranga) L. A. Shadwell 4.13 7 1.46 on 20th.
Te Aroha C. R. Lusher 3.93 12 1.14 on 2nd.
Rotorua Dr. Ginders 5.75 11 2.15 on 4th.
Gisborne Archdeacon Williams 7.73 6 2.38 on 4th.
Mahia Peninsula G. C. Ormond 1.89 5 0.86 on 20th.
Matahia (Gisborne) F. J. Kemp 3.98 8 2.53 on 4th.
Patutahi (Poverty Bay) H. N. Watson 2.22 8 0.85 on 4th.
Waipiro (Gisborne) S. Dodgshun 4.68 13 2.31 on 14th.
Te Aute (Hawke’s Bay) R. Tacou 4.91 5 3.85 on 3rd.
Napier E. Lyndon 6.96 8 4.45 on 4th.
Te Kowhai (Patoka, Hawke’s Bay) J. H. Absolom 3.71 11 1.14 on 5th.
Mangakuri G. C. Williams 4.27 9 3.26 on 3rd.
Erewhon (Hawke’s Bay) W. J. Birch 3.15 13 0.69 on 4th.
Onepoto (Lake Waikaremoana) F. R. Phillips 4.59 13 3.56 on 4th.
Waimarama (Hawke’s Bay) Thomas R. Moore 4.22 14 3.52 on 3rd.
Mount Vernon (Hawke’s Bay) R. Harding 10.83 10 3.16 on 3rd.
Gwavas (Hawke’s Bay) J. Nicoll 12.98 14 3.57 on 19th.
New Plymouth E. Veale 10.57 9 3.18 on 3rd.
Inglewood Miss N. Trimble 12.98 13 3.18 on 3rd.
Ngatimaru Miss A. Hutchinson 10.57 12 3.57 on 19th.
Opuhi (Otakeho, Taranaki) D. Wilkie 3.91 9 1.41 on 2nd.
Kaimanawa (Upper Waitotara) E. F. Liffiton 5.39 12 1.47 on 4th.
Stratford Miss Bobin 7.90 10 2.00 on 13th.
Opunake A. H. Moore 2.87 10 1.14 on 1st.
Manaia G. A. Hurley 3.88 9 0.75 on 1st.
Kaponga (Wanganui) F. F. S. Canning 4.20 9 1.20 on 1st.
Hawera (Waipapa) J. Livingston 3.60 11 0.75 on 2nd and 4th.
Wanganui W. L. Mountfort 3.16 10 1.19 on 4th.
Kaitoke (Wanganui) A. Wychodil 1.99 12 1.09 on 3rd.
Wanganui (No. 2 Line) H. I. Jones 3.36 9 1.07 on 4th.
Campbell Town H. Sanson 1.61 6 0.66 on 3rd.
Feilding S. Goodbehere 1.79 9 0.95 on 4th.
Colyton (Feilding) R. L. Pudney 2.90 10 0.92 on 4th.
Ormondville J. C. Westall 4.79 8 1.84 on 4th.
Woodville E. A. Haggen 2.89 9 0.81 on 4th.
Palmerston North Captain S. Brown 3.93 11 0.98 on 4th.
Ashurst Henry Barnes 2.18 9 0.67 on 3rd.
Otaki M. H. Ayre 2.20 9 0.79 on 3rd.
Kereru Miss Dunlop 3.60 10 1.27 on 4th.
Ramatawa (Newman) W. H. Herbert 2.32 5 0.98 on 5th.
Pahiatua W. Tosswill 3.47 8 1.68 on 4th.
Masterton B. Couborne 4.13 10 1.47 on 4th.
Otahuao J. Bennett 5.30 9 1.93 on 4th.
Carterton H. Braithwaite 5.90 7 2.34 on 4th.
Featherston H. C. Smith 4.29 8 1.73 on 4th.
Dry River (near Martinborough) C. Phillips 6.88 12 2.10 on 4th.
Summit (Rimutaka) M. Cronin 4.91 14 1.85 on 2nd.
Upper Hutt T. Lewis 6.07 9 1.79 on 4th.
Taita T. Mason 6.46 11 1.65 on 4th.
Petone Government Observer 5.25 11 1.46 on 1st.
Wellington Bell 4.44 12 1.14 on 2nd.
Pukerua W. Keeper 6.34 10 1.95 on 18th.
Wainuiomata Reservoir W. Edmonds 5.43 11 2.10 on 18th.
Wellington Reservoir

| Nelson | Dr. Hudson | 7.69 | 10 | 1.62 on 17th. |
| Flaxbourne | W. Tatchell | 4.34 | 10 | 1.02 on 18th. |
| Cape Campbell | Lightkeeper | 4.21 | 8 | 1.35 on 18th. |
| Kaikoura | Miss E. Collins | 4.64 | 15 | 1.16 on 4th. |
| Kekerangu | W. J. White | 6.11 | 11 | 1.68 on 25th. |
| The Brothers | Lightkeeper | 5.11 | 6 | 1.80 on 18th. |
| Farewell Spit | Lightkeeper | 5.54 | 10 | 1.94 on 19th. |
| Highfield (Waiau) | J. A. Northcote | 4.32 | 14 | 1.08 on 18th. |
| Lincoln | P. Marshall | 2.99 | 10 | 0.96 on 19th. |
| Windsor Park (Oamaru) | W. Menlove | 6.90 | 17 | 1.97 on 15th. |
| Rhodes Convalescent Home, Port Hills, Christchurch | Mrs. Macpherson | 2.15 | 12 | 0.68 on 13th. |
| Hororata (Selwyn) | Hon. Sir J. Hall, K.C.M.G. | 5.08 | 17 | 1.94 on 19th. |
| Kapunatiki (Rangitata) | Hon. W. Rolleston | 3.49 | 15 | 1.70 on 3rd and 17th. |

| Holnicote (Mount Peel, Canterbury)| J. D. Acland | 7.01 | 19 | 1.40 on 19th. |
| Peel Forest | W. E. Barker | 6.80 | 16 | 2.33 on 19th. |
| Methven | H. G. Baker | 6.15 | 15 | 2.38 on 19th. |
| Drayton (Methven) | E. Chapman | 5.16 | 10 | 0.83 on 17th. |
| Pleasant Valley (Geraldine) | Captain E. F. Temple | 4.56 | 9 | 1.18 on 20th. |
| Winchmore (Ashburton) | R. W. Hart | 5.05 | 13 | 1.90 on 24th. |
| Dunedin | Government Observer | 5.76 | 16 | 1.98 on 19th. |
| St. Bathan’s (Otago) | J. Ewing | 4.16 | 14 | 0.79 on 19th. |
| Kyeburn (Otago) | R. W. Glendinning | 9.52 | 19 | 2.19 on 2nd. |
| Westport | S. A. Leach | 11.76 | 18 | 2.13 on 24th. |
| Hokitika | F. E. Clarke | 7.52 | 21 | 1.70 on 24th. |
| Greymouth | J. Conner | 1.22 | 5 | 0.45 on 23rd and 29th. |
| Balclutha | C. C. Halliday | 4.16 | 15 | 0.97 on 19th. |

| Bealey | J. Ryan | 4.16 | 15 | 0.97 on 19th. |
| Kauroo (Maheno) | R. A. Chaffey | 5.13 | 12 | 1.18 on 17th. |
| Dipton | R. D. MacLachlan | 2.36 | 10 | 1.03 on 29th. |
| Wyndham (Southland) | W. H. Rodney | 3.48 | 10 | 1.23 on 18th. |
| Invercargill | J. L. Bush | 2.96 | 8 | 1.05 on 29th. |
| Puysegur Point | Lightkeeper | 8.34 | 15 | 2.55 on 22nd. |
| Queenstown | L. Hotop | 2.85 | 12 | 0.70 on 2nd. |
| Chatham Islands | A. Shand | 2.13 | 9 | 0.76 on 26th. |

Meteorological Office, Colonial Museum, Wellington, New Zealand.

J. HECTOR, Director.



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🎓 Rainfall for January 1894 (continued from previous page)

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22 February 1894
Rainfall, Weather Data, Meteorological Observations
84 names identified
  • W. G. Puckey, Observer at Kaitaia
  • Hon. H. Williams (M.L.C.), Observer at Pakaraka
  • A. Reeves, Observer at Tolago Bay
  • L. A. Shadwell, Observer at Omokoroa
  • C. R. Lusher, Observer at Te Aroha
  • Dr. Ginders, Observer at Rotorua
  • Archdeacon Williams, Observer at Gisborne
  • G. C. Ormond, Observer at Mahia Peninsula
  • F. J. Kemp, Observer at Matahia
  • H. N. Watson, Observer at Patutahi
  • S. Dodgshun, Observer at Waipiro
  • R. Tacou, Observer at Te Aute
  • E. Lyndon, Observer at Napier
  • J. H. Absolom, Observer at Te Kowhai
  • G. C. Williams, Observer at Mangakuri
  • W. J. Birch, Observer at Erewhon
  • F. R. Phillips, Observer at Onepoto
  • Thomas R. Moore, Observer at Waimarama
  • R. Harding, Observer at Mount Vernon
  • J. Nicoll, Observer at Gwavas
  • E. Veale, Observer at New Plymouth
  • Miss N. Trimble, Observer at Inglewood
  • Miss A. Hutchinson, Observer at Ngatimaru
  • D. Wilkie, Observer at Opuhi
  • E. F. Liffiton, Observer at Kaimanawa
  • Miss Boben, Observer at Stratford
  • A. H. Moore, Observer at Opunake
  • G. A. Hurley, Observer at Manaia
  • F. F. S. Canning, Observer at Kaponga
  • J. Livingston, Observer at Hawera
  • W. L. Mountfort, Observer at Wanganui
  • A. Wychodil, Observer at Kaitoke
  • H. I. Jones, Observer at Wanganui (No. 2 Line)
  • H. Sanson, Observer at Campbell Town
  • S. Goodbehere, Observer at Feilding
  • R. L. Pudney, Observer at Colyton
  • J. C. Westall, Observer at Ormondville
  • E. A. Haggen, Observer at Woodville
  • Captain S. Brown, Observer at Palmerston North
  • Henry Barnes, Observer at Ashurst
  • M. H. Ayre, Observer at Otaki
  • Miss Dunlop, Observer at Kereru
  • W. H. Herbert, Observer at Ramatawa
  • W. Tosswill, Observer at Pahiatua
  • B. Couborne, Observer at Masterton
  • J. Bennett, Observer at Otahuao
  • H. Braithwaite, Observer at Carterton
  • H. C. Smith, Observer at Featherston
  • C. Phillips, Observer at Dry River
  • M. Cronin, Observer at Summit
  • T. Lewis, Observer at Upper Hutt
  • T. Mason, Observer at Taita
  • Bell, Observer at Wellington
  • W. Keeper, Observer at Pukerua
  • W. Edmonds, Observer at Wainuiomata Reservoir
  • Dr. Hudson, Observer at Nelson
  • W. Tatchell, Observer at Flaxbourne
  • Miss E. Collins, Observer at Kaikoura
  • W. J. White, Observer at Kekerangu
  • J. A. Northcote, Observer at Highfield
  • P. Marshall, Observer at Lincoln
  • W. Menlove, Observer at Windsor Park
  • Mrs. Macpherson, Observer at Rhodes Convalescent Home
  • Hon. Sir J. Hall (K.C.M.G.), Observer at Hororata
  • Hon. W. Rolleston, Observer at Kapunatiki
  • J. D. Acland, Observer at Holnicote
  • W. E. Barker, Observer at Peel Forest
  • H. G. Baker, Observer at Methven
  • E. Chapman, Observer at Drayton
  • Captain E. F. Temple, Observer at Pleasant Valley
  • R. W. Hart, Observer at Winchmore
  • J. Ewing, Observer at St. Bathan’s
  • R. W. Glendinning, Observer at Kyeburn
  • S. A. Leach, Observer at Westport
  • F. E. Clarke, Observer at Hokitika
  • J. Conner, Observer at Greymouth
  • C. C. Halliday, Observer at Balclutha
  • J. Ryan, Observer at Bealey
  • R. A. Chaffey, Observer at Kauroo
  • R. D. MacLachlan, Observer at Dipton
  • W. H. Rodney, Observer at Wyndham
  • J. L. Bush, Observer at Invercargill
  • L. Hotop, Observer at Queenstown
  • A. Shand, Observer at Chatham Islands

  • J. Hector, Director