✨ Rainfall Statistics
Rainfall for April, 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 | 1·61 | 14 | 0·38 on 14th. |
| Pakaraka (Bay of Islands) | Hon. H. Williams, M.L.C. | 0·87 | 9 | 0·37 on 1st. |
| Auckland | Government Observer | 1·04 | 14 | 0·21 on 30th. |
| Cuvier Island (Hauraki Gulf) | Lightkeeper | 1·66 | 8 | 0·69 on 1st. |
| Tolago Bay | A. Reeves | 10·88 | 5 | 7·80 on 2nd. |
| Omokoroa (Tauranga) | L. A. Shadwell | 0·80 | 3 | 0·48 on 1st. |
| Te Aroha | C. R. Lusher | 1·77 | 8 | 0·83 on 2nd. |
| Rotorua | Dr. Ginders | 2·65 | 4 | 1·83 on 2nd. |
| Gisborne | Archdeacon Williams | 7·23 | 9 | 2·89 on 2nd. |
| Mahia Peninsula | G. C. Ormond | |||
| Matahiia (Gisborne) | F. J. Kemp | 3·29 | 4 | 1·26 on 2nd. |
| Patutahi (Poverty Bay) | H. N. Watson | 6·27 | 7 | 3·41 on 2nd. |
| Waipiro (Gisborne) | S. Dodgshun | 3·74 | 5 | 1·48 on 2nd. |
| Te Aute (Hawke's Bay) | R. Tacou | 4·94 | 4 | 3·62 on 2nd. |
| Napier | E. Lyndon | 6·24 | 1 | 6·24 on 1st. |
| Te Kowhai (Patoka, Hawke's Bay) | J. H. Absolom | 11·54 | 5 | 9·29 on 2nd. |
| Mangakuri | G. C. Williams | 5·35 | 6 | 3·26 on 2nd. |
| Erehwon (Hawke's Bay) | W. J. Birch | 4·03 | 9 | 2·57 on 2nd. |
| Waimarama (Hawke's Bay) | Thomas R. Moore | 4·13 | 5 | 3·10 on 1st. |
| Mount Vernon (Hawke's Bay) | R. Harding | 4·66 | 7 | 3·20 on 2nd. |
| Gwawas (Hawke's Bay) | J. Nicoll | 5·63 | 7 | 4·30 on 2nd. |
| New Plymouth | E. Veale | 2·93 | 11 | 0·95 on 14th. |
| Inglewood | Miss N. Trimble | 5·76 | 14 | 1·39 on 25th. |
| Ngatimaru | Miss A. Hutchinson | 3·61 | 13 | 1·60 on 23rd. |
| Opuhi (Otakeho, Taranaki) | D. Wilkie | 1·40 | 8 | 0·48 on 14th. |
| Kaimanuka (Upper Waitotara) | E. F. Liffiton | 2·90 | 16 | 0·63 on 2nd. |
| Stratford | Miss Bobin | 2·48 | 10 | 0·99 on 23rd. |
| Opunake | A. H. Moore | 2·48 | 15 | 0·80 on 29th. |
| Manaia | G. A. Hurley | 1·82 | 11 | 0·37 on 2nd. |
| Kaponga (Wanganui) | F. S. Canning | 3·11 | 10 | 0·96 on 24th. |
| Hawera (Waipapa) | J. Livingston | 1·77 | 14 | 0·43 on 2nd. |
| Wanganui | W. L. Mountfort | 1·78 | 8 | 0·48 on 14th. |
| Kaitoke (Wanganui) | A. Wychodil | 1·34 | 13 | 0·30 on 4th. |
| Wanganui (No. 2 Line) | H. I. Jones | 1·60 | 8 | 0·46 on 14th. |
| Campbelltown | H. Sanson | 0·81 | 6 | 0·39 on 24th. |
| Feilding | S. Goodbehere | 1·67 | 10 | 0·47 on 2nd. |
| Colyton (Feilding) | R. L. Pudney | 2·30 | 12 | 0·88 on 2nd. |
| Ormondville | J. C. Westall | 6·27 | 10 | 5·01 on 1st. |
| Woodville | E. A. Haggen | 3·32 | 9 | 1·71 on 1st. |
| Palmerston North | Captain S. Brown | 2·46 | 13 | 1·27 on 2nd. |
| Ashurst | Henry Barnes | 4·19 | 13 | 2·41 on 2nd. |
| Otaki | M. H. Ayre | 0·96 | 10 | 0·28 on 22nd. |
| Kereru | Miss Dunlop | 2·52 | 4 | 1·50 on 1st. |
| Ramatawa (Newman) | W. H. Herbert | 5·81 | 15 | 1·82 on 25th. |
| Pahiataua | W. Tosswill | 3·58 | 13 | 1·90 on 2nd. |
| Masterton | B. Couborne | 2·14 | 8 | 0·55 on 2nd. |
| Otahua | J. Bennett | 2·31 | 8 | 0·80 on 2nd. |
| Carterton | H. Braithwaite | 1·92 | 9 | 0·56 on 10th. |
| Featherston | H. C. Smith | 1·14 | 3 | 0·64 on 10th. |
| Dry River (near Martinborough) | C. Phillips | 1·79 | 7 | 0·50 on 9th. |
| Summit (Rimutaka) | M. Cronin | 4·29 | 11 | 1·02 on 25th. |
| Upper Hutt | T. Lewis | 3·60 | 8 | 0·80 on 23rd. |
| Taita | T. Mason | 2·35 | 11 | 0·41 on 3rd. |
| Petone | Sir J. Hector | 1·68 | 12 | 0·48 on 23rd. |
| Wellington Observatory | Government Observer | 2·11 | 15 | 0·40 on 2nd. |
| Pukerua | W. Bell | 1·34 | 12 | 0·40 on 23rd. |
| Wainuiomata Reservoir | Keeper | 3·96 | 11 | 0·94 on 3rd. |
| Wellington Reservoir | W. Edmonds | 1·65 | 12 | 0·33 on 2nd. |
| Stephen's Island | Lightkeeper | 3·86 | 5 | 2·75 on 18th. |
| Nelson | Dr. Hudson | 0·27 | 6 | 0·08 on 24th. |
| Flaxbourne | W. Tatchell | 1·05 | 5 | 0·54 on 9th. |
| Cape Campbell | Lightkeeper | 1·27 | 3 | 0·95 on 9th. |
| Kaikoura | Miss E. Collins | 2·25 | 7 | 2·00 on 2nd. |
| Kekerangu | W. J. White | 1·30 | 8 | 0·40 on 2nd. |
| The Brothers | Lightkeeper | |||
| Farewell Spit | Lightkeeper | 1·14 | 8 | 0·28 on 25th. |
| Highfield (Waiau) | J. A. Northcote | 2·18 | 4 | 1·50 on 1st. |
| Lincoln | P. Marshall | 0·70 | 8 | 0·25 on 1st. |
| Akaroa | Miss Jacobson | 2·72 | 11 | 0·60 on 9th. |
| Rhodes Convalescent Home, Port Hills, Christchurch | Mrs. Macpherson | 0·65 | 7 | 0·22 on 10th. |
| Hororata (Selwyn) | Hon. Sir J. Hall, K.C.M.G. | 1·47 | 8 | 0·62 on 1st. |
| Kapunatiki (Rangitata) | Hon. W. Rolleston | 0·69 | 7 | 0·22 on 1st and 23rd. |
| Peel Forest | W. E. Barker | 2·73 | 11 | 0·86 on 1st. |
| Methven | H. G. Baker | 3·10 | 9 | 1·55 on 1st. |
| Drayton (Methven) | E. Chapman | 2·89 | 8 | 1·33 on 1st. |
| Pleasant Valley (Geraldine) | Captain E. F. Temple | 1·34 | 10 | 0·45 on 1st. |
| Winchmore (Ashburton) | R. W. Hart | |||
| Windsor Park (Oamaru) | E. Menlove | 1·17 | 7 | 0·33 on 22nd. |
| Dunedin | Government Observer | 3·98 | 14 | 1·23 on 19th. |
| Middlemarch (Otago) | D. Crawford | 3·38 | 14 | 1·28 on 19th. |
| St. Bathan's (Otago) | J. Ewing | 3·16 | 12 | 0·70 on 24th. |
| Kyeburn (Otago) | R. W. Glendinning | 2·05 | 9 | 0·67 on 19th. |
| Westport | S. A. Leach | 4·08 | 17 | 1·07 on 29th. |
| Hokitika | A. D. Macfarlane | 7·79 | 16 | 1·56 on 11th. |
| Greymouth | J. Conner | 7·71 | 13 | 2·00 on 23rd. |
| Balclutha | C. C. Halliday | 2·96 | 11 | 1·08 on 19th. |
| Bealey | J. Ryan | 5·24 | 9 | 1·25 on 1st. |
| Kauroo (Maheno) | R. A. Chaffey | 1·43 | 6 | 0·37 on 1st. |
| Dipton | R. D. MacLachlan | 4·82 | 11 | 1·92 on 19th. |
| Wyndham (Southland) | W. H. Rodney | 6·04 | 10 | 1·07 on 9th. |
| Invercargill | J. L. Bush | 3·73 | 11 | 0·84 on 25th. |
| Puysegur Point | Lightkeeper | |||
| Queenstown | L. Hotop | 3·02 | 5 | 1·75 on 19th. |
| Chatham Islands | A. Shand |
LATE MARCH RETURNS.—The Brothers: 4·13in., 3 days, 3·12in. on 18th. Highfield: 2·36in., 4 days, 1·50in. on 17th. Puysegur Point: 13·74in., 19 days, 3·07in. on 18th.
Meteorological Office, Wellington, New Zealand.
J. HECTOR, Director.
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NZ Gazette 1894, No 37
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🏥 Rainfall for April 1894
🏥 Health & Social WelfareRainfall, Weather, Stations, Observers, Total Fall, Days of Rain, Maximum Fall
88 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 (Doctor), Observer at Rotorua
- Archdeacon Williams (Archdeacon), Observer at Gisborne
- G. C. Ormond, Observer at Mahia Peninsula
- F. J. Kemp, Observer at Matahiia
- 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 Erehwon
- Thomas R. Moore, Observer at Waimarama
- R. Harding, Observer at Mount Vernon
- J. Nicoll, Observer at Gwawas
- E. Veale, Observer at New Plymouth
- Miss N. Trimble (Miss), Observer at Inglewood
- Miss A. Hutchinson (Miss), Observer at Ngatimaru
- D. Wilkie, Observer at Opuhi
- E. F. Liffiton, Observer at Kaimanuka
- Miss Bobin (Miss), Observer at Stratford
- A. H. Moore, Observer at Opunake
- G. A. Hurley, Observer at Manaia
- 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 Campbelltown
- 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 (Captain), Observer at Palmerston North
- Henry Barnes, Observer at Ashurst
- M. H. Ayre, Observer at Otaki
- Miss Dunlop (Miss), Observer at Kereru
- W. H. Herbert, Observer at Ramatawa
- W. Tosswill, Observer at Pahiataua
- B. Couborne, Observer at Masterton
- J. Bennett, Observer at Otahua
- 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
- Sir J. Hector (Sir), Observer at Petone
- W. Bell, Observer at Pukerua
- W. Edmonds, Observer at Wellington Reservoir
- Lightkeeper, Observer at Stephen's Island
- Dr. Hudson (Doctor), Observer at Nelson
- W. Tatchell, Observer at Flaxbourne
- Lightkeeper, Observer at Cape Campbell
- Miss E. Collins (Miss), Observer at Kaikoura
- W. J. White, Observer at Kekerangu
- Lightkeeper, Observer at The Brothers
- Lightkeeper, Observer at Farewell Spit
- J. A. Northcote, Observer at Highfield
- P. Marshall, Observer at Lincoln
- Miss Jacobson (Miss), Observer at Akaroa
- Mrs. Macpherson (Mrs.), Observer at Rhodes Convalescent Home
- Hon. Sir J. Hall (Hon. Sir), Observer at Hororata
- Hon. W. Rolleston (Hon.), Observer at Kapunatiki
- W. E. Barker, Observer at Peel Forest
- H. G. Baker, Observer at Methven
- E. Chapman, Observer at Drayton
- Captain E. F. Temple (Captain), Observer at Pleasant Valley
- E. Menlove, Observer at Windsor Park
- Government Observer (Government), Observer at Dunedin
- D. Crawford, Observer at Middlemarch
- J. Ewing, Observer at St. Bathan's
- R. W. Glendinning, Observer at Kyeburn
- S. A. Leach, Observer at Westport
- A. D. Macfarlane, 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