New Zealand Gazette – 1904 – No. 17

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✨ Rainfall Data



Feb. 25. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 669

Rainfall for January, 1904—continued.

Station. Observer. Total Fall, in Inches. Days of Rain. Maximum Fall, and Date (for Previous Twenty-four Hours).

SOUTH ISLAND—continued.

(C.) EAST ASPECT—KAIKOURA TO CAPE SAUNDERS.

Cheviot .. .. A. C. Bellwood .. 1·38 7 0·40 on 8th
Waiau .. .. F. S. Northcote .. 2·06 7 1·40 on 8th
Akaroa .. .. Miss Jacobson .. 2·83 4 1·07 on 31st
Oxford .. .. R. H. Gainsford .. 2·18 12 0·93 on 8th
Port Hills (Christchurch) .. Miss M. L. Higgins .. 1·75 7 0·60 on 8th
Christchurch .. .. A. L. Taylor .. 1·57 6 0·52 on 8th
Linwood .. .. J. A. Biltcliff .. 1·52 6 0·49 on 8th
Lincoln .. .. G. Gray .. 1·75 7 0·61 on 8th
Southbridge .. .. D. McMillan .. 1·76 7 0·64 on 8th
Kyle .. .. J. Lambie .. 1·66 6 1·00 on 7th
Hororata .. .. Hon. Sir J. Hall, K.C.M.G. 2·04 7 0·75 on 8th
Kapunatiki .. .. J. C. Rolleston .. 1·86 6 0·80 on 8th
Orari .. .. G. A. M. Macdonald .. 2·04 8 0·87 on 8th
Bealey .. .. A. Hodgen .. 3·15 7 1·33 on 30th
Mount Peel .. .. Miss Acland .. 3·56 9 1·33 on 7th
Peel Forest .. .. W. E. Barker .. 3·92 6 1·75 on 7th
Methven .. .. H. G. Baker .. .. .. ..
Rakaia .. .. Rev. G. W. Russell .. 1·59 6 0·70 on 7th
Winchmore (Ashburton) .. A. Curtis .. 2·29 6 0·89 on 8th
Windermere .. .. Miss F. J. M. Wright .. .. .. ..
Pleasant Point .. .. J. Bishop .. 1·71 8 0·59 on 8th
Timaru .. .. R. Fergusson .. .. .. ..
Timaru Reservoir .. .. J. Courtney .. 1·53 7 0·58 on 6th
Fairlie .. .. D. H. Gillingham .. .. .. ..
Waimate .. .. W. M. Hamilton .. 1·38 8 0·36 on 7th and 8th
Geraldine .. .. E. F. Temple .. 2·17 7 0·84 on 7th
Woodbury (Geraldine) .. Mrs. B. E. H. Tripp .. 4·26 8 2·24 on 6th
Windsor Park (Oamaru) .. E. Menlove .. 1·24 7 0·50 on 7th
Maheno (Oamaru) .. .. R. J. Hendrie .. 1·19 3 0·80 on 7th
Palmerston (South) .. .. B. Galloway .. .. .. ..

(D.) SOUTH ASPECT—CAPE SAUNDERS TO PUYSEGUR POINT.

Otekaike (Oamaru) .. John Tait .. 0·79 5 0·30 on 6th
Queenstown .. L. Hotop .. 1·50 3 1·05 on 25th
St. Bathan’s .. J. Ewing .. .. .. ..
Gladbrook Station .. F. R. Jeffreys .. 1·03 6 0·35 on 5th
Roxburgh .. Dr. W. J. Mullin .. 1·63 9 0·46 on 31st
Kokonga .. R. W. Glendinning .. 1·77 8 0·74 on 7th
Tarras .. T. McWhirter .. 2·84 7 2·00 on 7th
Dunedin .. Government Observer .. 3·16 7 1·53 on 31st
Caversham .. G. M. Burlinson .. .. .. ..
Blackmount (Clifden) .. Mrs. R. McKenzie .. 2·88 9 0·97 on 31st
Ranfurly (Eweburn) .. A. W. Roberts .. 1·44 5 0·50 on 6th
Tapanui .. R. G. Robinson .. 2·47 8 0·60 on 30th
Balclutha .. J. W. Brame .. 0·60 3 0·42 on 30th
Galloway (Alexandra South) .. A. Gunn .. 0·45 2 0·25 on 27th
Clyde .. J. S. Dickie .. 0·86 5 0·30 on 31st
Woodlands .. J. Mehaffey .. 3·11 9 1·13 on 7th
Dipton .. R. D. MacLachlan .. 2·75 10 0·75 on 31st
Ratanui .. J. Frazer .. 3·79 7 1·65 on 31st
Otautau .. N. A. McLaren .. 2·86 11 0·76 on 31st
Nightcaps .. J. Ritchie .. 2·85 9 1·11 on 31st
Waikawa Valley .. J. H. Buckingham .. 3·85 8 1·55 on 31st
Invercargill(a) .. F. W. Hilgendorf .. 4·03 14 1·50 on 6th
Chatham Islands .. A. Shand .. 2·81 18 0·95 on 3rd
Stewart Island .. W. Traill .. 5·32 14 1·43 on 12th

Late return—
(a) December .. .. .. .. 6·06 20 1·05 on 26th

OUTHBERT FREYBERG,
Acting Government Observer.

Meteorological Office, Museum, Wellington, New Zealand,
24th February, 1904.



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🌾 Rainfall Data for January 1904 (continued from previous page)

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24 February 1904
Rainfall, Weather, Meteorological data, South Island, Observers, Inches, Days of rain, Maximum fall
54 names identified
  • A. C. Bellwood, Observer at Cheviot
  • F. S. Northcote, Observer at Waiau
  • Miss Jacobson, Observer at Akaroa
  • R. H. Gainsford, Observer at Oxford
  • Miss M. L. Higgins, Observer at Port Hills (Christchurch)
  • A. L. Taylor, Observer at Christchurch
  • J. A. Biltcliff, Observer at Linwood
  • G. Gray, Observer at Lincoln
  • D. McMillan, Observer at Southbridge
  • J. Lambie, Observer at Kyle
  • Hon. Sir J. Hall (K.C.M.G.), Observer at Hororata
  • J. C. Rolleston, Observer at Kapunatiki
  • G. A. M. Macdonald, Observer at Orari
  • A. Hodgen, Observer at Bealey
  • Miss Acland, Observer at Mount Peel
  • W. E. Barker, Observer at Peel Forest
  • H. G. Baker, Observer at Methven
  • Rev. G. W. Russell, Observer at Rakaia
  • A. Curtis, Observer at Winchmore (Ashburton)
  • Miss F. J. M. Wright, Observer at Windermere
  • J. Bishop, Observer at Pleasant Point
  • R. Fergusson, Observer at Timaru
  • J. Courtney, Observer at Timaru Reservoir
  • D. H. Gillingham, Observer at Fairlie
  • W. M. Hamilton, Observer at Waimate
  • E. F. Temple, Observer at Geraldine
  • Mrs. B. E. H. Tripp, Observer at Woodbury (Geraldine)
  • E. Menlove, Observer at Windsor Park (Oamaru)
  • R. J. Hendrie, Observer at Maheno (Oamaru)
  • B. Galloway, Observer at Palmerston (South)
  • John Tait, Observer at Otekaike (Oamaru)
  • L. Hotop, Observer at Queenstown
  • J. Ewing, Observer at St. Bathan’s
  • F. R. Jeffreys, Observer at Gladbrook Station
  • Dr. W. J. Mullin, Observer at Roxburgh
  • R. W. Glendinning, Observer at Kokonga
  • T. McWhirter, Observer at Tarras
  • Government Observer, Observer at Dunedin
  • G. M. Burlinson, Observer at Caversham
  • Mrs. R. McKenzie, Observer at Blackmount (Clifden)
  • A. W. Roberts, Observer at Ranfurly (Eweburn)
  • R. G. Robinson, Observer at Tapanui
  • J. W. Brame, Observer at Balclutha
  • A. Gunn, Observer at Galloway (Alexandra South)
  • J. S. Dickie, Observer at Clyde
  • J. Mehaffey, Observer at Woodlands
  • R. D. MacLachlan, Observer at Dipton
  • J. Frazer, Observer at Ratanui
  • N. A. McLaren, Observer at Otautau
  • J. Ritchie, Observer at Nightcaps
  • J. H. Buckingham, Observer at Waikawa Valley
  • F. W. Hilgendorf, Observer at Invercargill
  • A. Shand, Observer at Chatham Islands
  • W. Traill, Observer at Stewart Island

  • Outbert Freyberg, Acting Government Observer