New Zealand Gazette – 1906 – No. 30

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 30

NEW ZEALAND METEOROLOGICAL RETURNS, MARCH, 1906.

Government Meteorological Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the month of March, 1906. Altitude above the sea, 140 ft. Observations taken at 9 a.m.

Date. Barometer reduced, in and corrected, in Inches. From Self-registering Instruments, for Twenty-four Hours previously.
Max. Temp. in Shade. Min. Temp. in Shade. Mean Temp. in Shade. Solar Radiation. Terrestrial Radiation. Rainfall, in points (100 to 1 inch). Veloc. Wind, in Miles. Amount of Cloud, 0 to 10. Direction of Wind.
1 30·374 Fah. 62·8 Fah. 50·0 Fah. 56·4 Fah. 114 Fah. 45 .. 120 1 S.
2 30·314 63·8 47·0 55·4 106 42 .. 97 2 N.
3 30·213 69·5 56·5 63·0 118 53 .. 355 7 N.W.
4 30·199 66·8 59·0 62·9 119 57 .. 298 9 N.
5 30·286 71·8 53·6 62·7 122 50 Trace 179 6 S.
6 30·175 64·8 52·6 58·7 115 48 70 147 7 S.
7 30·136 64·9 45·5 55·2 116 43 32 204 10 S.
8 30·025 55·8 40·8 48·3 103 35 .. 160 3 N.W.
9 29·689 61·0 49·0 55·0 109 45 1 144 8 N.
10 30·194 68·6 46·1 57·3 125 41 .. 166 10 N.
11 30·119 62·5 54·8 58·6 119 52 .. 354 9 N.W.
12 30·077 62·5 58·0 60·2 115 55 .. 565 10 N.W.
13 30·098 65·9 57·8 61·8 116 56 .. 316 10 N.
14 29·963 65·0 59·5 62·2 117 57 9 445 10 N.
15 30·115 62·0 57·8 59·9 83 56 4 363 10 N.
16 30·221 64·5 51·8 58·1 105 50 .. 166 9 S.
17 30·296 60·3 50·6 55·4 113 46 .. 185 4 S.
18 30·318 60·5 49·0 54·7 110 44 .. 106 9 S.E.
19 30·286 60·6 46·0 53·3 106 42 .. 98 7 N.W.
20 30·242 66·5 53·0 59·7 115 47 .. 127 10 N.
21 30·212 61·5 50·8 56·1 102 46 .. 65 0 S.E.
22 30·036 69·5 52·7 61·1 112 48 35 83 10 N.
23 29·908 69·0 52·6 60·8 122 52 68 167 10 S.
24 29·575 63·2 53·0 58·1 87 53 29 124 5 N.E.
25 29·836 63·8 54·5 59·1 100 52 2 156 9 S.W.
26 29·672 58·2 50·6 54·4 113 48 91 217 9 N.
27 29·650 64·9 40·0 52·4 118 39 1 168 4 S.W.
28 29·675 56·1 46·8 51·4 106 41 30 227 8 S.
29 29·616 58·8 47·0 52·9 109 45 Trace 93 8 S.
30 29·810 56·0 47·8 51·9 109 43 .. 188 10 S.
31 29·849 57·5 45·5 51·5 102 42 .. 47 7 S.E.
* 80·038 63·1 50·9 57·0 110 47·5 372 198 7 ..
† 30·026 .. .. 60·5 118 46·6 339 218 .. ..
  • Means, &c. † Monthly means previous years.

NOTE.—Unseasonably cold; mean monthly temperature lowest record for March in forty-three years. Prevailing wind from south, northerlies mostly changing to that direction in the afternoons. Mean dew point, 49·3°. Relative humidity, 81 per cent. Mean elastic force of vapour, ·352.

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.
MEANS AND TOTALS FROM THE CHIEF STATIONS.
March, 1906.

Altitude above Sea-level in Feet. Name of Station and Observer. Absolute Mean Air in Temp. Air in Shade. Extremes. Total Rainfall (100 Points to the Inch). Days with Rain (4 Point or more).
Mean Max. Temp. Mean Min. Temp.
125 NORTH ISLAND. AUCKLAND T. F. Cheeseman Deg. 62·1 Deg. 68·5 Deg. 55·7 Points. 180 12
925 ROTORUA T. F. McLaughlin .. .. .. 176 9
200 NEW PLYMOUTH G. W. Palmer 60·8 70·3 51·4 448 15
250 MOMOHA KI F. Gillanders 56·5 64·1 49·0 306 12
119 LEVIN D. M. Cole 56·4 65·9 46·7 164 8
377 MASTER TON A. G. Wise 55·5 66·8 44·2 383 9
.. TAURANGA Dr. W. Brown 62·2 70·4 54·0 289 9
.. GISBORNE A. Cuthbert 60·7 69·4 52·0 486 15
10 MEEANEE, NAPIER .. Rev. Dr. Kennedy 58·4 67·4 49·4 293 13
140 WELLINGTON Rev. D. C. Bates 57·0 63·1 50·9 372 12
Averages .. 58·8 67·3 50·4 310 11·4

SOUTH ISLAND.
.. NELSON J. Sharp and Dr. Hudson 56·6 61·1 52·2 276 10
1218 HANMER SPA J. B. Gould 55·5 65·7 45·4 290 12
25 CHRISTCHURCH .. .. .. .. ..
42 LINCOLN G. Gray 56·5 64·7 48·3 353 10
300 LEITH VALLEY, DUN- EDIN H. Skey 51·8 58·1 45·6 255 9
12 HOKITIKA A. D. Macfarlane 59·3 67·3 51·3 376 9
.. INVERCARGILL D. G. Gilmour 54·7 62·4 47·1 215 13
Averages .. 55·7 63·2 48·3 294 10·5

AVERAGES FROM THE CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLES FOR THE YEAR 1905.

Jan. Feb. Mar. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Averages & Totals.
NORTH ISLAND—
Mean temperature .. 60·9 63·4 61·8 57·0 53·8 49·8 48·2 49·9 52·5 55·2 58·0 60·6 55·9° F.
Rainfall, in points (100 = 1 inch) 235 91 278 294 562 829 517 337 482 636 365 308 49·34 in.
Days with rain .. 12·0 5·6 8·0 11·7 14·2 19·6 14·3 14·5 20·0 19·0 17·0 12·5 168 days
SOUTH ISLAND—
Mean temperature .. 58·1 60·5 58·7 52·0 48·5 43·9 43·6 44·9 48·0 51·1 54·8 57·9 51·9° F.
Rainfall, in points (100 = 1 inch) 420 274 327 312 343 523 393 240 598 534 442 385 47·91 in.
Days with rain .. 14·3 7·7 12·2 14·0 10·0 14·0 13·7 11·6 18·0 16·5 15·0 14·5 161·5 days


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Meteorology, Weather, Climate, Temperature, Rainfall, Wind, Observations, Wellington, Stations
17 names identified
  • T. F. Cheeseman, Observer, Auckland station
  • T. F. McLaughlin, Observer, Rotorua station
  • G. W. Palmer, Observer, New Plymouth station
  • F. Gillanders, Observer, Momohaki station
  • D. M. Cole, Observer, Levin station
  • A. G. Wise, Observer, Masterton station
  • W. Brown (Dr.), Observer, Tauranga station
  • A. Cuthbert, Observer, Gisborne station
  • Kennedy (Rev. Dr.), Observer, Meeanee, Napier station
  • D. C. Bates (Rev.), Observer, Wellington station
  • J. Sharp, Observer, Nelson station
  • Hudson (Dr.), Observer, Nelson station
  • J. B. Gould, Observer, Hanmer Spa station
  • G. Gray, Observer, Lincoln station
  • H. Skey, Observer, Leith Valley, Dunedin station
  • A. D. Macfarlane, Observer, Hokitika station
  • D. G. Gilmour, Observer, Invercargill station