New Zealand Gazette – 1906 – No. 52

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✨ Meteorological Statistics



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No.: 52

NEW ZEALAND METEOROLOGICAL RETURNS, MAY, 1906.

Government Meteorological Observatory.

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

From Self-registering Instruments, for Twenty-four Hours previously.

Date. Barometer reduced and corrected, in Inches. 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 29·845 Fah. 60·0 Fah. 49·8 Fah. 54·9 103 45 .. 307 4 N.W.
2 29·953 61·0 54·3 57·6 105 51 .. 329 1 N.
3 29·940 64·5 54·6 59·5 105 51 36 472 9 N.W.
4 29·931 57·0 48·0 52·5 89 46 9 427 0 S.
5 30·152 51·0 41·0 45·5 84 36 .. 232 0 S.
6 30·093 55·0 39·8 47·4 100 35 5 92 5 N.W.
7 29·855 58·6 51·2 54·9 104 47 22 333 10 N.W.
8 29·284 56·1 50·1 53·1 87 48 27 542 8 N.
9 29·413 56·3 46·7 51·5 98 44 39 303 10 S.
10 29·900 52·2 46·0 49·1 103 43 .. 266 10 S.W.
11 30·160 55·2 48·3 51·7 87 44 Trace 73 2 S.
12 30·265 61·8 45·0 53·4 99 41 6 111 7 N.E.
13 30·150 59·2 50·5 54·8 104 48 9 278 10 N.W.
14 30·050 58·0 50·5 54·2 97 47 17 421 9 N.W.
15 29·951 57·5 51·5 54·5 96 51 70 389 10 S.
16 29·825 60·0 48·0 54·0 91 47 51 207 10 S.
17 30·029 50·3 45·5 47·9 57 44 .. 243 7 S.
18 30·036 54·6 45·0 49·8 71 40 .. 150 6 N.
19 29·969 57·6 52·3 54·9 103 48 .. 380 10 N.W.
20 29·919 57·6 52·4 55·0 70 48 .. 331 6 N.W.
21 30·059 58·9 41·5 50·2 100 37 29 192 5 N.E.
22 29·652 58·1 41·6 49·8 100 44 6 436 10 S.W.
23 29·952 49·6 41·4 45·5 83 40 .. 394 9 S.
24 30·045 53·8 44·4 49·1 94 42 .. 268 3 S.W.
25 30·134 53·6 41·1 47·3 99 39 .. 121 3 Calm
26 30·285 58·6 45·3 51·9 101 44 .. 150 8 N.
27 30·147 57·8 50·1 53·9 103 47 54 438 10 N.W.
28 29·902 56·8 51·4 54·1 74 48 .. 567 10 N.
29 29·875 57·9 52·0 54·9 98 49 16 258 10 N.W.
30 29·948 57·6 48·7 53·1 71 46 203 245 10 S.
31 29·757 51·0 47·2 49·1 51 46 19 197 10 S.
* 29·951 56·7 47·6 52·1 91 45 618 295 7 ..
† 29·952 .. .. 52·8 .. .. .. 198 5·1 ..
  • Means, &c. † Monthly means previous years.

NOTE.—The weather changable; rainfall and cloudiness above the average; and winds, alternately northerly and southerly, with a mean velocity of 295 miles per day, which is the highest average for the month of May since the use of the Robinson Anemometer commenced, in 1866. Mean daily range of temperature, 9·1 deg. Fah. Mean relative humidity, 80 per cent. Mean elastic force of vapour, 0·321 inches. Mean dew point, 46·8 deg. F.

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

Altitude above Sea-level in Feet. Name of Station and Observer. Absolute Mean Temp. Air in Shade. Extremes. Total Rainfall (100 Points to 1 Inch). Days with Rain (¼ Point or more)
Deg. Deg. Deg. Points.
125 NORTH ISLAND. 55·4 60·0 50·8 460
925 AUCKLAND
T. F. Cheeseman 49·7 58·6 40·7 512
200 ROTORUA
T. F. McLaughlin 56·4 65·3 47·6 875
250 NEW PLYMOUTH
G. W. Palmer 51·5 57·0 46·0 401
119 MOMOHIKI
F. Gilanders 51·2 56·7 45·8 566
377 LEVIN
D. M. Cole .. .. .. ..
.. MASTERON
A. G. Wise 53·6 61·4 46·1 472
.. TAURANGA
Dr. W. Brown 54·1 62·9 45·3 185
.. GISBORNE
A. Cuthbert 52·2 62·7 41·7 190
10 MEEANEE, NAPIER ..
Rev. Dr. Kennedy 52·1 56·7 47·6 618
140 WELLINGTON
Rev. D. C. Bates
Averages .. 52·9 60·1 45·7 475
.. SOUTH ISLAND. 49·6 56·8 42·4 380
.. NELSON ..
J. Sharp and Dr. Huisen 47·8 56·2 39·4 377
1218 HANMER SPA
J. B. Gould 47·6 55·7 39·4 282
25 CHRISTCHURCH
G. Gray 49·3 57·5 41·0 270
42 LINCOLN ..
H. Skey 46·0 51·5 40·4 290
300 LEITH VALLEY, DUNEDIN
A. D. Macfarlane 49·9 58·4 41·4 1321
12 HOKITIKA
D. G. Gilmour 46·2 51·4 41·0 351
.. INVERCARGILL
Averages .. 48·0 55·3 40·7 467

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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🎓 New Zealand Meteorological Returns for May 1906

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Meteorology, Weather, Statistics, Temperature, Rainfall, Wind, Wellington Observatory, Climatological stations, Auckland, Rotorua, New Plymouth, Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin
17 names identified
  • T. F. Cheeseman, Observer, Auckland station
  • T. F. McLaughlin, Observer, Rotorua station
  • G. W. Palmer, Observer, New Plymouth station
  • F. Gilanders, Observer, Momohiki 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
  • Huisen (Dr.), Observer, Nelson station
  • J. B. Gould, Observer, Hanmer Spa station
  • G. Gray, Observer, Christchurch station
  • H. Skey, Observer, Lincoln station
  • A. D. Macfarlane, Observer, Leith Valley Dunedin station
  • D. G. Gilmour, Observer, Hokitika station