New Zealand Gazette – 1907 – No. 30

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✨ Meteorological Observations and Climate Data



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 30

NEW ZEALAND METEOROLOGICAL RETURNS, FEBRUARY, 1907.

Government Meteorological Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the
month of February, 1907. Observations taken at 9
a.m.

Altitude of new observatory, 110 ft.

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 29·914 69·5 62·0 65·7 116 59 .. 313 9 N.W.
2 30·176 66·5 53·5 60·0 104 44 .. 607 0 S.E.
3 30·221 67·8 51·3 59·5 112 41 .. 207 0 N.E.
4 30·099 73·8 58·5 66·1 119 53 .. 324 6 N.
5 29·887 69·0 60·0 64·5 114 57 .. 586 9 W.
6 29·842 68·0 61·0 64·5 114 57 4 626 10 N.
7 30·182 66·2 54·0 60·1 122 50 .. 460 10 S.E.
8 30·232 64·8 48·8 56·8 121 40 .. 278 1 S.
9 30·188 69·0 51·2 60·1 119 48 .. 131 0 E.
10 30·106 69·8 56·1 62·9 116 48 .. 182 8 N.W.
11 30·175 70·1 62·5 66·3 116 59 .. 398 5 N.W.
12 30·130 72·0 61·6 66·8 122 55 .. 310 8 N.W.
13 30·073 71·8 63·0 67·4 117 60 .. 342 3 N.
14 29·920 76·0 61·0 68·5 126 55 .. 111 10 E.
15 29·744 71·8 57·5 64·6 127 51 171 153 9 S.E.
16 29·766 77·2 58·5 67·8 128 57 139 140 10 S.E.
17 29·772 70·1 60·6 65·3 119 57 27 82 10 S.
18 29·808 70·5 60·0 65·2 128 54 .. 235 5 N.
19 29·842 68·7 62·9 65·8 118 59 37 660 10 N.W.
20 29·663 70·2 62·8 66·5 123 59 5 767 4 N.W.
21 29·902 68·0 57·0 62·5 117 49 5 560 9 N.
22 29·988 68·8 53·5 60·1 121 46 .. 154 8 N.W.
23 29·903 67·5 60·0 63·7 117 54 .. 467 5 S.
24 29·977 66·0 54·9 60·4 125 47 .. 111 0 N.W.
25 29·888 69·5 61·8 65·6 116 56 2 443 10 N.W.
26 30·144 66·2 57·6 61·9 115 52 .. 388 7 S.E.
27 30·155 63·6 49·4 56·5 117 41 .. 218 1 N.W.
28 30·147 68·2 62·0 65·1 118 57 4 475 10 N.W.
* 29·993 69·3 57·9 68·5 115 52 394 345 6 —
† 29·968 .. .. 62·3 124 48·1 334 .. 5 —
  • Means, &c.
    † Monthly means previous years.

Note.—A warm and sunny month, but windy at times.
The 14th was very sultry, and overcast with cirrus haze; on
15th sheet lightning was observed, and rain followed. On
16th T. and L. at 1.40 a.m. and on the 17th at 4.15 p.m.
There was at this time little wind, but an abundance of
welcome rain. Bright sunshine on 27 days amounted to 194
hours 14 minutes. Mean daily range of temperature, 11·3°.
Mean dew point, 54·6°. Mean elastic force of vapour,
·425 inches. Mean relative humidity, 73 per cent. of satura-
tion.

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.
MEANS AND TOTALS FROM THE CHIEF STATIONS.
February, 1907.

Altitude above Sea-level in Feet. Name of Station and Observer. Absolute Mean Temp. Air in Shade. Extremes. Total Rainfall (100 Points to the Inch). Days with Rain (¼ Point or more).
Deg. Mean Max. Temp. Mean Min. Temp. Points.
125 NORTH ISLAND. 67·0 72·9 61·1 579
AUCKLAND ..
T. F. Cheeseman
925 ROTORUA 62·2 73·0 51·5 861
H. A. Goudie ..
390 WAIHI 63·4 73·0 53·8 1024
H. B. Devereux ..
180 RUAKURA .. 64·1 74·8 54·0 576
C. Cussen
200 NEW PLYMOUTH 65·9 74·5 57·3 502
G. W. Palmer ..
250 MOMOHAKEI 62·9 70·6 55·2 377
F. Gillanders ..
119 LEVIN 61·6 71·0 52·4 499
D. M. Cole ..
377 MASTERON 63·7 76·5 51·0 401
A. G. Wise ..
.. TAURANGA 66·6 75·2 58·0 594
Dr. D. Gault ..
.. GISBORNE 65·1 74·7 55·5 374
Rev. H. W. Williams ..
10 MEEANEE, NAPIER .. 62·9 72·2 53·6 428
Rev. Dr. Kennedy ..
140 WELLINGTON 63·5 69·3 57·9 394
Rev. D. C. Bates ..
Averages .. 64·1 73·1 55·1 551

SOUTH ISLAND.

Altitude above Sea-level in Feet. Name of Station and Observer. Absolute Mean Temp. Air in Shade. Extremes. Total Rainfall (100 Points to the Inch). Days with Rain (¼ Point or more).
Deg. Mean Max. Temp. Mean Min. Temp. Points.
.. NELSON .. 63·6 71·5 55·8 272
J. Sharp and M. Kemphthorne ..
1218 HANMER SPA 62·2 72·5 52·2 273
J. B. Gould ..
25 CHRISTCHURCH 62·5 70·2 54·7 109
H. F. Skey ..
42 LINCOLN .. 64·0 72·0 55·9 95
G. Gray ..
96 TIMARU .. .. .. .. ..
R. Furgusson
300 LEITH VALLEY, DUN- EDIN 61·2 70·4 52·3 381
H. Skey ..
12 HOKITIKA 62·6 70·4 54·8 829
A. D. Maofarlane ..
.. INVERCARGILL 60·4 70·1 50·7 177
J. Howie ..
Averages .. 62·4 71·0 58·8 305

AVERAGES FROM THE MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLES FOR THE YEARS 1905 AND 1906.

—— Jan. Feb. Mar. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Averages & Totals.
NORTH ISLAND—
Mean temperature .. 61·4 62·4 60·3 56·3 53·3 49·2 48·8 49·4 51·7 55·2 57·3 61·3 55·6° F.
Rainfall, in points (100 = 1 inch) 256 269 294 321 518 524 568 293 427 409 419 284 45·85 in.
Days with rain .. 11·1 9·0 9·7 13·7 14·8 16·0 17·6 12·9 17·2 14·5 14·6 10·7 162 days
SOUTH ISLAND—
Mean temperature .. 57·8 58·8 57·2 51·6 48·2 44·4 43·3 44·9 48·1 52·0 54·9 58·4 51·7° F.
Rainfall, in points (100 = 1 inch) 417 375 310 323 405 490 450 257 474 384 379 271 45·39 in.
Days with rain .. 14·3 10·4 11·3 14·7 12·2 13·5 15·3 11·0 15·0 12·3 13·0 10·7 154 days


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🌾 Meteorological Observations for February 1907

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21 names identified
  • T. F. Cheeseman, Observer at Auckland station
  • H. A. Goudie, Observer at Rotorua station
  • H. B. Devereux, Observer at Waihi station
  • C. Cussen, Observer at Ruakura station
  • G. W. Palmer, Observer at New Plymouth station
  • F. Gillanders, Observer at Momohakei station
  • D. M. Cole, Observer at Levin station
  • A. G. Wise, Observer at Masterton station
  • D. Gault (Dr.), Observer at Tauranga station
  • H. W. Williams (Rev.), Observer at Gisborne station
  • Kennedy (Rev. Dr.), Observer at Meeanee, Napier station
  • D. C. Bates (Rev.), Observer at Wellington station
  • J. Sharp, Observer at Nelson station
  • M. Kempthorne, Observer at Nelson station
  • J. B. Gould, Observer at Hanmer Spa station
  • H. F. Skey, Observer at Christchurch station
  • G. Gray, Observer at Lincoln station
  • R. Fergusson, Observer at Timaru station
  • H. Skey, Observer at Leith Valley, Dunedin station
  • A. D. Maofarlane, Observer at Hokitika station
  • J. Howie, Observer at Invercargill station

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