New Zealand Gazette – 1907 – No. 43

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✨ Meteorological Returns

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NEW ZEALAND METEOROLOGICAL RETURNS, APRIL, 1907.

Government Meteorological Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the month of April, 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	29·801	65·0	50·8	57·9	117	43	6	830	1	N.
2	30·279	67·4	49·0	58·2	118	40	..	320	0	N.
3	30·230	61·0	55·4	58·2	107	54	..	280	8	N.
4	30·348	64·5	55·5	60·0	107	47	Trace	400	2	N.W.
5	30·362	66·5	51·5	59·0	107	44	..	190	8	N.
6	30·162	65·0	58·0	61·5	117	55	..	360	4	N.
7	29·950	63·0	58·0	60·5	107	57	1	630	8	N.W.
8	30·066	65·5	51·0	58·2	109	41	Trace	289	1	S.
9	29·856	65·2	53·0	59·1	105	48	..	884	4	N.E.
10	29·883	68·0	60·0	64·0	110	58	8	515	5	N.W.
11	30·275	65·8	52·0	58·9	110	51	Trace	407	8	S.
12	30·393	58·0	42·5	50·2	103	34	"	178	0	E.
13	30·339	66·0	52·0	59·0	104	47	2	96	7	N.E.
14	30·192	67·5	58·0	62·7	114	53	..	84	10	N.E.
15	29·726	70·0	59·0	64·5	104	54	40	78	10	N.E.
16	29·913	72·5	51·0	61·7	114	49	60	408	10	S.
17	30·059	52·4	49·8	51·1	62	48	6	285	10	S.E.
18	30·062	53·0	50·5	51·7	65	50	11	486	10	S.
19	29·906	57·0	52·4	54·7	67	52	8	244	10	Calm
20	29·803	65·9	54·9	60·4	113	51	Trace	72	9	"
21	29·850	67·0	57·0	62·0	114	55	9	320	9	N.
22	29·602	66·2	60·0	63·1	104	57	..	367	3	N.W.
23	29·655	64·8	60·0	62·4	107	57	7	386	10	N.W.
24	29·898	62·8	58·0	60·4	97	54	7	678	3	W.
25	29·664	63·8	56·5	60·1	99	54	40	105	9	N.
26	29·696	64·5	53·5	59·0	106	48	Trace	448	10	S.
27	29·944	61·2	52·8	57·0	100	46	18	277	9	N.
28	30·230	61·8	49·0	65·4	103	49	6	263	9	S.
29	30·435	54·0	46·0	50·0	100	37	Trace	664	6	E.
30	30·228	59·0	42·4	50·7	102	35	44	71	7	E.
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
*	30·026	63·5	53·3	58·7	103	49	273	354	6·7	—
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
†	30·056	..	..	56·9	107	44	279	..	..	—

Means, &c. † Monthly means previous years.

NOTE.—Early part of month pleasant and sunny, afterwards dull and showery. Total bright sunshine, 153 hours 35 minutes; but none recorded on 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th, when great humidity prevailed. Average sunshine, 5 hours 7 minutes per day. Earth temperatures: 1 ft., mean, 61·8° F.; max., 64°; min., 59°: 3 ft., mean, 61·2°; max., 64°; min., 61°. Mean humidity, 76 per cent. Mean dew point, 50·5° F. Mean elastic force of vapour, ·367 in.

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.
MEANS AND TOTALS FROM THE CHIEF STATIONS.
April, 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 (⅓ Point or more).
		Deg.	Deg.	Deg.	Points.
125	NORTH ISLAND.
	AUCKLAND T. F. Cheeseman	63·3	69·3	57·3	294
925	ROTORUA W. Hill	57·7	67·6	47·9	763
390	WAIHI H. B. Devereux	58·5	68·8	48·2	1224
130	RUAKURA .. C. Cussen	59·4	69·4	49·5	401
200	NEW PLYMOUTH G. W. Palmer	61·4	69·9	53·0	434
250	MOMOHA KI F. Gillanders	57·6	64·9	50·5	570
119	LEVIN .. D. M. Cole	58·2	66·4	49·9	812
377	MASTER TON A. G. Wise	57·7	68·9	46·5	403
..	TAURANGA Dr. D. Gault	63·5	72·1	54·9	756
..	GISBORNE Rev. H. W. Williams	63·0	71·0	55·1	539
10	MEEANEE, NAPIER .. Rev. Dr. Kennedy	59·6	67·5	51·7	736
110	WELLINGTON Rev. D. C. Bates	58·7	63·5	53·3	278
	Averages	59·9	68·3	51·5	551

	SOUTH ISLAND.
..	NELSON J. Sharp and M. Kemphorne	57·3	64·7	50·0	337
1218	HANMER SPA J. B. Gould	54·6	64·0	45·3	292
25	CHRISTCHURCH H. F. Skey	54·8	63·5	46·2	137
42	LINCOLN .. G. Gray	55·9	65·0	46·9	163
96	TIMARU .. R. Fergusson	54·8	64·2	45·5	88
300	LEITH VALLEY, DUNEDIN H. Skey	53·5	60·7	46·4	104
12	HOKITIKA A. D. Macfarlane	56·8	64·9	48·8	1069
..	INVERCARGILL J. Howie	..	..	..	..
	Averages	55·5	63·9	47·0	813

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	Annual. 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