New Zealand Gazette – 1908 – No. 47

Page 1699

✨ New Zealand Rainfall Data



JUNE 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1699

NEW ZEALAND RAINFALL FOR MAY, 1908.

Station. Observer. Total Fall, Points (100 to Inch). Days with Rain. Maximum Fall, and Date.

NORTH ISLAND.

(A.) NORTH-EAST ASPECT—NORTH CAPE TO EAST CAPE.

Mangonui .. | A. C. Ballance .. | 578 | 7 | 200 on 25th
Pakaraks, Ohaeawai .. | Nevill Ray .. | 426 | 15 | 114 on 5th
Mount Eden, Auckland .. | C. Cooper .. | 685 | 22 | 251 on 5th
Remuera, Auckland .. | Rev. H. Young .. | 524 | 9 | 151 on 5th
Cuvier Island .. | Lightkeeper .. | .. | .. | ..
Mamaku .. | H. M. Martin .. | 835 | 14 | 230 on 6th
Matamata .. | K. F. Abbot .. | .. | .. | ..
Turua, Thames .. | L. J. Bagnall .. | 680 | 13 | 305 on 25th
Rotorua Nursery, Rotorua .. | H. A. Goudie .. | 661 | 14 | 175 on 5th
Waimangu .. | R. H. Ingle .. | 608 | 14 | 145 on 5th
Waiotapu .. | A. W. Roberts .. | 612 | 13 | 153 on 5th
Tangihanga, Te Araroa .. | G. H. Heald .. | 1115 | 15 | 312 on 25th
Te Kaha .. | Rev. C. W. Robinson .. | 1057 | 9 | 340 on 24th

(B.) NORTH-WEST ASPECT—CAPE MARIA VAN DIEMEN TO CAPE EGMONT.

Kaitaia .. | W. G. Puckey .. | 538 | 10 | 225 on 25th
Wekaweka .. | E. J. Hawkings .. | 1091 | 21 | 237 on 5th
Rangiahua, Hokianga Harbour .. | W. R. Coxhead .. | 541 | 17 | 166 on 5th
Kohukohu(a) .. | A. C. Yarborough .. | 669 | 14 | 206 on 5th
Puhupuhi Plantation, Whakapara, Whangarei .. | C. Hooper .. | 563 | 12 | 295 on 5th
Ruatangata Nursery .. | A. Gordon .. | 491 | 14 | 165 on 5th
Dargaville .. | .. | .. | .. | ..
Bickerstaffe, Whakapirau .. | J. B. Monkman .. | 474 | 15 | 110 on 7th
Helensville .. | A. J. Hill .. | 544 | 20 | 158 on 5th
Onehunga .. | C. A. Senior .. | 662 | 18 | 209 on 5th
Waiuku, Auckland .. | J. E. Makgill .. | 1196 | 21 | 260 on 24th
Te Mata, Raglan .. | H. T. Gibson .. | 1949 | 18 | 394 on 6th
Kawhia .. | H. H. Pettit .. | 653 | .. | ..
Taupo .. | Rev. H. J. Fletcher .. | 233 | 9 | 73 on 24th
Paterangi, Waikato .. | Cyril Jepson .. | 1125 | 15 | 246 on 5th
Hamilton, Waikato .. | Dr. H. Douglas .. | 767 | 21 | 153 on 24th
State Farm, Waerenga .. | J. E. Barrett .. | 953 | 22 | 244 on 26th
Wairama Downs, Tuakau .. | A. R. Rutherford .. | .. | .. | ..
Paekaha, Paemako .. | N. A. Robison .. | 839 | 20 | 173 on 5th
Paparahia, Awakino .. | J. E. C. Harrison .. | .. | .. | ..
Ngatimaru, Tarata .. | R. Drummond .. | 1013 | 13 | 234 on 25th
Riversdale, Inglewood (817 ft.) .. | Miss N. Trimble .. | 1178 | 17 | 240 on 24th
Lepperton .. | Miss C. M. Lepper .. | 775 | 14 | 211 on 24th
Upper Mangorei (1,000 ft.) .. | Mrs. Brown .. | 1258 | 23 | 255 on 23rd

(C.) SOUTH-WEST ASPECT—CAPE EGMONT TO CAPE PALLISER.

Mountain-house, Mount Egmont (3,140 ft.) .. | F. G. Morris .. | .. | .. | ..
Opunake .. | A. H. Moore .. | 414 | 16 | 102 on 8th
Eltham .. | L. N. Fairhall .. | 543 | 19 | 122 on 5th
Stratford (1,020 ft.) .. | T. H. Penn .. | 744 | 16 | 116 on 5th
Ohawe, Hawera .. | J. T. Livingston .. | 256 | 15 | 58 on 23rd
Patea .. | H. E. Adams .. | 281 | 14 | 60 on 7th
Oruamatua, Moawhango .. | R. M. Williamson .. | 498 | 18 | 124 on 6th
Taumatatahi, Upper Waitotara .. | E. F. Liffton .. | 575 | 13 | 112 on 11th
Whangamomona .. | S. Klee .. | 932 | 13 | 185 on 24th
Manunui .. | H. Mason .. | .. | .. | ..
Makatote Viaduct (2,600 ft.) .. | R. Turnbull .. | 915 | 24 | 162 on 23rd
Raurimu (1,920 ft.) .. | J. D. Louch .. | 835 | 17 | 161 on 9th
Arranmore, Makirikiri, Wanganui .. | H. A. Lambert .. | 340 | 16 | 73 on 23rd
Ohakune .. | F. W. Furkert .. | 516 | 23 | 95 on 22nd
Marybank, Wanganui .. | R. Hughes .. | 300 | 13 | 50 on 30th
Plymouth Street, Wanganui .. | John T. Stewart, C.E. .. | 324 | 16 | 61 on 30th
Wanganui(b) .. | M. C. Corliss .. | 239 | 17 | 53 on 30th
Okirae, Fordell (295 ft.) .. | J. K. Manning .. | .. | .. | ..
Ruanui .. | E. Norris-Boriase .. | .. | .. | ..
Erehwon Station, Moawhango .. | Mrs. M. Caccia-Birch .. | 463 | 17 | 108 on 6th
Papakai Road, Taihape .. | A. R. Fannin .. | 390 | 17 | 63 on 23rd
Hunter ville .. | S. A. R. Mair .. | 378 | 13 | 75 on 23rd
Waituna West, Feilding .. | E. S. Guylee .. | 367 | 16 | 64 on 23rd
Thoresby, Marton .. | W. J. Birch .. | 257 | 16 | 63 on 23rd
Halcombe(c) .. | L. A. McDonald .. | 252 | 12 | 56 on 10th
Raumai, Bull's .. | E. J. Keiller .. | 246 | 15 | 61 on 7th
Waitatapia, Bull's .. | K. W. Dalrymple .. | 214 | 12 | 45 on 7th
Glen Oroua .. | J. Sanson .. | 171 | 8 | 59 on 24th
Feilding .. | Miss E. Goodbehere .. | 224 | 13 | 45 on 23rd
Fitzherbert West, Palmerston N. .. | C. J. Monro .. | 339 | 19 | 75 on 10th
Otaki .. | W. Burns-Smith .. | 204 | 12 | 41 on 5th
Waikanae .. | S. Duncan .. | 197 | 13 | 62 on 16th
Pukerua .. | A. H. McLennan .. | 265 | 14 | 80 on 9th
Pahautanui .. | J. Pearce .. | 259 | 16 | 63 on 9th
Opau, North Makara .. | W. H. Wallace .. | 241 | 13 | 42 on 16th

Late returns—
(a) Kohukohu, April .. | A. C. Yarborough .. | 456 | 14 | 120 on 20th
(b) Wanganui, " .. | M. C. Corliss .. | 338 | 16 | 168 on 18th
(c) Halcombe, " .. | L. A. McDonald .. | 335 | 14 | 110 on 18th



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🌾 New Zealand Rainfall for May 1908

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Rainfall, Weather, Statistics, May 1908, North Island, South Island
72 names identified
  • A. C. Ballance, Observer for Mangonui rainfall
  • Nevill Ray, Observer for Pakaraks rainfall
  • C. Cooper, Observer for Mount Eden rainfall
  • H. Young (Reverend), Observer for Remuera rainfall
  • H. M. Martin, Observer for Mamaku rainfall
  • K. F. Abbot, Observer for Matamata rainfall
  • L. J. Bagnall, Observer for Turua rainfall
  • H. A. Goudie, Observer for Rotorua Nursery rainfall
  • R. H. Ingle, Observer for Waimangu rainfall
  • A. W. Roberts, Observer for Waiotapu rainfall
  • G. H. Heald, Observer for Tangihanga rainfall
  • C. W. Robinson (Reverend), Observer for Te Kaha rainfall
  • W. G. Puckey, Observer for Kaitaia rainfall
  • E. J. Hawkings, Observer for Wekaweka rainfall
  • W. R. Coxhead, Observer for Rangiahua rainfall
  • A. C. Yarborough, Observer for Kohukohu rainfall
  • C. Hooper, Observer for Puhupuhi Plantation rainfall
  • A. Gordon, Observer for Ruatangata Nursery rainfall
  • J. B. Monkman, Observer for Bickerstaffe rainfall
  • A. J. Hill, Observer for Helensville rainfall
  • C. A. Senior, Observer for Onehunga rainfall
  • J. E. Makgill, Observer for Waiuku rainfall
  • H. T. Gibson, Observer for Te Mata rainfall
  • H. H. Pettit, Observer for Kawhia rainfall
  • H. J. Fletcher (Reverend), Observer for Taupo rainfall
  • Cyril Jepson, Observer for Paterangi rainfall
  • H. Douglas (Doctor), Observer for Hamilton rainfall
  • J. E. Barrett, Observer for State Farm, Waerenga rainfall
  • N. A. Robison, Observer for Paekaha rainfall
  • J. E. C. Harrison, Observer for Paparahia rainfall
  • R. Drummond, Observer for Ngatimaru rainfall
  • N. Trimble (Miss), Observer for Riversdale rainfall
  • C. M. Lepper (Miss), Observer for Lepperton rainfall
  • Brown (Mrs.), Observer for Upper Mangorei rainfall
  • F. G. Morris, Observer for Mountain-house rainfall
  • A. H. Moore, Observer for Opunake rainfall
  • L. N. Fairhall, Observer for Eltham rainfall
  • T. H. Penn, Observer for Stratford rainfall
  • J. T. Livingston, Observer for Ohawe rainfall
  • H. E. Adams, Observer for Patea rainfall
  • R. M. Williamson, Observer for Oruamatua rainfall
  • E. F. Liffton, Observer for Taumatatahi rainfall
  • S. Klee, Observer for Whangamomona rainfall
  • H. Mason, Observer for Manunui rainfall
  • R. Turnbull, Observer for Makatote Viaduct rainfall
  • J. D. Louch, Observer for Raurimu rainfall
  • H. A. Lambert, Observer for Arranmore rainfall
  • F. W. Furkert, Observer for Ohakune rainfall
  • R. Hughes, Observer for Marybank rainfall
  • John T. Stewart (C.E.), Observer for Plymouth Street rainfall
  • M. C. Corliss, Observer for Wanganui rainfall
  • J. K. Manning, Observer for Okirae rainfall
  • E. Norris-Boriase, Observer for Ruanui rainfall
  • M. Caccia-Birch (Mrs.), Observer for Erehwon Station rainfall
  • A. R. Fannin, Observer for Papakai Road rainfall
  • S. A. R. Mair, Observer for Hunterville rainfall
  • E. S. Guylee, Observer for Waituna West rainfall
  • W. J. Birch, Observer for Thoresby rainfall
  • L. A. McDonald, Observer for Halcombe rainfall
  • E. J. Keiller, Observer for Raumai rainfall
  • K. W. Dalrymple, Observer for Waitatapia rainfall
  • J. Sanson, Observer for Glen Oroua rainfall
  • E. Goodbehere (Miss), Observer for Feilding rainfall
  • C. J. Monro, Observer for Fitzherbert West rainfall
  • W. Burns-Smith, Observer for Otaki rainfall
  • S. Duncan, Observer for Waikanae rainfall
  • A. H. McLennan, Observer for Pukerua rainfall
  • J. Pearce, Observer for Pahautanui rainfall
  • W. H. Wallace, Observer for Opau rainfall
  • A. C. Yarborough, Late return observer for Kohukohu
  • M. C. Corliss, Late return observer for Wanganui
  • L. A. McDonald, Late return observer for Halcombe