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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 6

NEW ZEALAND METEOROLOGICAL RETURNS, DECEMBER, 1907.

Government Meteorological Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the
month of December, 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, in
and corrected, in
Inches. | Max. Temp.
in Shade. | Min. Temp.
in Shade. | Mean Temp.
in Shade. | Solar Radia-
tion. | Terrestrial
Radiation. | Rainfall, in
points (100 to
1 inch). | Veloc. Wind.
in Miles. | Amount of Cloud.
0 to 10. | Direction of Wind. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30·120 | 63·0 | 54·0 | 58·5 | 118 | 47 | .. | 300 | 8 | N. |
| 2 | 29·880 | 65·0 | 55·0 | 60·0 | 119 | 48 | .. | 707 | 6 | N. |
| 3 | 29·902 | 63·5 | 55·5 | 59·5 | 118 | 51 | .. | 496 | 4 | S. |
| 4 | 30·013 | 63·0 | 55·0 | 59·0 | 118 | 48 | .. | 334 | 7 | N. |
| 5 | 30·036 | 66·0 | 58·5 | 62·2 | 112 | 53 | .. | 513 | 4 | N.W. |
| 6 | 29·980 | 69·8 | 60·0 | 64·9 | 117 | 52 | 33 | 383 | 4 | N.W. |
| 7 | 29·851 | 72·0 | 60·0 | 66·0 | 122 | 53 | .. | 505 | 4 | N.W. |
| 8 | 29·950 | 67·0 | 58·0 | 62·5 | 117 | 51 | .. | 623 | 6 | N.W. |
| 9 | 30·230 | 66·0 | 54·0 | 60·0 | 117 | 46 | Trace | 326 | 7 | N. |
| 10 | 30·150 | 68·0 | 55·0 | 61·5 | 117 | 46 | .. | 289 | 2 | N. |
| 11 | 29·910 | 68·0 | 58·0 | 63·0 | 114 | 52 | 28 | 464 | 10 | N. |
| 12 | 29·470 | 68·0 | 59·0 | 63·5 | 109 | 53 | .. | 467 | 4 | N.W. |
| 13 | 29·620 | 68·5 | 52·5 | 60·5 | 120 | 44 | .. | 293 | 2 | N.W. |
| 14 | 29·820 | 66·0 | 59·0 | 62·5 | 111 | 52 | .. | 676 | 6 | N. |
| 15 | 30·030 | 68·0 | 58·0 | 63·0 | 117 | 52 | .. | 612 | 6 | N. |
| 16 | 30·280 | 67·5 | 60·5 | 64·0 | 121 | 56 | Trace | 499 | 10 | N. |
| 17 | 30·191 | 72·3 | 59·0 | 65·6 | 122 | 54 | .. | 273 | 6 | N. |
| 18 | 30·050 | 69·5 | 59·0 | 64·2 | 118 | 54 | .. | 527 | 3 | N.W. |
| 19 | 29·810 | 68·5 | 60·0 | 64·2 | 113 | 54 | 63 | 666 | 10 | N.W. |
| 20 | 30·000 | 67·2 | 53·2 | 60·2 | 111 | 48 | Trace | 534 | 7 | S. |
| 21 | 30·140 | 67·8 | 51·0 | 59·4 | 116 | 44 | Trace | 191 | 3 | N. |
| 22 | 30·230 | 71·0 | 55·0 | 63·0 | 116 | 45 | .. | 292 | 6 | S. |
| 23 | 30·272 | 71·2 | 61·0 | 66·1 | 118 | 53 | Trace | 177 | 9 | N.W. |
| 24 | 30·140 | 74·8 | 63·5 | 69·1 | 123 | 58 | 7 | 280 | 10 | N. |
| 25 | 29·880 | 74·3 | 63·0 | 68·6 | 124 | 59 | .. | 426 | 10 | N. |
| 26 | 30·180 | 67·0 | 53·8 | 60·4 | 125 | 45 | .. | 534 | 4 | S. |
| 27 | 30·410 | 63·0 | 51·0 | 57·0 | 111 | 40 | .. | 353 | 1 | S. |
| 28 | 30·360 | 70·0 | 53·0 | 61·5 | 112 | 41 | .. | 220 | 0 | N. |
| 29 | 30·140 | 74·0 | 61·0 | 67·5 | 116 | 54 | .. | 440 | 2 | N. |
| 30 | 29·910 | 71·0 | 62·0 | 66·5 | 119 | 57 | 7 | 748 | 9 | N.W. |
| 31 | 29·872 | 68·0 | 58·0 | 63·0 | 97 | 53 | .. | 842 | 10 | S. |
| * | 30·017 | 68·4 | 57·3 | 62·8 | 116 | 50 | 138 | 451 | 5·8 | |
| † | 29·787 | .. | .. | 60·5 | 125 | 46·6 | 326 | .. | .. | |

• Means, &c.
  † Monthly means previous years.

NOTE.—A warm and dry month, with steady northerly
winds. Total bright sunshine, 232 hrs. 26 min.; and one
sunless day. Earth temperatures: Means—1 ft., 60°; 2 ft.,
58·4°; increasing from 1 ft., 57° to 64°, and 2 ft., 56° to 61°,
during the month. Mean humidity, 74 per cent.; mean dew
point, 54°; mean elastic force of vapour, ·418.

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

| Altitude above
Sea-level in Feet | Name of Station and
Observer. | Absolute Mean
Air in
Temp. Shade. | Extremes. | Total Rainfall to the
(100 Points to 1
Inch). | Days with Rain
(½ Point or more). |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | | Deg. | Mean
Max. Temp. | Mean
Min. Temp. | Points. | |
| 125 | NORTH ISLAND.
AUCKLAND
T. F. Cheeseman | 66·7 | 72·7 | 60·8 | 515 | 11 |
| .. | TE AROHA
G. F. McGirr | 69·8 | 76·6 | 63·0 | 434 | 14 |
| 925 | ROTORUA
W. Hill | 65·0 | 76·0 | 54·0 | 659 | 9 |
| 390 | WAIHI
H. B. Devereux | .. | .. | .. | 578 | 8 |
| 130 | RUAKURA ..
C. Cussen | 64·1 | 74·9 | 53·4 | 316 | 11 |
| 200 | NEW PLYMOUTH
G. W. Palmer | 65·2 | 74·0 | 56·4 | 441 | 21 |
| 250 | MOUMAHI
F. Gillanders | 62·5 | 70·1 | 54·7 | 351 | 13 |
| 103 | PALMERSTON NORTH
Mrs. A. A. Martin | 63·9 | 73·0 | 54·8 | 275 | 8 |
| 119 | LEVIN
D. M. Cole | 63·9 | 71·1 | 54·6 | 315 | 12 |
| 377 | MASTERTON
A. G. Wise | 63·9 | 78·3 | 49·6 | 55 | 5 |
| .. | GISBORNE
Archd’n Williams | 70·0 | 81·1 | 59·0 | 107 | 7 |
| 10 | MEEANEE, NAPIER ..
Very Rev. Dr. Kennedy | 66·0 | 75·4 | 56·6 | 110 | 6 |
| 110 | WELLINGTON
F. W. Simms | 62·8 | 68·4 | 57·3 | 138 | 5 |
| | Averages .. | 65·3 | 74·3 | 56·2 | 330 | 10 |
| | SOUTH ISLAND. | | | | | |
| .. | NELSON ..
J. Sharp and M. Kempthorne | 63·9 | 72·3 | 55·5 | 269 | 8 |
| 490 | MURCHISON
Dr. E. H. Howard | 61·9 | 74·5 | 49·4 | 511 | 13 |
| 1218 | HANMER SPA
J. B. Gould | 62·6 | 74·5 | 51·0 | 96 | 5 |
| 25 | CHRISTCHURCH
H. F. Skey | 63·4 | 74·3 | 52·5 | 54 | 4 |
| 42 | LINCOLN ..
G. Gray | 64·8 | 76·3 | 53·4 | 84 | 4 |
| 96 | TIMARU ..
R. Fergusson | 62·6 | 73·4 | 51·8 | 155 | 8 |
| 300 | LEITH VALLEY, DUN-
EDIN
H. Skey | 59·6 | 67·9 | 51·2 | 301 | 11 |
| 350 | GORE
Captain A. A. Scott | 59·2 | 71·2 | 47·2 | 340 | 13 |
| 12 | HOKITIKA
A. D. Maofarlane | 61·5 | 69·1 | 53·8 | 1132 | 10 |
| | Averages .. | 62·2 | 72·6 | 51·7 | 327 | 9 |

SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER, 1907.

THE rainfall returns for December show remarkable differences, for while the eastern parts of the North Island and
also Marlborough and Canterbury in the South Island were remarkably dry, yet in the North of Auckland the fall was
very heavy. Taranaki, Southland, and Otago, including the central parts, also had some very good rains. The temperatures
experienced were higher than usual, and at times the weather was extremely sultry.

Changes in barometric pressure were frequent, but not extreme. The rise of the barometer on the 6th brought some
heavy rains in Taranaki and Auckland. The 9th and 10th were fine, but the fall of the barometer on the 11th and 12th
brought rains in both Islands, and the 18th and 19th were wet in most places south of New Plymouth and Napier,
though there was but little change in pressure. From the 24th to the 26th the weather was very wet in the Auckland
Province and in parts of Taranaki, but only light rains were experienced in Hawke’s Bay. On the 30th and 31st the
passage of a westerly area of low pressure brought some good rains on the west coast of the South Island and the southern
parts of the North Island.

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 | 12·8 | 13·0 | 10·7 | 154 days |