New Zealand Gazette – 1908 – No. 81

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2692 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 81

NEW ZEALAND METEOROLOGICAL RETURNS, SEPTEMBER, 1908.

Government Meteorological Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the month of September, 1908. Observations taken at 9 a.m.

Altitude of new observatory, 110 ft.

Date. Barometer reduced and corrected, in inches. From Self-registering Instruments, for Twenty-four Hours previously.
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.
Fah. Fah. Fah. Fah. Fah.
1 30.363 54.0 45.0 49.5 93 42 Trace 248 6 N.
2 30.400 58.0 44.2 51.1 100 37 .. 204 4 N.
3 30.500 56.9 50.2 53.5 101 48 .. 393 8 N.
4 30.390 55.9 51.2 53.5 104 48 2 613 8 N.
5 30.383 56.0 52.0 54.0 96 50 11 390 10 Calm
6 30.260 53.9 48.0 50.9 71 42 .. 202 10 N.
7 30.221 57.0 52.8 54.9 85 50 .. 538 8 N.
8 30.160 59.2 52.8 56.0 104 50 23 497 7 N.
9 29.722 61.1 52.9 57.0 97 49 .. 727 7 N.W.
10 29.710 62.2 50.3 56.3 81 48 1 680 10 N.
11 29.833 56.2 43.2 49.7 98 33 .. 470 6 Calm
12 30.294 55.0 41.3 48.1 100 32 .. 160 1 Calm
13 30.210 55.2 49.2 52.2 99 46 .. 498 10 N.
14 30.020 54.9 50.8 52.8 103 48 Trace 832 9 N.
15 29.753 56.2 50.2 53.2 73 49 11 1,026 10 N.W.
16 29.770 56.0 48.9 52.4 74 46 28 441 10 S.
17 29.761 54.2 49.0 51.6 83 43 2 386 7 N.
18 29.781 56.2 50.2 53.2 112 41 .. 655 10 S.
19 30.052 51.0 43.0 47.0 98 32 .. 542 1 S.
20 30.020 54.8 48.3 51.5 104 44 .. 376 6 N.
21 30.030 55.0 50.0 52.5 101 46 .. 580 10 N.
22 29.550 57.0 52.8 54.9 103 49 31 734 10 N.
23 29.464 58.9 48.5 53.7 96 45 2 668 7 N.
24 29.940 58.0 40.8 49.4 104 31 .. 420 3 N.
25 30.020 55.0 41.2 48.1 105 32 .. 218 5 N.
26 30.060 56.2 50.2 53.2 101 46 .. 422 9 N.
27 30.060 56.0 50.0 53.0 97 45 Trace 460 8 N.
28 30.232 59.0 47.0 53.0 105 38 .. 130 1 N.
29 30.304 65.0 52.2 58.6 108 45 .. 290 3 N.
30 30.324 62.8 52.2 57.5 109 47 .. 312 4 N.
* 30.054 56.9 48.4 52.6 96.8 43.4 111 470.6 9 ..
† 29.958 .. .. 51.5 .. .. 440 ‡327 .. ..

* Means, &c.
† Previous years.
‡ Last year.

NOTE.—The driest September recorded since 1867. Total bright sunshine, 158 hr. 5 min.; two sunless days. Earth temperatures rose during the month 5° at 1 ft. and 3° at 3 ft. depth. The means were 50.5 at 1 ft. and 50.6° at 3 ft., against 49.9° and 50.7°, last year's means. Mean dew-point, 44°; the mean relative humidity, 72 per cent., and the mean elastic force of vapour, .288 in.

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.
MEANS AND TOTALS FROM THE CHIEF STATIONS.
September, 1908.

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 (1 point or more).
Mean Max. Temp. Mean Min. Temp.
NORTH ISLAND. Deg. Deg. Deg. Points. Dys.
125 AUCKLAND 54.6 60.3 48.9 219 13
T. F. Cheeseman
.. TE AROHA 52.5 61.5 43.3 324 14
G. F. McGirr
925 ROTORUA 49.2 58.8 39.6 418 9
J. F. Robieson
390 WAIHI 50.3 61.1 39.6 301 20
H. B. Devereux
130 RUAKURA .. 50.4 60.4 40.5 292 12
C. Cussen
200 NEW PLYMOUTH 54.1 62.4 45.8 457 21
G. W. Palmer
250 MOUMAHAKI 52.0 58.7 45.3 196 11
F. Gillanders
108 PALMERSTON NORTH 50.2 58.7 41.7 236 7
Mrs. A. A. Martin
119 LEVIN 51.3 58.7 43.9 217 15
D. M. Cole
377 MASTERTON 49.0 60.0 37.9 160 9
A. G. Wise
.. GISBORNE 53.8 63.5 44.1 175 7
Archd'n Williams
10 MEEANEE, NAPIER .. 51.2 61.5 41.0 59 6
Very Rev. Dr. Kennedy
110 WELLINGTON 52.6 56.9 48.4 111 9
F. W. Simms
Averages 51.7 60.2 43.1 243 12
SOUTH ISLAND.
.. NELSON 51.4 61.7 41.0 510 11
J. Sharp and Rev. J. P. Kempthorne
490 MURCHISON 49.7 58.3 41.1 1598 14
Dr. A. Adams
1218 HANMER SPA 50.4 58.5 42.3 360 14
J. B. Gould
25 CHRISTCHURCH 49.6 59.5 39.7 169 8
H. F. Skey
42 LINCOLN 51.4 60.9 41.9 116 8
G. Gray
96 TIMARU .. 49.0 57.7 40.3 73 6
R. Fergusson
90 INGLEWOOD, WAIMATE .. 48.7 59.4 38.0 72 7
W. M. Hamilton
300 LEITH VALLEY, DUNEDIN 50.6 58.4 42.8 103 7
H. Skey
350 GORE 49.5 59.4 39.7 166 10
Captain A. A. Scott
12 HOKITIKA 52.2 59.7 44.7 1324 17
A. D. Macfarlane
Averages 50.3 59.4 41.2 449 10

SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER, 1908.

HIGH barometric pressure prevailed more over the North Island than over the South Island, and north-westerly winds predominated during the month. Rainfall was generally below the average for the month in previous years, but great differences are apparent in the returns for different districts. Thus, while Wellington has a total of 1.11 in., which is the smallest recorded since September, 1867, Greymouth had a total of 12.83 in., the maximum for the month during the nineteen years that records have been taken at that port. The westerly winds brought heavy rainfalls at nearly all the stations with westerly aspects—particularly in the South Island—also at the loftier stations, Bealey, Hermitage, and Queenstown, and in Stewart Island, where 7.34 in. on twenty-four days is the maximum for September in ten years' records. At Otira on the 8th, 9th, and 10th the fall amounted to 7.78 in. Westerly areas of low pressure passed over the South Island between the 8th and 11th, the 13th and 15th, and between the 21st and 23rd. The second of these disturbances was followed by a cyclonic movement from the north-west between the 14th and 19th, and this brought the heaviest rainfalls in the North Island. The temperature was generally above the average for the month, and the weather on the whole mild and genial.

AVERAGES DERIVED FROM THE MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLES FOR THE YEARS 1905 TO 1907 (INCLUSIVE).

Jan. Feb. Mar. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Averages & Totals.
NORTH ISLAND— Annual.
Mean temperature .. 62.6 63.0 61.5 57.5 52.7 48.6 48.6 49.7 51.6 54.8 58.2 62.7 56° F.
Rainfall, in points (100 = 1 inch) 472 363 389 398 528 497 550 370 452 441 366 299 51.25 in.
Days with rain .. 11.4 10.0 10.8 14.4 15.3 14.6 17.0 15.0 18.2 15.7 13.2 10.5 166 days.
SOUTH ISLAND—
Mean temperature .. 59.5 60.0 58.4 52.9 48.1 43.8 42.9 44.5 47.7 51.6 55.6 59.7 52° F.
Rainfall, in points (100 = 1 inch) 334 352 442 320 374 384 378 295 500 418 341 290 44.28 in.
Days with rain .. 12.2 9.9 12.6 14.2 12.5 12.8 14.1 11.7 15.7 12.9 12.7 10.2 151 days.


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🏗️ Meteorological Observations for Wellington, September 1908

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24 names identified
  • T. F. Cheeseman, Observer at Auckland
  • G. F. McGirr, Observer at Te Aroha
  • J. F. Robieson, Observer at Rotorua
  • H. B. Devereux, Observer at Waihi
  • C. Cussen, Observer at Ruakura
  • G. W. Palmer, Observer at New Plymouth
  • F. Gillanders, Observer at Moumahaki
  • A. A. Martin (Mrs.), Observer at Palmerston North
  • D. M. Cole, Observer at Levin
  • A. G. Wise, Observer at Masterton
  • Archd'n Williams, Observer at Gisborne
  • Very Rev. Dr. Kennedy, Observer at Meeanee, Napier
  • F. W. Simms, Observer at Wellington
  • J. Sharp, Observer at Nelson
  • Rev. J. P. Kempthorne, Observer at Nelson
  • Dr. A. Adams, Observer at Murchison
  • J. B. Gould, Observer at Hanmer Spa
  • H. F. Skey, Observer at Christchurch
  • G. Gray, Observer at Lincoln
  • R. Fergusson, Observer at Timaru
  • W. M. Hamilton, Observer at Inglewood, Waimate
  • H. Skey, Observer at Leith Valley, Dunedin
  • Captain A. A. Scott, Observer at Gore
  • A. D. Macfarlane, Observer at Hokitika

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🏗️ Averages Derived from Monthly Climatological Tables for 1905-1907

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