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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 15

NEW ZEALAND METEOROLOGICAL RETURNS, JANUARY, 1909,

Government Meteorological Observatory.

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

Altitude of new observatory, 110 ft.

| Date. | Barometer reduced, in
and corrected, in
Inches. | From Self-registering Instruments.
for Twenty four Hours previously. | | | | | | | | Rainfall, in points
(100 to 1 inch). |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | Max. Temp.
in Shade. | Min. Temp.
in Shade. | Mean Temp.
in Shade. | Solar Radia-
tion. | Terrestrial
Radiation. | Veloc. Wind
in Miles. | Amount of Cloud
0 to 10. | Direction of Wind. | | |
| | Fah. | Fah. | Fah. | Fah. | Fah. | | | | | |
| 1 | 29·633 | 65·2 | 44·0 | 54·6 | 123 | 35 | 230 | 5 | N. | 10 |
| 2 | 29·851 | 62·2 | 50·8 | 56·5 | 112 | 48 | 518 | 8 | N.W. | .. |
| 3 | 29·650 | 70·0 | 55·0 | 62·5 | 122 | 45 | 410 | 9 | N. | .. |
| 4 | 29·731 | 68·0 | 56·0 | 62·0 | 124 | 50 | 454 | 10 | N. | Trace |
| 5 | 29·672 | 67·0 | 55·8 | 61·4 | 115 | 52 | 432 | 10 | N. | 3 |
| 6 | 29·693 | 67·0 | 53·0 | 60·0 | 116 | 51 | 546 | 10 | S. | 14 |
| 7 | 29·480 | 64·0 | 53·0 | 58·5 | 95 | 52 | 498 | 8 | N. | .. |
| 8 | 29·820 | 65·0 | 48·8 | 56·9 | 114 | 40 | 432 | 3 | N. | .. |
| 9 | 29·890 | 64·8 | 54·2 | 59·5 | 112 | 45 | 448 | 8 | S. | 6 |
| 10 | 30·140 | 63·8 | 48·8 | 56·3 | 125 | 43 | 494 | 8 | S. | Trace |
| 11 | 30·210 | 59·8 | 52·8 | 56·3 | 119 | 49 | 572 | 10 | S. | .. |
| 12 | 30·024 | 61·4 | 45·8 | 53·6 | 116 | 37 | 316 | 6 | Calm | 6 |
| 13 | 29·600 | 70·0 | 57·8 | 63·9 | 120 | 51 | 288 | 10 | N. | .. |
| 14 | 29·740 | 65·0 | 57·0 | 61·0 | 112 | 52 | 692 | 8 | N. | 58 |
| 15 | 29·390 | 64·2 | 50·4 | 57·3 | 85 | 50 | 1004 | 10 | S. | 68 |
| 16 | 29·520 | 52·2 | 48·0 | 50·1 | 86 | 42 | 430 | 10 | S. | 8 |
| 17 | 29·610 | 56·8 | 46·8 | 51·8 | 94 | 38 | 254 | 8 | Calm | .. |
| 18 | 29·624 | 62·8 | 49·0 | 55·9 | 118 | 48 | 202 | 8 | Calm | .. |
| 19 | 29·760 | 65·0 | 52·2 | 58·6 | 118 | 48 | 256 | 4 | N. | .. |
| 20 | 30·020 | 68·0 | 58·0 | 63·0 | 116 | 53 | 462 | 10 | N. | .. |
| 21 | 30·063 | 65·4 | 58·2 | 61·8 | 116 | 56 | 688 | 10 | N. | .. |
| 22 | 29·911 | 65·0 | 58·2 | 61·6 | 124 | 55 | 612 | 10 | N. | Trace |
| 23 | 29·780 | 67·8 | 60·8 | 64·3 | 106 | 58 | 750 | 9 | N. | 26 |
| 24 | 29·630 | 66·6 | 61·8 | 64·2 | 116 | 60 | 720 | 10 | N. | 9 |
| 25 | 29·852 | 68·2 | 58·0 | 63·1 | 106 | 55 | 1010 | 4 | N. | 2 |
| 26 | 29·780 | 64·8 | 48·6 | 56·7 | 116 | 40 | 396 | 7 | N. | .. |
| 27 | 30·074 | 65·2 | 56·8 | 61·0 | 112 | 51 | 518 | 8 | N. | .. |
| 28 | 30·281 | 69·0 | 56·0 | 62·5 | 116 | 47 | 124 | 7 | Calm | 85 |
| 29 | 30·083 | 74·0 | 57·4 | 65·7 | 125 | 56 | 184 | 10 | S. | 11 |
| 30 | 30·130 | 72·0 | 59·0 | 65·5 | 125 | 55 | 318 | 4 | N. | .. |
| 31 | 30·190 | 69·0 | 55·4 | 62·2 | 113. | 46 | 353 | 5 | Calm | .. |
| * | 29·801 | 65·5 | 53·8 | 59·6 | 113 | 48 | 471 | 8 | | 306 |
| † | 29·899 | .. | .. | 62·8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | | 343 |

• Means, &c.
  † Previous year.

NOTE.—On the whole a cold and windy month. Total
bright sunshine, 235 hrs. 56 min. Four sunless days.
Mean earth temperatures, at 1 ft. 39° and 3 ft. 58°. Mean
dew-point, 51·1°; mean elastic force of vapour, 0·375 in.;
mean relative humidity, 74 per cent.

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.
MEANS AND TOTALS FROM THE CHIEF STATIONS.
January, 1909.

| Altitude above
Sea-level in Feet. | Name of Station and
Observer. | Absolute Mean
Temp. Air in
Shade. | Extremes. | | Total Rainfall
to the
(100 Points to 1
Inch). | Days with Rain
(½ Point or more). |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | | Mean
Max. Temp. | Mean
Min. Temp. | | |
| 125 | NORTH ISLAND.
AUCKLAND
T. F. Cheeseman | Deg.
64·2 | Deg.
70·1 | Deg.
58·2 | Points.
188 | Dys.
13 |
| .. | TE AROHA
G. F. McGirr | 64·6 | 76·4 | 52·9 | 460 | 10 |
| 925 | ROTORUA
J. F. Robieson | 61·6 | 71·4 | 51·8 | 346 | 11 |
| 390 | WAIHI
H. B. Devereux | 62·2 | 71·8 | 52·6 | 406 | 17 |
| 130 | RUAKURA ..
C. Cussen | 61·4 | 71·4 | 51·4 | 448 | 15 |
| 200 | NEW PLYMOUTH
G. W. Palmer | 62·1 | 69·8 | 54·3 | 541 | 24 |
| 250 | MOUMAHAHI
F. Gillanders | 61·0 | 68·1 | 53·9 | 425 | 15 |
| 103 | PALMERSTON NORTH.
Mrs. A. A. Martin | 59·7 | 67·5 | 52·0 | 533 | 12 |
| 119 | LEVIN
D. M. Cole | 59·6 | 67·4 | 51·8 | 442 | 16 |
| 377 | MASTERTON
A. G. Wise | 61·2 | 73·3 | 49·1 | 311 | 11 |
| .. | GISBORNE
Archd’n Williams | 66·8 | 77·4 | 56·3 | 57 | 4 |
| 10 | MEEANEE, NAPIER ..
Very Rev. Dr. Kennedy | 62·8 | 73·2 | 52·4 | 82 | 9 |
| 110 | WELLINGTON
F. W. Simms | 59·6 | 65·5 | 53·8 | 306 | 13 |
| | Averages .. | 62·0 | 71·0 | 53·1 | 350 | 13 |
| | SOUTH ISLAND.
NELSON ..
J. Sharp and Rev.
J.P. Kempthorne | 62·3 | 71·9 | 52·8 | 431 | 15 |
| 490 | MURCHISON
Dr. H. E. Howard | 58·5 | 68·1 | 49·0 | 1146 | 22 |
| 1218 | HANMER SPA
J. B. Gould | 56·8 | 67·6 | 46·1 | 748 | 16 |
| 25 | CHRISTCHURCH
B. V. Pemberton | 58·5 | 68·0 | 49·0 | 515 | 21 |
| 42 | LINCOLN ..
G. Gray | 59·1 | 68·6 | 49·5 | 548 | 18 |
| 130 | TIMARU ..
R. Fergusson | 56·9 | 65·3 | 48·6 | 381 | 16 |
| 90 | INGLEWOOD, WAI-
MATE ..
W. M. Hamilton | 56·4 | 65·3 | 47·6 | 363 | 20 |
| 300 | LEITH VALLEY, DUN-
EDIN
H. Skey | 55·2 | 62·5 | 47·7 | 429 | 21 |
| 350 | GORE ..
Captain A. A. Scott | 54·6 | 64·7 | 44·6 | 356 | 20 |
| 12 | HOKITIKA
A. D. Macfarlane | 58·3 | 65·5 | 51·1 | 1720 | 22 |
| | Averages .. | 57·6 | 66·7 | 48·6 | 664 | 19 |

AVERAGES DERIVED FROM THE MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLES FROM AUGUST, 1904, TO DECEMBER, 1908 (INCLUSIVE).