New Zealand Gazette – 1910 – No. 107

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✨ Meteorological Observations



Dec. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 4231

Government Meteorological Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the month of November, 1910. Observations taken at 9 a.m.

Altitude of observatory, 110 ft.

Date. Barometer reduced 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 Radiation. Terrestrial Radiation. Veloc. Wind in Miles. Amount of Cloud, 0 to 10. Direction of Wind.
Fah. Fah. Fah. Fah. Fah.
1 29·793 58·2 52·6 55·4 101 46 762 2 N. .. ..
2 29·949 59·2 45·8 52·5 106 37 366 7 S. .. ..
3 29·889 61·6 45·2 53·4 114 36 170 5 S. .. ..
4 29·842 61·0 43·8 52·4 112 34 268 3 E. .. ..
5 29·802 61·2 51·8 56·5 110 44 298 7 N. .. ..
6 29·999 65·0 55·4 60·2 112 48 360 4 N. .. ..
7 30·049 65·4 56·8 61·1 108 53 582 9 N. .. 1
8 30·089 65·2 57·2 61·2 111 56 770 7 S. .. ..
9 29·949 65·8 55·0 60·4 125 51 280 3 N. .. ..
10 29·919 66·2 53·0 59·6 112 48 270 1 N. .. ..
11 30·229 69·0 52·0 60·5 112 48 282 6 S. .. ..
12 30·169 66·6 55·0 60·8 113 49 372 0 N. .. 5
13 29·983 65·0 57·0 61·0 112 53 769 9 N. .. ..
14 29·809 65·4 60·0 62·7 103 53 790 10 N. .. 162
15 29·949 63·0 53·8 58·4 111 54 460 10 S. .. 79
16 30·433 56·0 48·6 52·3 102 48 780 5 S. .. ..
17 30·410 60·4 42·2 51·3 113 42 250 1 N.E. .. ..
18 30·179 64·0 53·0 58·5 109 49 360 7 N. .. ..
19 30·032 64·4 55·0 59·7 116 51 500 7 S. .. ..
20 29·899 67·6 49·2 58·4 117 44 180 0 N. .. ..
21 29·939 71·4 52·8 62·1 116 49 180 1 N. .. 5
22 30·049 76·0 53·8 64·9 124 53 480 10 S. .. 36
23 30·160 59·4 52·6 56·0 104 49 459 1 S. .. ..
24 30·101 68·0 52·2 60·1 109 46 256 0 N. .. ..
25 29·939 70·0 60·2 65·1 114 58 469 10 N. .. 3
26 29·839 66·2 59·4 62·8 123 58 692 8 N. .. 24
27 29·789 67·2 55·8 61·5 120 53 268 10 Calm .. 76
28 29·879 64·6 55·2 59·9 107 51 100 4 N.W. .. ..
29 30·113 66·0 52·8 59·4 119 47 200 3 N. Trace ..
30 30·249 67·8 58·6 60·7 113 48 266 3 N.E. .. ..
31 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
* 30·014 64·8 53·0 58·9 112·2 48·5 408 5·1 .. 391
† 29·876 .. .. +56·8 .. .. +441 .. .. +352
  • Means, &c. † Means previous years. ‡ Last year.

DIRECTION OF WIND.

N. N.E. E. S.E. S. S.W. W. N.W. Calm.
16 | 2 | 1 | .. | 9 | .. | .. | 1 | 1

NOTE.—The weather during the month has been warm and sunny. Total bright sunshine, 263 hours 48 minutes. There were three sunless days. Earth temperatures during the month rose from 55° at 1 ft. and 3 ft. to 61° and 59° respectively, and the mean temperature at the former was 58·9° and 57·4° at the latter. Mean dew-point, 51·3°; mean elastic force of vapour, 0·378 inches; relative humidity, 76 per cent.

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.

MEANS AND TOTALS FROM THE CHIEF STATIONS.

November, 1910.

Altitude above Sea-level in Feet. Name of Station and Observer. Absolute Mean Air in Temp. Air in Shade. Extremes. Total Rainfall (100 Points to the Inch). Days with Rain (4 Points or more).
Mean Max. Temp. Mean Min. Temp.
Deg. Deg. Deg. Points.
125 NORTH ISLAND. AUCKLAND.. T. F. Cheeseman 61·8 67·7 55·9 371
.. TE AROHA G. F. McGirr 67·3 73·6 61·0 213
925 ROTORUA .. J. F. Robieson 60·1 70·9 49·4 214
370 WAIHI .. H. B. Devereux 60·1 70·1 50·1 425
130 RUAKURA .. O. Cussen 60·1 70·7 49·5 355
63 NEW PLYMOUTH W. D. Fletcher 62·9 72·4 53·4 352
250 MOUMAHAKI F. Gillanders 60·0 69·1 50·9 292
103 PALMERSTON NORTH Mrs. A. A. Martin .. .. .. 248
119 LEVIN .. S. H. Huntington.. 59·4 69·9 48·9 284
377 MASTER TON, DITTON S. Mawley 59·5 70·2 48·9 277
.. GISBORNE .. C. H. Ferris 61·9 71·9 52·0 274
14 MEEANEE, NAPIER .. Very Rev. Dean Smyth 61·0 69·9 52·1 171
110 WELLINGTON F. W. Simms 58·9 64·8 53·0 391
Averages .. 60·9 70·0 51·8 297

SOUTH ISLAND.

Deg. Deg. Deg. Points. Dys.
34 NELSON .. J. Sharp and Rev. J. P. Kempthorne 60·8 70·6 51·0 199 6
1218 HANMER SPA S. J. Collett 57·9 69·5 46·4 222 6
25 CHRISTCHURCH H. F. Skey 58·6 69·3 48·0 54 7
42 LINCOLN .. G. Gray 60·2 71·5 48·9 95 5
130 TIMARU .. Caretaker of Domain 58·0 69·5 46·6 129 8
90 INGLEWOOD, WAI-MATE .. W. M. Hamilton 57·3 67·7 46·9 110 5
300 LEITH VALLEY, DUN-EDIN H. Skey 56·1 66·3 45·9 292 7
350 GORE .. Captain A. A. Scott 55·1 67·5 42·8 126 8
12 HOKITIKA .. A. D. Macfarlane 57·2 64·7 49·6 780 8
.. INVERCARGILL L. Lennie 54·9 66·2 43·6 112 9
Averages .. 57·6 68·2 46·9 211 6·9

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

--- Jan. Feb. Mar. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Averages.
NORTH ISLAND— Mean temperature .. 63·2 63·1 61·7 57·5 52·8 48·8 47·7 48·5 51·5 54·3 57·6 60·9 Annual. 55·6° F.
Rainfall, in points (100 = 1 inch) 364 299 493 403 520 488 555 393 441 504 327 377 51·64 in.
Days with rain .. 9·3 8·8 12·3 13·5 15·0 15·2 17·2 13·0 17·5 16·7 12·8 12·1 163 days.
SOUTH ISLAND— Mean temperature .. 60·1 60·1 58·4 52·9 48·3 44·1 42·3 43·9 48·5 51·7 55·3 58·3 52·0° F.
Rainfall, in points (100 = 1 inch) 287 291 481 346 403 435 433 354 515 434 323 402 47·04 in.
Days with rain .. 10·6 8·6 13·3 13·9 12·0 13·2 14·0 14·3 17·6 17·3 14·0 15·1 164 days.

D. C. BATES,
Director.

Meteorological Office, Wellington, 12th December, 1910.



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12 December 1910
Weather, Temperature, Rainfall, Wind, Wellington
  • D. C. Bates, Director