New Zealand Gazette – 1910 – No. 29

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✨ Meteorological Observations and Statistics



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 29

Government Meteorological Observatory.

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

Altitude of new 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.
Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb.
1 29·533 57·2 49·8 53·5 84 48 670 8 S. 2
2 29·822 59·0 52·0 55·5 116 46 360 10 Calm ..
3 29·909 67·0 55·0 61·0 115 50 268 8 N. ..
4 29·919 67·0 59·0 63·0 121 56 678 6 N. ..
5 30·002 66·2 54·8 60·5 117 46 360 0 N.E. ..
6 29·909 77·0 61·8 69·4 119 55 200 7 N. ..
7 30·060 75·0 66·0 70·5 131 63 368 10 N. 5
8 29·943 77·0 66·2 71·6 135 65 380 9 N. 21
9 30·079 71·6 63·0 67·3 118 58 576 4 N. ..
10 30·139 73·0 63·0 68·0 124 58 460 1 N. ..
11 30·211 73·0 57·0 65·0 118 49 192 2 N. ..
12 30·132 77·4 64·8 71·1 129 61 360 7 N. ..
13 30·199 74·6 65·2 69·9 116 62 380 2 N. ..
14 30·109 76·6 65·0 70·8 120 61 290 7 N. ..
15 29·941 75·0 66·0 70·5 119 64 660 9 N. 2
16 30·289 75·0 58·0 66·5 135 55 588 9 S. ..
17 30·263 65·0 54·6 59·8 117 46 458 1 N. ..
18 29·979 70·0 59·0 64·5 114 51 362 8 N. ..
19 30·089 72·4 59·0 65·7 129 51 380 8 S. ..
20 30·159 66·0 51·0 58·5 120 45 288 5 N. ..
21 30·279 68·8 53·2 61·0 115 45 180 0 N. ..
22 30·309 69·8 60·0 64·9 115 54 280 10 S. ..
23 30·193 68·8 53·0 60·9 127 44 263 1 N.E. ..
24 30·041 71·0 55·8 63·4 117 49 180 8 Calm 163
25 29·919 78·2 60·0 69·1 126 60 92 10 N. 133
26 29·761 72·0 61·0 66·5 96 61 386 10 N. 99
27 30·099 73·0 56·0 64·5 96 56 770 8 S. ..
28 30·249 64·8 50·4 57·6 117 44 196 3 Calm ..
* 30·055 70·7 58·5 64·6 118 53·7 379 6·1 .. 425
† 29·964 .. .. 62·3 124 48 †348 .. .. †322
  • Means, &c.
    † Means previous years.
    ‡ Last year.

DIRECTION OF WIND.

N. N.E. E. S.E. S. S.W. W. N.W. Calm.
18 | 2 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 3

NOTE.—The weather during the month was generally warm and dry, with the exception of 3·95 in. of rain, which fell on three days. Total bright sunshine, 237 hours 36 minutes. There was one sunless day. The mean earth-temperature at 1 ft. was 64·0°, and 62·7° at 3 ft. Mean relative humidity was 72 per cent. Dew-point, 55·5°; and the mean elastic force of vapour ·441 in.

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.
MEANS AND TOTALS FROM THE CHIEF STATIONS.
February, 1910.

Altitude above Sea-level in Feet. Name of Station and Observer. Absolute Mean Air in Temp. Shade. Extremes. Total Rainfall (100 Points to the Inch). Days with Rain (½ Point or more).
Deg. Mean Max. Temp. Deg. Mean Min. Temp. Deg. Points. Dys.
125 NORTH ISLAND.
AUCKLAND.. T. F. Cheeseman 70·7 76·7 64·6 605 11
.. TE AROHA
G. F. McGirr 71·7 81·0 62·4 759 11
925 ROTORUA .. J. F. Robieson .. .. .. .. ..
370 WAIHI .. H. B. Devereux 67·4 77·3 57·5 1334 20
130 RUAKURA .. C. Cussen 67·9 78·1 57·8 404 9
63 NEW PLYMOUTH W. D. Fletcher 68·6 76·2 61·0 456 11
250 MOUMAHAKI F. Gillanders 67·7 76·0 59·4 238 7
109 PALMERSTON NORTH Mrs. A. A. Martin 68·4 78·8 58·0 315 4
119 LEVIN .. D. M. Cole 66·8 77·0 56·5 227 6
377 MASTERON A. G. Wise 65·3 78·6 51·9 197 5
.. GISBORNE .. Archd’n Williams 69·0 78·1 60·0 271 7
14 MEEANEE, NAPIER .. Very Rev. Dean Smyth 66·2 74·6 57·9 283 8
110 WELLINGTON F. W. Simms 64·6 70·7 58·5 425 7
Averages 67·8 76·9 58·8 460 8·8

| | SOUTH ISLAND.
NELSON .. J. Sharp and Rev. J.P. Kempthorne | Deg. 66·9 | Deg. 76·2 | Deg. 57·6 | Points. 382 | Dys. 8 |
| 34 | | | | | | |
| 490 | MURCHISON | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1218 | HANMER SPA S. J. Collett | 64·0 | 76·3 | 51·7 | 115 | 2 |
| 25 | CHRISTCHURCH B. V. Pemberton | 63·5 | 72·5 | 54·4 | 78 | 4 |
| 42 | LINCOLN .. G. Gray | 64·8 | 75·1 | 54·5 | 94 | 6 |
| 130 | TIMARU .. Caretaker of Domain | 57·1 | 62·2 | 52·0 | 122 | 6 |
| 90 | INGLEWOOD, WAI-MATE .. W. M. Hamilton | 61·4 | 71·0 | 51·8 | 86 | 4 |
| 300 | LEITH VALLEY, DUN-EDIN H. Skey | 58·3 | 65·7 | 51·0 | 173 | 3 |
| 350 | GORE .. Captain A. A. Scott | 60·5 | 73·4 | 47·7 | 197 | 9 |
| 12 | HOKITIKA .. A. D. Maofarlane | 63·6 | 72·8 | 54·4 | 544 | 8 |
| | Averages | 62·2 | 71·7 | 52·8 | 199 | 5·5 |

SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY, 1910.

THE rainfall was above the average for the month northward of East Cape and New Plymouth, and also in the Nelson and Marlborough Districts, but considerably below the usual in all other parts. The greatest falls were recorded between the 22nd and 27th in both Islands, but especially in the North. The rain was most needed and welcome, however, on the east coast and southern districts of the South Island.

The weather was on the whole remarkably warm—at times cloudy and muggy everywhere, but especially on the west coasts. The conditions were drier and sunnier than usual on the eastern coasts southward of East Cape. In the first and last weeks of the month the weather was very changeable, but the whole month was free from great storms, and some parts experienced very little wind.

As the hot weather followed a remarkably dry spell, especially in Canterbury, Otago, and Southland, the grain-crops were ripened somewhat prematurely, and the yields resulting were lighter than anticipated.

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 14·8 17·6 17·3 14·0 15·1 164 days.

Meteorological Office, Wellington.
D. C. BATES, Director.



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🏛️ Meteorological Observations for Wellington, February 1910

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Meteorology, Weather, Wellington, February 1910, Barometer, Temperature, Rainfall, Wind, Cloud

🏛️ Climatological Table for Chief Stations, February 1910

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22 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
  • W. D. Fletcher, Observer at New Plymouth
  • F. Gillanders, Observer at Moumahaki
  • Mrs. A. A. Martin, Observer at Palmerston North
  • D. M. Cole, Observer at Levin
  • A. G. Wise, Observer at Masterton
  • Archd’n Williams, Observer at Gisborne
  • Very Rev. Dean Smyth, Observer at Meeanee, Napier
  • F. W. Simms, Observer at Wellington
  • J. Sharp, Observer at Nelson
  • Rev. J.P. Kempthorne, Observer at Nelson
  • S. J. Collett, Observer at Hanmer Spa
  • B. V. Pemberton, Observer at Christchurch
  • G. Gray, Observer at Lincoln
  • W. M. Hamilton, Observer at Inglewood, Wai-Mate
  • H. Skey, Observer at Leith Valley, Dunedin
  • Captain A. A. Scott, Observer at Gore
  • A. D. Maofarlane, Observer at Hokitika

  • D. C. Bates, Director

🏛️ Averages Derived from Monthly Climatological Tables (August 1904 - December 1908)

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  • D. C. Bates, Director