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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 40
Government Meteorological Observatory.
METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the month of March, 1910. 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. | 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 | 30·300 | 75·0 | 60·0 | 67·5 | 119 | 58 | 150 | 9 | Calm | .. 4 |
| 2 | 30·143 | 77·4 | 65·0 | 71·2 | 125 | 62 | 270 | 10 | N. | 13 |
| 3 | 29·943 | 72·0 | 66·2 | 69·1 | 116 | 65 | 670 | 10 | N. | .. |
| 4 | 30·271 | 72·0 | 56·0 | 64·0 | 111 | 56 | 568 | 10 | S. | 2 |
| 5 | 30·229 | 66·2 | 57·2 | 61·7 | 107 | 51 | 390 | 7 | S. | .. |
| 6 | 30·129 | 70·8 | 58·0 | 64·4 | 124 | 51 | 180 | 8 | N. | .. |
| 7 | 30·089 | 76·8 | 63·0 | 69·9 | 122 | 56 | 160 | 8 | S. | .. |
| 8 | 30·090 | 69·8 | 58·0 | 63 9 | 121 | 54 | 280 | 7 | N. | .. |
| 9 | 30·059 | 74·2 | 66·6 | 70·4 | 116 | 61 | 474 | 8 | N. | 3 |
| 10 | 30·049 | 74·0 | 67·0 | 70·5 | 117 | 65 | 796 | 10 | N. | 40 |
| 11 | 30·141 | 69·4 | 54·8 | 62·1 | 89 | 55 | 492 | 10 | S. | 3 |
| 12 | 30·249 | 64·2 | 56·2 | 60·2 | 103 | 51 | 264 | 3 | S.E. | .. |
| 13 | 30·149 | 69·8 | 59·2 | 64·5 | 115 | 52 | 306 | 8 | S. | 4 |
| 14 | 29·559 | 65·0 | 58·0 | 61·5 | 111 | 54 | 372 | 10 | N. | 105 |
| 15 | 29·991 | 67·8 | 52·0 | 59·9 | 81 | 45 | 500 | 7 | N.E. | .. |
| 16 | 29·999 | 66·8 | 57·8 | 62·3 | 116 | 51 | 266 | 8 | N. | .. |
| 17 | 29·963 | 66·6 | 55·0 | 60·8 | 116 | 50 | 360 | 7 | S. | 1 |
| 18 | 30·149 | 65·0 | 48·0 | 56·5 | 115 | 42 | 350 | 1 | N. | .. |
| 19 | 30·055 | 65·0 | 52·0 | 58·5 | 115 | 44 | 368 | 1 | N.E. | .. |
| 20 | 29·919 | 68·6 | 61·2 | 64·9 | 112 | 57 | 482 | 8 | N. | 18 |
| 21 | 29·949 | 67·6 | 52·0 | 59·8 | 106 | 50 | 472 | 10 | S. | 10 |
| 22 | 30·299 | 55·8 | 48·8 | 52·3 | 94 | 43 | 560 | 7 | S. | .. |
| 23 | 30·329 | 59·0 | 48·0 | 53·5 | 109 | 41 | 372 | 8 | S. | 1 |
| 24 | 30·343 | 60·0 | 45·2 | 52·6 | 109 | 37 | 280 | 1 | N. | .. |
| 25 | 30·049 | 68·0 | 58·0 | 63·0 | 107 | 53 | 468 | 4 | N. | .. |
| 26 | 29·949 | 71·8 | 54·0 | 62·9 | 114 | 48 | 276 | 7 | N. | .. |
| 27 | 29·969 | 67·0 | 60·4 | 63·7 | 111 | 54 | 490 | 8 | N.W. | 4 |
| 28 | 30·341 | 69·8 | 57·0 | 63·4 | 114 | 54 | 190 | 9 | S. | .. |
| 29 | 30·183 | 66·0 | 53·2 | 59·6 | 112 | 47 | 160 | 9 | Calm | 1 |
| 30 | 29·909 | 68·0 | 55·0 | 61·5 | 101 | 52 | 478 | 10 | S. | 16 |
| 31 | 29·920 | 56·0 | 50·0 | 53·0 | 63 | 48 | 900 | 10 | S. | 14 |
| * | 30 087 | 67·9 | 56·5 | 62·2 | 109·4 | 51·8 | 398 | 7·5 | .. | 239 |
| † | 30·010 | .. | .. | 60·5 | .. | .. | †350 | .. | .. | †363 |
- Means, &c. † Means previous years. † Last year.
DIRECTION OF WIND.
N. N.E. E. S.E. S. S.W. W. N.W. Calm.
13 | 2 | .. | 1 | 12 | .. | .. | 1 | 2
NOTE.—Warmer and more humid than usual. Bright sunshine, 166 hours 26 minutes; and five sunless days. Earth-temperatures fell, at 1ft. from 64·0° to 59·0°, and at 3 ft. from 64·0° to 61·0°, during the month; and the average temperatures at these depths were 62·7° and 62·5°, which is 2·0° higher than in 1909, although the sunshine was twelve hours less. Mean relative humidity was 75 per cent. Dew-point, 53·9°; and the mean elastic force of vapour, ·416in.
CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.
MEANS AND TOTALS FROM THE CHIEF STATIONS.
March, 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 (¼ Point or more). | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean Max. Temp. | Mean Min. Temp. | |||||
| Deg. | Deg. | Deg. | Points. | Dys. | ||
| 125 | NORTH ISLAND. AUCKLAND.. T. F. Cheeseman | 67·1 | 73·1 | 61·1 | 761 | 13 |
| .. | TE AROHA G. F. McGirr | 60·9 | 74·3 | 47·5 | 844 | 16 |
| 925 | ROTORUA .. J. F. Robieson | 63·0 | 70·9 | 55·1 | 592 | 8 |
| 370 | WAIHI .. H. B. Devereux | 64·0 | 72·4 | 55·5 | 1944 | 25 |
| 130 | RUAKURA .. C. Cussen | 63·7 | 73·0 | 54·4 | 204 | 6 |
| 63 | NEW PLYMOUTH .. W. D. Fletcher | 66·6 | 74·5 | 58·7 | 369 | 15 |
| 250 | MOUMAHIKI F. Gillanders | 68·0 | 79·9 | 56·1 | 355 | 10 |
| 103 | PALMERSTON NORTH Mrs. A. A. Martin | 64·0 | 73·2 | 54·7 | 373 | 8 |
| 119 | LEVIN .. D. M. Cole | 62·0 | 72·4 | 52·5 | 203 | 8 |
| 377 | MASTER TON A. G. Wise | 62·1 | 74·0 | 50·2 | 247 | 13 |
| .. | GISBORNE .. C. H. Ferris | 65·4 | 74·6 | 56·3 | 2016 | 14 |
| 14 | MEEANEE, NAPIER .. Very Rev. Dean Smyth | 63·0 | 71·4 | 54·6 | 827 | 12 |
| 110 | WELLINGTON F. W. Simms | 62·2 | 67·9 | 56·5 | 239 | 16 |
| Averages .. | 64·0 | 73·2 | 54·8 | 690 | 12·6 |
SOUTH ISLAND.
| Deg. | Deg. | Deg. | Points. | Dys. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | NELSON .. J. Sharp and Rev. J.P. Kemphorne | 63·0 | 72·0 | 54·1 | 258 | 11 |
| 490 | MURCHISON .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1218 | HANMER SPA S. J. Collett | 58·0 | 67·8 | 48·2 | 441 | 13 |
| 25 | CHRISTCHURCH B. V. Pemberton | 58·4 | 66·6 | 50·1 | 365 | 14 |
| 42 | LINCOLN .. G. Gray | 60·1 | 68·8 | 51·4 | 278 | 12 |
| 130 | TIMARU .. Caretaker of Domain | 53·1 | 58·0 | 48·3 | 244 | 9 |
| 90 | INGLEWOOD, WAI-MATE .. W. M. Hamilton | 57·4 | 67·0 | 48·0 | 118 | 13 |
| 300 | LEITH VALLEY, DUN-EDIN H. Skey | 57·1 | 66·6 | 47·6 | 204 | 12 |
| 350 | GORE .. Captain A. A. Scott | 55·7 | 67·7 | 43·7 | 213 | 10 |
| 12 | HOKITIKA .. A. D. Macfarlane | 59·7 | 69·3 | 50·1 | 933 | 15 |
| Averages .. | 58·0 | 67·1 | 49·0 | 339 | 12·1 |
SUMMARY FOR MARCH, 1910.
The rainfall was greatly above the usual in most parts of the North Island, except in Taranaki and the vicinity of Wellington, being three times the average for the month at Auckland and Napier, and five times the mean at Gisborne. Conditions were about the average in most parts of the South Island, and the excess in the North was owing to the passage of the southern half of a tropical cyclone in the Bay of Plenty during Easter week. This cyclone passed Fiji on Thursday night, 24th, Noumea on Sunday, and Norfolk Island on Tuesday, and raged in the north of New Zealand on Wednesday and Thursday, 30th and 31st. The lowest barometric pressure recorded was 29 in. The heaviest rainfall—12 in. in twelve hours—was recorded at Waihi, and upwards of 5 in. fell on all stations on the east coast northward of Castlepoint, and during the storm heavy floods were experienced in parts.
In the South four westerly areas of low pressure of small intensity passed during the month, and brought moderate rainfalls. Snow fell on higher levels in the South on 21st, and on Mount Egmont on the 31st.
The weather was on the whole warm and mild.
Meteorological Office, Wellington,
D. C. BATES, Director,
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🏗️ Meteorological Observations for Wellington, March 1910
🏗️ Infrastructure & Public WorksWeather, Temperature, Rainfall, Wind, Wellington
- D. C. Bates, Director
🏗️ Climatological Table for Chief Stations, March 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 Moumahiki
- A. A. Martin (Mrs.), Observer at Palmerston North
- D. M. Cole, Observer at Levin
- A. G. Wise, Observer at Masterton
- C. H. Ferris, 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. Kemphorne, 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
- A. A. Scott (Captain), Observer at Gore
- A. D. Macfarlane, Observer at Hokitika
🏗️ Summary of Weather Conditions for March 1910
🏗️ Infrastructure & Public WorksWeather, Rainfall, Cyclone, Floods, New Zealand
- D. C. Bates, Director