New Zealand Gazette – 1910 – No. 92

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✨ Meteorological Observations and Statistics



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 92

Government Meteorological Observatory.

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

Altitude of new observatory, 110 ft.

Date. Parometer reduced, in and corrected, 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 30·149 57·6 50·6 54·1 90 49 680 8 N. ..
2 30·079 55·2 51·8 53·5 97 50 760 8 N.W. ..
3 30·091 58·2 48·8 53·5 103 37 380 7 N.W. 6
4 30·511 59·2 44·0 51·6 100 42 489 8 S.E. ..
5 30·469 53·8 40·8 47·3 107 32 162 0 N. ..
6 30·319 57·2 39·0 48·1 98 31 100 2 N.E. ..
7 30·172 61·2 44·8 53·0 101 38 172 0 N. ..
8 30·041 62·0 47·2 54·6 102 39 258 2 N. ..
9 30·141 60·0 45·0 52·5 100 37 270 7 Calm ..
10 30·209 60·4 43·2 51·8 101 35 90 8 N. ..
11 30·211 58·0 42·4 50·2 104 37 186 7 N. 6
12 29·769 57·8 51·2 54·5 86 51 782 10 N. 15
13 29·892 58·0 50·4 54·2 96 45 690 2 N. ..
14 30·159 57·0 41·4 49·2 100 33 378 0 W. ..
15 30·333 57·8 43·8 50·8 100 36 190 3 N. ..
16 30·330 58·2 46·8 52·5 101 41 298 5 N. ..
17 30·259 58·0 50·8 54·4 104 49 668 8 N. 7
18 29·813 58·0 50·2 54·1 95 50 1080 2 N. ..
19 29·909 59·2 49·0 54·1 101 44 560 4 N. 8
20 29·709 56·2 49·0 52·6 102 42 698 2 N.W. 6
21 29·752 58·0 51·2 54·6 91 44 680 2 N. ..
22 30·029 58·0 41·2 49·6 103 31 460 1 W. ..
23 29·859 55·8 50·8 53·3 100 44 588 7 N.W. 12
24 30·020 60·4 43·0 51·7 110 39 378 10 S. ..
25 30·209 50·8 37·0 43·9 104 45 270 5 N. ..
26 30·429 56·2 40·2 48·2 101 31 92 3 N.E. ..
27 30·452 59·0 47·4 53·2 89 40 272 9 N. ..
28 30·399 56·8 50·8 53·8 99 50 494 9 N. ..
29 30·439 58·6 46·2 52·4 109 38 292 4 N. ..
30 30·303 61·6 52·6 57·1 104 49 480 9 N. ..
* 30·148 57·9 46·3 52·1 99·9 40·9 430 5·0 .. 60
† 29·919 .. .. +51·3 .. .. +380 .. .. +426
  • Means, &c.
    † Means previous years.
    † Last year.

DIRECTION OF WIND.

N. N.E. E. S.E. S. S.W. W. N.W. Calm.
19 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 4 | 1

NOTE.—The rainfall during the month was considerably below the average, and bright sunny weather prevailed, with high northerly winds. Total bright sunshine, 227 hours 15 minutes. There were no sunless days. Frosts were recorded on four mornings. Earth temperature at 1 ft. rose during the month from 49° to 52°, and from 50° to 52° at 3 ft.; the mean temperature at the former was 51·2°, and 51·5° at the latter. The mean dew-point, 39·6°; mean elastic force of vapour, 0·243″; and mean relative humidity, 62 per cent.

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

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.
125 NORTH ISLAND. Deg. Deg. Deg. Points. Dys.
AUCKLAND.. T. F. Cheeseman 54·5 60·4 48·6 249 16
.. TE AROHA G. F. McGirr 52·7 63·0 42·4 230 12
925 ROTORUA .. J. F. Robieson 50·9 61·0 40·9 162 7
370 WAIHI .. H. B. Devereux 51·4 61·2 41·6 508 19
130 RUAKURA .. C. Cussen 51·2 60·7 41·7 202 10
63 NEW PLYMOUTH W. D. Fletcher 56·8 66·5 47·2 265 16
250 MOUMAHAKI F. Gillanders 52·5 60·3 44·6 285 11
103 PALMERSTON NORTH Mrs. A. A. Martin 52·9 60·8 45·1 188 9
119 LEVIN .. D. M. Cole 52·0 60·9 43·1 165 15
.. MASTERTON, DITTON S. Mawley 48·3 59·9 36·7 202 10
.. GISBORNE .. C. H. Ferris 53·7 63·5 44·0 163 5
14 MEEANEE, NAPIER .. Very Rev. Dean Smyth 52·2 62·5 41·9 161 5
110 WELLINGTON F. W. Simms 52·1 57·9 46·3 60 7
Averages .. 52·4 61·4 43·4 218 11

SOUTH ISLAND.

Deg. Deg. Deg. Points. Dys.
34 NELSON .. J. Sharp and Rev. H. F. Skey 50·7 61·0 40·4 100 8
1218 HANMER SPA S. J. Collett 48·3 59·5 37·1 249 7
25 CHRISTCHURCH B. V. Pemberton.. 49·5 60·3 38·7 29 3
42 LINCOLN .. G. Gray 51·4 62·7 40·1 58 7
130 TIMARU .. Caretaker of Domain .. .. .. 177 6
90 INGLEWOOD, WAI-MATE .. W. M. Hamilton 48·2 59·2 37·2 130 15
300 LEITH VALLEY, DUN-EDIN H. Skey 48·4 56·8 40·1 202 9
350 GORE .. Captain A. A. Scott 47·9 57·4 38·4 241 10
12 HOKITIKA .. A. D. Macfarlane 49·8 57·5 42·1 1165 17
.. INVERCARGILL L. Lennie 48·7 56·8 40·6 400 16
Averages .. 49·2 59·0 39·4 275 9·8

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.

Meteorological Office, Wellington, 18th October, 1910.

D. C. BATES,
Director.



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🏛️ Meteorological Observations for Wellington, September 1910

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Meteorology, Weather, Temperature, Rainfall, Wind, Cloud, Wellington, September 1910
  • D. C. Bates, Director

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Climatology, Temperature, Rainfall, Wind, Stations, North Island, South Island
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  • T. F. Cheeseman, Observer for Auckland
  • G. F. McGirr, Observer for Te Aroha
  • J. F. Robieson, Observer for Rotorua
  • H. B. Devereux, Observer for Waihi
  • C. Cussen, Observer for Ruakura
  • W. D. Fletcher, Observer for New Plymouth
  • F. Gillanders, Observer for Moumahaki
  • Mrs. A. A. Martin, Observer for Palmerston North
  • D. M. Cole, Observer for Levin
  • S. Mawley, Observer for Masterton, Ditton
  • C. H. Ferris, Observer for Gisborne
  • Very Rev. Dean Smyth, Observer for Meeanee, Napier
  • F. W. Simms, Observer for Wellington
  • J. Sharp, Observer for Nelson
  • Rev. H. F. Skey, Observer for Nelson
  • S. J. Collett, Observer for Hanmer Spa
  • B. V. Pemberton, Observer for Christchurch
  • G. Gray, Observer for Lincoln
  • W. M. Hamilton, Observer for Inglewood, Wai-mate
  • H. Skey, Observer for Leith Valley, Dunedin
  • Captain A. A. Scott, Observer for Gore
  • A. D. Macfarlane, Observer for Hokitika
  • L. Lennie, Observer for Invercargill

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