✨ Meteorological Observations
1432
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 34
Government Meteorological Observatory.
METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the month of March, 1911. 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 | 30·059 | 71·2 | 55·0 | 63·1 | 116 | 47 | 100 | 1 | N. | .. 2 |
| 2 | 30·163 | 66·0 | 55·6 | 60·8 | 112 | 49 | 460 | 9 | S. | .. |
| 3 | 30·182 | 60·2 | 55·8 | 58·0 | 88 | 54 | 598 | 10 | S. | .. |
| 4 | 30·113 | 65·0 | 55·0 | 60·0 | 117 | 52 | 500 | 9 | S. | .. |
| 5 | 30·152 | 61·8 | 54·0 | 57·9 | 114 | 51 | 578 | 10 | S. | .. |
| 6 | 30·071 | 61·0 | 54·8 | 57·9 | 107 | 50 | 360 | 7 | S.E. | .. |
| 7 | 30·132 | 66·2 | 50·4 | 58·3 | 118 | 43 | 476 | 6 | N.E. | .. |
| 8 | 29·980 | 70·2 | 58·4 | 64·3 | 111 | 56 | 500 | 8 | N. | .. |
| 9 | 30·033 | 71·8 | 52·0 | 61·9 | 117 | 44 | 360 | 7 | N. | .. |
| 10 | 30·222 | 67·2 | 55·0 | 61·1 | 118 | 54 | 370 | 10 | S. | .. |
| 11 | 30·349 | 63·2 | 48·0 | 55·6 | 116 | 39 | 266 | 0 | E. | .. |
| 12 | 30·309 | 67·2 | 51·0 | 59·1 | 112 | 42 | 300 | 4 | N. | .. |
| 13 | 30·202 | 67·0 | 60·8 | 63·9 | 114 | 56 | 700 | 4 | N. | .. |
| 14 | 30·180 | 67·4 | 60·2 | 63·8 | 118 | 56 | 560 | 4 | N. | .. |
| 15 | 30·129 | 67·6 | 61·0 | 64·3 | 113 | 58 | 480 | 8 | N. | .. |
| 16 | 30·289 | 68·0 | 62·8 | 65·4 | 114 | 59 | 566 | 9 | N. | .. |
| 17 | 30·293 | 71·0 | 60·8 | 65·9 | 120 | 58 | 380 | 8 | N. | .. |
| 18 | 30·219 | 73·2 | 64·0 | 68·6 | 118 | 60 | 360 | 7 | N. | .. |
| 19 | 30·202 | 70·6 | 63·6 | 67·1 | 118 | 60 | 460 | 9 | N. | .. |
| 20 | 30·162 | 70·0 | 64·0 | 67·0 | 116 | 61 | 466 | 5 | N. | 6 |
| 21 | 30·072 | 70·2 | 63·2 | 66·7 | 116 | 59 | 480 | 10 | N. | 1 |
| 22 | 29·933 | 69·4 | 63·0 | 66·2 | 116 | 62 | 670 | 10 | N. | 10 |
| 23 | 29·979 | 66·0 | 58·0 | 62·0 | 91 | 53 | 380 | 4 | E. | .. |
| 24 | 29·939 | 69·2 | 58·6 | 63·9 | 117 | 44 | 380 | 7 | S. | .. |
| 25 | 30·083 | 65·2 | 48·8 | 57·0 | 111 | 40 | 260 | 1 | E. | .. |
| 26 | 30·080 | 67·4 | 57·2 | 62·3 | 113 | 52 | 200 | 8 | S. | .. |
| 27 | 30·063 | 69·0 | 56·8 | 62·9 | 120 | 49 | 200 | 6 | N. | 1 |
| 28 | 30·069 | 68·0 | 57·4 | 62·7 | 114 | 55 | 680 | 7 | N. | 10 |
| 29 | 30·089 | 66·8 | 60·2 | 63·5 | 113 | 59 | 760 | 8 | N. | 1 |
| 30 | 30·149 | 69·0 | 63·4 | 66·2 | 114 | 60 | 460 | 10 | N. | 3 |
| 31 | 30·159 | 70·0 | 60·8 | 65·4 | 119 | 56 | 300 | 7 | N. | .. |
| * | 30·131 | 67·6 | 57·7 | 62·7 | 113·6 | 52·3 | 439 | 6·9 | .. | 34 |
| † | 30·027 | .. | .. | +60·4 | .. | .. | +398 | .. | .. | +346 |
- Means, &c. † Means previous years. ‡ Last year.
DIRECTION OF WIND.
N. N.E. E. S.E. S. S.W. W. N.W. Calm.
19 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | ..
NOTE.—The weather during the month has been warm and dry with northerly winds prevailing. Total bright sunshine, 228 hours 5 minutes; and one sunless day. The mean earth temperature at 1 ft. was 61·7°, and 61·4° at 3 ft. Mean dew-point, 53·7°; mean elastic force of vapour, 0·413 in.; and mean relative humidity, 73 per cent.
CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.
MEANS AND TOTALS FROM THE CHIEF STATIONS.
March, 1911.
| 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 (½ Point or more). | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean Max. Temp. | Mean Min. Temp. | |||||
| Deg. | Deg. | Deg. | Points. | Dys. | ||
| 125 | NORTH ISLAND. AUCKLAND.. T. F. Cheeseman | 66·3 | 72·4 | 60·2 | 232 | 11 |
| .. | TE AROHA G. F. McGirr | 66·7 | 78·1 | 55·3 | 123 | 5 |
| 925 | ROTORUA .. J. F. Robieson | 63·2 | 73·3 | 53·2 | 202 | 7 |
| 370 | WAIHI .. H. B. Devereux | 61·9 | 74·3 | 49·5 | 270 | 15 |
| 130 | RUAKURA .. C. Cussen | 63·4 | 76·0 | 50·8 | 49 | 5 |
| 63 | NEW PLYMOUTH W. D. Fletcher | 65·1 | 74·1 | 56·1 | 101 | 7 |
| 250 | MOUMAHAKEI | 63·9 | 73·3 | 54·6 | 51 | 3 |
| 2080 | TAIHAPE .. A. R. Fannin | 60·4 | 69·6 | 51·1 | 17 | 2 |
| .. | FITZHERBERT WEST, PALMERSTON N. | .. | .. | .. | 0·4 | 1 |
| 119 | LEVIN .. James Allan | 63·8 | 74·9 | 52·5 | Nil | Nil |
| 377 | MASTERTON, DITTON S. Mawley | 60·6 | 71·7 | 49·5 | 69 | 5 |
| .. | GISBORNE .. C. H. Ferris | 65·0 | 74·5 | 55·6 | 458 | 7 |
| 14 | GREENMEADOWS, NA- PIER Very Rev. Dean Smyth | 63·5 | 72·1 | 55·0 | 145 | 4 |
| 110 | WELLINGTON F. W. Simms | 62·7 | 67·6 | 57·7 | 34 | 8 |
| Averages | 63·6 | 73·2 | 53·9 | 125 | 5·7 |
SOUTH ISLAND.
| Deg. | Deg. | Deg. | Points. | Dys. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | NELSON .. J. Sharp and Rev. J. P. Kempthorne | 64·8 | 73·3 | 56·3 | Nil | Nil |
| 1218 | HANMER SPA S. J. Collett | 60·5 | 71·1 | 50·0 | 19 | 3 |
| 25 | CHRISTCHURCH H. F. Skey | 60·0 | 69·4 | 50·7 | 17 | 4 |
| 42 | LINCOLN .. G. Gray | 62·1 | 72·5 | 51·8 | 19 | 6 |
| 130 | TIMARU .. Caretaker of Domain | 59·5 | 68·9 | 50·1 | 41 | 7 |
| 90 | WAIMATE .. W. M. Hamilton | 59·8 | 69·1 | 50·5 | 52 | 8 |
| 300 | LEITH VALLEY, DUN- EDIN H. Skey | 59·5 | 68·7 | 50·4 | 113 | 9 |
| 350 | GORE .. Captain A. A. Scott | 58·2 | 71·5 | 44·9 | 170 | 11 |
| 12 | HOKITIKA .. A. D. Macfarlane | 63·4 | 71·8 | 55·0 | 833 | 12 |
| 18 | INVERCARGILL L. Lennie | 58·7 | 68·0 | 49·4 | 326 | 12 |
| Averages | 60·6 | 70·4 | 50·9 | 159 | 7·2 |
AVERAGES DERIVED FROM THE MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLES FROM AUGUST, 1904, TO DECEMBER, 1910 (INCLUSIVE).
| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Averages. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH ISLAND— Mean temperature .. | 63·6 | 64·0 | 62·3 | 57·3 | 53·4 | 49·8 | 48·3 | 49·0 | 51·8 | 54·9 | 58·4 | 61·6 | Annual. 56·2° F. |
| Rainfall, in points (100 = 1 inch) | 392 | 299 | 550 | 362 | 496 | 461 | 600 | 452 | 423 | 460 | 328 | 358 | 51·81 in. |
| Days with rain .. | 10·5 | 8·0 | 12·4 | 12·6 | 14·8 | 15·8 | 17·8 | 14·4 | 16·3 | 16·0 | 12·5 | 12·1 | 163 days. |
| SOUTH ISLAND— Mean temperature .. | 59·9 | 60·9 | 58·7 | 52·6 | 48·9 | 44·5 | 42·3 | 44·5 | 48·7 | 52·2 | 55·8 | 59·0 | 52·3° F. |
| Rainfall, in points (100 = 1 inch) | 392 | 239 | 448 | 336 | 368 | 452 | 418 | 379 | 433 | 435 | 297 | 391 | 45·88 in. |
| Days with rain .. | 12·5 | 7·4 | 12·6 | 12·3 | 12·1 | 13·7 | 14·0 | 14·2 | 15·5 | 15·9 | 12·6 | 13·6 | 156 days. |
Meteorological Office, Wellington, 24th April, 1911.
D. C. BATES, Director.
Next Page →
NZ Gazette 1911, No 34
✨ LLM interpretation of page content
🎓 Government Meteorological Observatory Observations for Wellington - March 1911
🎓 Education, Culture & Science24 April 1911
Meteorology, Weather, Temperature, Rainfall, Wind, Barometer, Cloud Cover, Wellington
- D. C. Bates, Director
🎓 Climatological Table - March 1911, Chief Stations
🎓 Education, Culture & Science24 April 1911
Climatology, Weather, Temperature, Rainfall, Altitude, Observers, North Island, South Island
22 names identified
- 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
- A. R. Fannin, Observer for Taihape
- James Allan, Observer for Levin
- S. Mawley, Observer for Masterton
- C. H. Ferris, Observer for Gisborne
- Very Rev. Dean Smyth, Observer for Greenmeadows, Napier
- F. W. Simms, Observer for Wellington
- J. Sharp, Observer for Nelson
- Rev. J. P. Kempthorne, Observer for Nelson
- S. J. Collett, Observer for Hanmer Spa
- H. F. Skey, Observer for Christchurch
- G. Gray, Observer for Lincoln
- W. M. Hamilton, Observer for Waimate
- 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
- D. C. Bates, Director
🎓 Averages of Climatological Data from Chief Stations (August 1904 - December 1910)
🎓 Education, Culture & Science24 April 1911
Climatology, Averages, Temperature, Rainfall, Days with Rain, North Island, South Island
- D. C. Bates, Director