New Zealand Gazette – 1911 – No. 51

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 51

Government Meteorological Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the month of May, 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 30·289 57·0 50·2 53·6 106 44 290 7 N.E. Trace
2 30·089 62·8 43·2 53·0 100 36 76 7 Calm ..
3 29·988 55·8 48·0 52·4 75 39 90 9 S. ..
4 30·139 61·2 43·8 52·5 101 36 70 5 Calm ..
5 30·269 61·0 44·0 52·5 104 36 90 3 N.E. ..
6 30·299 61·2 51·6 56·4 103 49 268 8 N. ..
7 30·433 63·0 46·2 54·6 102 38 76 0 N. ..
8 30·429 62·8 45·2 54·0 98 37 70 1 E. ..
9 30·329 64·2 47·0 55·6 99 38 76 4 Calm ..
10 30·099 65·2 45·6 55·4 102 37 60 6 E. 5
11 29·859 64·4 51·2 57·8 94 49 96 10 S. 5
12 29·719 60·0 50·4 55·2 100 43 260 1 N. ..
13 30·079 61·8 52·0 58·4 99 43 278 4 N.E. 16
14 30·029 63·8 54·8 59·3 96 50 456 5 N. ..
15 30·349 63·2 46·4 54·8 98 44 380 7 S. · 3
16 30·379 60·0 42·0 51·0 95 34 76 8 S. 1
17 30·333 59·0 43·2 51·1 101 32 146 4 S. 41
18 30·079 56·2 47·0 51·6 97 44 480 10 S. 37
19 29·909 51·2 46·4 48·8 66 47 659 10 S. 22
20 30·153 54·0 45·0 49·5 96 41 597 7 S. 11
21 30·291 50·0 45·2 47·6 83 43 519 8 S. ..
22 30·409 53·2 40·6 46·9 96 32 134 8 Calm ..
23 30·489 54·0 38·6 46·3 92 30 129 0 Calm ..
24 30·391 55·8 42·2 49·0 87 42 191 5 N. ..
25 30·249 57·8 50·0 53·9 90 48 290 10 N. 27
26 30·049 60·0 55·4 57·7 90 54 500 10 N. 7
27 30·089 60·8 56·6 58·7 92 55 265 10 N. 1
28 30·119 60·8 55·4 58·1 82 52 276 3 N. ..
29 30·079 60·2 56·4 58·3 95 54 434 10 N. 12
30 30·163 62·0 5·2 58·6 93 53 503 10 N. 16
31 30·132 62·2 57·6 59·9 74 56 376 10 N. 17
* 30·184 59·6 48·3 53·9 93·7 43·3 265 6·4 .. 221
† 29·961 .. .. +52·8 .. .. 1353 .. .. 1485
  • Means, &c. † Means previous years. † Last year.

DIRECTION OF WIND.

N. N.E. E. S.E. S. S.W. W. N.W. Calm.
12 | 3 | 2 | .. | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 5

NOTE.—The barometer during the month has been fairly steady, with the weather mild and dry for the time of the year. Total bright sunshine, 144 hours 6 minutes; and four sunless days. Frosts occurred on three mornings. The mean earth temperature at 1 ft. was 55·6°, and 57·3° at 3 ft. Mean dew-point, 45·5°; mean elastic force of vapour, 0·305"; and mean relative humidity, 73 per cent.

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.
MEANS AND TOTALS FROM THE CHIEF STATIONS.
May, 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 (1 point or more).
Deg. Mean Max. Temp. Mean Min. Temp. Deg. Points. Dys.
125 NORTH ISLAND.
AUCKLAND.. 57·7 63·8 51·7 546 19
T. F. Cheeseman
TE AROHA 52·8 62·9 42·7 443 12
G. F. McGirr
925 ROTORUA .. 52·9 61·5 44·3 799 12
J. F. Robieson
370 WAIHI .. 51·3 62·4 40·3 871 22
H. B. Devereux
130 RUAKURA .. 52·0 62·9 41·1 332 10
C. Oussen
63 NEW PLYMOUTH 59·3 69·2 49·3 543 12
W. D. Fletcher
250 MOUMAHAHI 53·3 61·7 45·0 276 11
2080 TAIHAPE .. 48·3 54·2 42·4 375 10
A. R. Fannin
PALMERSTON NORTH 52·7 61·7 43·7 117 7
J. E. Vernon
119 LEVIN .. 53·0 63·0 43·2 164 10
James Allan
377 MASTERON 51·5 61·8 41·2 275 12
Rev. A. Hodge
GISBORNE .. 55·3 63·3 47·4 1074 16
C. H. Ferris
14 GREENMEADOWS, NA-PIER 54·2 61·0 47·4 1087 10
Very Rev. Dean Smyth
110 WELLINGTON 53·9 59·6 48·3 221 15
F. W. Simms
Averages .. 53·4 62·1 44·9 509 12·7
SOUTH ISLAND.
94 NELSON .. 52·7 61·2 44·3 255 3
J. Sharp and Rev. J. P. Kemphorne
1218 HAMMER SPA 46·3 58·2 34·3 139 4
J. Campbell Duncan
25 CHRISTCHURCH 47·8 57·8 38·4 65 9
H. F. Skey
42 LINCOLN .. 49·2 59·3 39·1 82 8
G. Gray
130 TIMARU .. 48·3 57·9 38·6 111 8
Caretaker of Domain
90 WAIMATE .. 47·2 55·9 38·6 104 10
W. M. Hamilton
300 LEITH VALLEY, DUN-EDIN 48·0 55·5 40·5 98 7
H. Skey
350 GOBE .. 45·5 56·0 34·9 60 10
Captain A. A. Scott
12 HOKITIKA .. 52·0 61·8 42·2 601 8
A. D. Macfarlane
18 INVERCARGILL 47·9 57·1 38·7 288 17
L. Lennie
Averages .. 48·4 58·0 38·9 186 8·4

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 .. 68·6 64·0 62·3 57·3 58·4 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 52·2° 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, 20th June, 1911. D. C. BATES, Director.



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🏛️ Monthly Meteorological Observations for Wellington - May 1911

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
20 June 1911
Meteorology, Weather, Temperature, Barometer, Rainfall, Wind, Wellington
  • D. C. Bates, Director

🏛️ Climatological Table of Means and Totals from Chief Stations - May 1911

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
20 June 1911
Meteorology, Climatology, Temperature, Rainfall, North Island, South Island, Observers
23 names identified
  • T. F. Cheeseman, Observer for Auckland station
  • G. F. McGirr, Observer for Te Aroha station
  • J. F. Robieson, Observer for Rotorua station
  • H. B. Devereux, Observer for Waihi station
  • C. Oussen, Observer for Ruakura station
  • W. D. Fletcher, Observer for New Plymouth station
  • A. R. Fannin, Observer for Taihape station
  • J. E. Vernon, Observer for Palmerston North station
  • James Allan, Observer for Levin station
  • Rev. A. Hodge (Reverend), Observer for Masterton station
  • C. H. Ferris, Observer for Gisborne station
  • Very Rev. Dean Smyth (Very Reverend Dean), Observer for Greenmeadows, Napier station
  • F. W. Simms, Observer for Wellington station
  • J. Sharp, Observer for Nelson station
  • Rev. J. P. Kemphorne (Reverend), Observer for Nelson station
  • J. Campbell Duncan, Observer for Hammer Spa station
  • H. F. Skey, Observer for Christchurch station
  • G. Gray, Observer for Lincoln station
  • W. M. Hamilton, Observer for Waimate station
  • H. Skey, Observer for Leith Valley, Dunedin station
  • Captain A. A. Scott (Captain), Observer for Gobe station
  • A. D. Macfarlane, Observer for Hokitika station
  • L. Lennie, Observer for Invercargill station

  • D. C. Bates, Director

🏛️ Averages of Meteorological Data from Chief Stations (August 1904 - December 1910)

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
20 June 1911
Meteorology, Averages, Temperature, Rainfall, North Island, South Island
  • D. C. Bates, Director