New Zealand Gazette – 1911 – No. 67

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✨ Meteorological Observations



AUG. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2569

Government Meteorological Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the Month of July, 1911. Observations taken at 9 a.m.

Altitude of observatory, 110 ft.

Date. Barometer reduced and corrected, in Inches. Max. Temp. in Shade. (Fah.) Min. Temp. in Shade. (Fah.) Mean. Temp. in Shade. (Fah.) Solar Radiation. (Fah.) Terrestrial Radiation. (Fah.) Veloc. Wind in Miles. Amount of Cloud, 0 to 10. Direction of Wind. Rainfall, in Points (100 to 1 inch).
1 30.042 49.2 37.2 43.2 87 30 153 3 N. 1
2 29.889 50.8 39.4 45.1 87 39 161 10 Calm 15
3 30.059 49.2 46.6 47.9 58 43 131 9 S. ..
4 30.022 56.2 44.0 50.1 87 38 138 7 N. 2
5 30.172 55.0 45.8 50.4 89 42 260 8 S. ..
6 30.339 54.0 40.2 47.1 87 33 115 5 Calm 3
7 30.419 52.0 37.6 44.8 86 29 218 3 N. ..
8 30.141 52.0 42.0 47.0 89 41 289 7 N. 46
9 29.859 57.4 48.6 53.0 89 43 245 10 N.W. 104
10 29.641 55.0 47.8 51.4 64 47 182 10 S. 60
11 29.680 48.8 45.2 47.0 53 43 304 8 Calm 32
12 29.720 55.8 45.8 50.8 93 44 296 10 S. 2
13 29.729 49.0 37.2 43.1 83 29 144 9 N. 30
14 30.070 54.0 44.2 49.1 86 33 162 10 S. 1
15 30.339 48.6 45.2 46.9 82 28 175 1 Calm ..
16 30.313 50.6 46.2 48.4 85 36 167 2 N. ..
17 30.330 54.2 47.2 50.7 89 42 245 1 N. ..
18 30.349 54.8 40.2 47.5 90 33 140 0 N.E. ..
19 30.309 54.2 43.0 48.6 88 32 75 0 Calm ..
20 30.119 57.0 41.0 49.0 89 30 45 0 Calm ..
21 29.961 55.0 47.8 51.4 93 38 83 7 S. ..
22 29.873 59.6 41.0 50.3 94 32 45 5 Calm 118
23 29.741 59.2 46.0 52.6 91 46 255 10 S.E. 117
24 29.520 48.0 45.2 46.6 52 41 644 10 S.E. 166
25 29.679 54.2 46.8 50.5 70 41 406 8 Calm 11
26 29.879 54.6 48.0 51.3 84 45 318 8 S. 22
27 30.059 53.2 45.0 49.1 90 41 380 8 S.E. 12
28 30.209 50.0 40.8 45.4 89 33 234 5 S.E. ..
29 30.100 53.0 35.8 44.4 92 30 70 0 Calm ..
30 29.839 55.2 39.4 47.3 85 32 27 3 N. ..
31 29.979 57.4 43.0 50.2 94 35 141 5 N. ..
* 30.012 53.5 43.3 48.4 83.7 37.1 202 6.0 .. 742
† 29.904 .. .. 47.5 86.5 34.9‡ 279 .. .. 581

* Means, &c.
† Means previous years.
‡ Last year.

DIRECTION OF WIND.

N. N.E. E. S.E. S. S.W. W. N.W Calm.
9 1 .. 4 7 .. .. 1 9

NOTE.—The weather during the month has been wet, with the rainfall well above the average, but the temperature was mild for the time of the year. Total bright sunshine, 132 hours 35 minutes, and five sunless days. Nine frosts were recorded on the grass, and fogs occurred on eight days. Mean earth-temperature at 1 ft., was 48.8°, and 50.7° at 3 ft. Mean dew-point, 34.4°; mean elastic force of vapour, 0.199 in.; and mean relative humidity, 59 per cent.

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.

MEANS AND TOTALS FROM THE CHIEF STATIONS.

July, 1911.

Altitude above Sea-level (Ft.) Name of Station and Observer. Absolute Mean Temp. Air in Shade (Deg.) Extremes: Mean Max Temp. (Deg.) Extremes: Mean Min Temp. (Deg.) Total Rainfall (100 Points to the Inch). Days with Rain (0.1 Point or more).
NORTH ISLAND.
125 AUCKLAND (T. F. Cheeseman) 51.3 57.5 45.1 163 18
.. TE AROHA (G. F. McGirr) 48.2 57.2 39.1 973 16
925 ROTORUA (J. F. Robieson) 45.5 55.7 35.3 115 7
370 WAIHI (H. B. Devereux) 46.4 57.8 35.0 1220 23
130 RUAKURA (C. Cussen) 45.7 56.9 34.6 446 12
63 NEW PLYMOUTH (W. D. Fletcher) 53.1 62.9 43.3 458 15
250 MOUMAHAKI 47.3 55.1 39.5 509 17
2080 TAIHAPE (A. R. Fannin) 42.9 48.5 37.2 317 14
.. PALMERSTON NORTH (J. E. Vernon) 47.9 55.4 40.3 450 10
119 LEVIN (James Allan) 47.6 56.8 38.2 658 11
377 MASTERTON (Rev. A. Hodge) 46.5 57.6 35.5 745 17
.. GISBORNE (C. H. Ferris) 48.1 56.8 39.5 374 17
14 GREENMEADOWS, NAPIER (Very Rev. Dean Smyth) 47.5 55.1 39.9 496 17
110 WELLINGTON (F. W. Sims) 48.4 53.5 43.3 742 17
Averages 47.6 56.2 38.9 547 15.1
SOUTH ISLAND.
34 NELSON (J. Sharp and Rev. J. P. Kempthorne) 46.6 53.8 39.4 338 10
1218 HANMER SPA (Dr. J. C. Duncan) 37.1 47.4 26.8 1311 13
25 CHRISTCHURCH (H. F. Skey) 40.7 48.8 32.6 314 17
42 LINCOLN (G. Gray) 42.1 50.0 34.1 380 12
130 TIMARU (Caretaker of Domain) 40.7 49.3 32.1 466 11
90 WAIMATE (W. M. Hamilton) 40.0 47.4 32.7 358 12
300 LEITH VALLEY, DUNEDIN (H. Skey) 41.7 47.6 35.8 184 12
350 GORE (Captain A. A. Scott) 38.6 47.4 29.9 106 8
12 HOKITIKA (A. D. Macfarlane) 45.6 56.3 34.9 242 6
18 INVERCARGILL (L. Lennie) 41.3 49.8 32.9 297 15
Averages 41.4 49.7 33.1 399 11.6

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— Annual.
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 56.2° F.
Rainfall, in points (100 = 1 in.) 392 299 550 336 368 452 600 452 423 460 328 358 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 in.) 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, 15th August, 1911.

D. C. BATES, Director.



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🎓 Meteorological Observations for Wellington, July 1911

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Weather, Temperature, Rainfall, Wind, Wellington
  • D. C. Bates, Director

🎓 Climatological Table for Chief Stations, July 1911

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Climate, Temperature, Rainfall, Stations, New Zealand
21 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
  • A. R. Fannin, Observer at Taihape
  • J. E. Vernon, Observer at Palmerston North
  • James Allan, Observer at Levin
  • A. Hodge (Rev.), Observer at Masterton
  • C. H. Ferris, Observer at Gisborne
  • Dean Smyth (Very Rev.), Observer at Greenmeadows, Napier
  • F. W. Sims, Observer at Wellington
  • J. Sharp, Observer at Nelson
  • J. P. Kempthorne (Rev.), Observer at Nelson
  • J. C. Duncan (Dr.), Observer at Hanmer Spa
  • H. F. Skey, Observer at Christchurch
  • G. Gray, Observer at Lincoln
  • A. A. Scott (Captain), Observer at Gore
  • A. D. Macfarlane, Observer at Hokitika
  • L. Lennie, Observer at Invercargill

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🎓 Averages Derived from Monthly Climatological Tables, August 1904 to December 1910

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Climate, Averages, Temperature, Rainfall, New Zealand
  • D. C. Bates, Director