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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 84

Government Meteorological Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the Month of September, 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.	Velce. Wind in Miles.	Amount of Cloud, 0 to 10.	Direction of Wind.
		Fah.	Fah.	Fah.	Fah.	Fah.
1	30·319	61·0	48·8	54·9	106	44	363	6	Calm	..
2	30·269	59·4	46·6	53·0	102	39	229	3	N.	..
3	30·149	58·6	52·6	55·6	99	49	470	4	N.	..
4	30·210	60·4	52·8	56·6	101	49	304	8	N.	..	1
5	30·233	60·4	49·0	54·7	106	45	282	10	S.	..	1
6	30·430	53·8	40·6	47·2	102	32	314	0	N.E.	..
7	30·359	59·8	36·6	48·2	96	30	54	0	N.E.	..
8	30·312	60·0	38·0	49·0	100	30	92	4	E.	..
9	30·309	56·8	40·8	48·8	96	31	67	1	E.	..
10	30·251	63·0	47·0	55·0	101	37	163	5	N.	..
11	30·189	58·4	54·8	56·6	102	52	442	9	N.	..	1
12	29·779	59·0	51·8	55·4	89	46	288	8	N.	..	6
13	29·663	63·0	53·8	58·4	98	51	500	6	N.	..	20
14	29·759	61·0	47·6	54·3	105	47	400	10	S.	..	7
15	29·809	50·0	47·0	48·5	71	45	452	8	S.	..	9
16	29·779	59·0	49·0	54·0	103	48	412	8	N.	..	31
17	29·861	60·0	52·6	56·3	86	53	638	10	N.	..	105
18	29·312	60·0	52·4	56·2	109	49	150	10	N.	..	1
19	29·512	57·8	44·0	50·9	72	42	582	10	S.	..	22
20	29·819	47·0	40·8	43·9	74	38	700	10	S.	..	5
21	30·179	48·2	41·4	44·8	85	40	686	7	S.	..	1
22	30·219	51·2	39·4	45·3	103	31	294	10	N.	..	17
23	30·262	57·0	45·2	51·1	104	40	260	8	S.	..	4
24	30·209	50·0	41·8	45·9	89	35	280	7	N.	..	2
25	29·909	50·8	47·8	49·3	89	44	261	10	N.	..	50
26	29·702	57·6	49·2	53·4	103	47	415	8	N.	..	17
27	29·879	60·8	46·6	53·7	106	44	204	10	S.	..
28	29·739	55·0	44·0	49·5	103	38	210	3	N.	..
29	29·762	57·8	39·6	48·7	102	38	486	8	S.	..
30	30·061	52·2	40·2	46·2	99	37	445	4	S.	..
31	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
*	30·003	56·9	46·0	51·5	96·7	41·7	348	6·8	..	..	301
†	29·919	..	..	+51·4	..	..	+430	..	..	..	+426

Means, &c.

† Means previous years.

‡ Last year.

DIRECTION OF WIND.

N. N.E. E. S.E. S. S.W. W. N.W Calm.
15 | 2 | 2 | .. | 10 | .. | .. | .. | 1

NOTE.—The weather was changeable and mild, except for a cold southerly snap on the 19th, 20th, and 21st. Total bright sunshine, 151 hours 50 minutes, and three sunless days. Frosts occurred on five mornings. The mean earth-temperature at 1 ft. was 51·3°, and 52° at 3 ft. Mean dew-point, 39·3°; mean elastic force of vapour, 0·24 in.; and mean relative humidity, 62 per cent.

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.

MEANS AND TOTALS FROM THE CHIEF STATIONS.

September, 1911.

Altitude above Sea-level.	Name of Station and Observer.	Absolute Mean Temp. Air in Shade.	Extremes.		Total Rainfall (100 Points to the Inch).	Days with Rain (3 Point or more).
			Mean Max. Temp.	Mean Min. Temp.
Ft.		Deg.	Deg.	Deg.	Points.	Dys.
125	NORTH ISLAND.
	AUCKLAND ..
T. F. Cheeseman	54·2	60·4	47·9	270	18
..	TE AROHA ..
G. F. McGirr	54·0	63·1	45·0	242	13
925	ROTORUA ..
J. F. Robieson	50·7	60·7	40·7	544	10
370	WAIHI ..
H. B. Devereux	51·6	61·7	41·6	530	14
130	RUAKURA ..
C. Cussen	50·5	60·8	40·3	292	12
63	NEW PLYMOUTH
W. D. Fletcher	57·5	67·9	47·1	304	14
250	MOUMAHAKI	51·7	58·5	44·9	509	17
2080	TAIHAPE ..
A. R. Fannin	45·9	52·7	39·1	264	17
..	PALMERSTON NORTH
J. E. Vernon	51·0	59·7	42·2	303	14
119	LEVIN ..
James Allan	51·6	61·0	42·3	327	22
377	MASTERSTON
Rev. A. Hodge	50·2	60·6	39·8	222	11
..	GISBORNE ..
C. H. Ferris	53·5	63·3	43·8	145	8
14	GREENMEADOWS, NA-PIER
Very Rev. Dean Smyth	52·2	60·4	44·1	176	8
110	WELLINGTON
F. W. Simms	51·5	56·9	46·0	301	19
	Averages ..	51·9	60·5	43·2	316	14·1
	SOUTH ISLAND.	Deg.	Deg.	Deg.	Points.	Dys.
34	NELSON ..
J. Sharp and Rev. J. P. Kempthorne	52·2	60·0	44·5	535	12
1218	HANMER SPA
Dr. J. C. Duncan	46·8	56·3	37·2	465	14
25	CHRISTCHURCH
H. F. Skey	48·9	58·8	39·0	288	11
42	LINCOLN ..
G. Gray	50·1	59·6	40·6	274	11
130	TIMARU ..
Caretaker of Domain	47·6	56·1	39·1	178	13
90	WAIMATE ..
W. M. Hamilton	47·3	55·8	38·7	240	14
300	LEITH VALLEY, DUN-EDIN
H. Skey	46·3	54·4	38·3	255	13
350	GORE ..
Captain A. A. Scott	46·9	56·6	37·2	126	17
12	HOKITIKA ..
A. D. Macfarlane	49·6	58·4	40·8	1000	17
18	INVERCARGILL
L. Lennie	47·0	55·6	38·4	257	18
	Averages ..	48·2	57·1	39·3	361	14

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 in.)	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 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, 24th October, 1911.

D. C. BATES, Director,

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1911, No 84

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🏗️ Meteorological Observations for Wellington, September 1911

Domain🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Dated24 October 1911
KeywordsMeteorological, Weather, Temperature, Rainfall, Wind, Wellington, September 1911
👩‍💼 Officials

D. C. Bates, Director

🏗️ Climatological Table for Chief Stations, September 1911

Domain🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Dated24 October 1911
KeywordsClimatological, Weather, Temperature, Rainfall, Stations, September 1911
👱🏽 Names

24 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
Rev. A. Hodge, Observer at Masterton
C. H. Ferris, Observer at Gisborne
Very Rev. Dean Smyth, Observer at Greenmeadows, Napier
F. W. Simms, Observer at Wellington
J. Sharp, Observer at Nelson
Rev. J. P. Kempthorne, Observer at Nelson
Dr. J. C. Duncan, Observer at Hanmer Spa
H. F. Skey, Observer at Christchurch
G. Gray, Observer at Lincoln
Caretaker of Domain, Observer at Timaru
W. M. Hamilton, Observer at Waimate
H. Skey, Observer at Leith Valley, Dunedin
Captain A. A. Scott, Observer at Gore
A. D. Macfarlane, Observer at Hokitika
L. Lennie, Observer at Invercargill

👩‍💼 Officials

D. C. Bates, Director

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

Domain🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Dated24 October 1911
KeywordsClimatological, Averages, Temperature, Rainfall, Monthly, August 1904 to December 1910
👩‍💼 Officials

D. C. Bates, Director

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