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Aug. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2619
Government Meteorological Observatory.
METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the Month of July, 1912. Observations taken at 9 a.m.
Altitude of New Observatory, 10 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 | 30·813 | 48·3 | 40·3 | 44·3 | 92 | 39 | 500 | 8 | S. |
| 2 | 30·329 | 51·0 | 37·6 | 44·3 | 99 | 32 | 206 | 8 | N. |
| 3 | 30·369 | 49·0 | 40·0 | 44·5 | 75·5 | 36 | 27 | 3 | E. |
| 4 | 30·409 | 50·2 | 40·0 | 45·1 | 92 | 33·5 | 130 | 5 | N. |
| 5 | 30·122 | 53·0 | 47·3 | 50·1 | 77·8 | 46 | 421 | 10 | N. |
| 6 | 29·749 | 58·8 | 52·0 | 55·4 | 84·8 | 49·5 | 533 | 10 | N.W. |
| 7 | 30·019 | 57·0 | 41·0 | 49·0 | 95 | 35·6 | 124 | 0 | Calm |
| 8 | 30·039 | 58·0 | 37·3 | 47·6 | 100 | 30·8 | 37 | 0 | N.E. |
| 9 | 29·822 | 52·0 | 43·5 | 47·7 | 103 | 43 | 222 | 8 | Calm |
| 10 | 29·503 | 54·0 | 45·0 | 49·5 | 95 | 41 | 81 | 10 | S.E. |
| 11 | 29·484 | 55·5 | 47·0 | 51·2 | 78·8 | 45·8 | 180 | 9 | S.E. |
| 12 | 29·692 | 59·8 | 52·5 | 56·1 | 99 | 52 | 370 | 10 | N. |
| 13 | 29·949 | 57·0 | 50·0 | 53·5 | 89 | 49·5 | 297 | 8 | N. |
| 14 | 29·819 | 56·0 | 50·0 | 53·0 | 106 | 49 | 253 | 8 | N. |
| 15 | 29·959 | 55·5 | 48·0 | 51·7 | 102 | 47 | 312 | 10 | S. |
| 16 | 29·729 | 51·8 | 47·0 | 49·4 | 57 | 46 | 444 | 10 | S. |
| 17 | 29·642 | 52·8 | 47·5 | 50·1 | 55 | 46 | 518 | 10 | S. |
| 18 | 29·709 | 47·5 | 45·0 | 46·2 | 61 | 46 | 763 | 10 | S. |
| 19 | 29·859 | 46·8 | 44·5 | 45·6 | 61 | 43 | 555 | 10 | S. |
| 20 | 30·011 | 48·0 | 45·6 | 46·8 | 69 | 44 | 406 | 10 | S. |
| 21 | 30·139 | 47·0 | 38·0 | 42·5 | 81 | 31·5 | 175 | 3 | Calm |
| 22 | 30·192 | 55·3 | 35·0 | 45·1 | 101 | 28 | 38 | 2 | Calm |
| 23 | 30·389 | 51·8 | 39·3 | 45·5 | 97 | 38 | 455 | 10 | S. |
| 24 | 30·320 | 45·0 | 40·6 | 42·8 | 75 | 38 | 705 | 10 | S. |
| 25 | 30·249 | 47·3 | 42·3 | 44·8 | 61 | 41 | 671 | 5 | S. |
| 26 | 30·039 | 48·0 | 42·5 | 45·2 | 83 | 41 | 637 | 10 | S. |
| 27 | 29·872 | 49·0 | 43·0 | 46·0 | 64 | 42 | 436 | 10 | S. |
| 28 | 29·769 | 51·2 | 48·0 | 49·6 | 87·5 | 47 | 535 | 10 | S. |
| 29 | 29·989 | 53·8 | 46·5 | 50·1 | 93 | 43 | 262 | 10 | S.E. |
| 30 | 30·159 | 51·0 | 41·5 | 46·2 | 95·5 | 39·8 | 463 | 4 | S. |
| 31 | 30·189 | 50·8 | 36·0 | 43·4 | 108·8 | 28·3 | 314 | 0 | N.E. |
| * | 29·994 | 52·0 | 43·6 | 47·8 | 85·1 | 41 | 357 | 7·4 | .. |
| † | 29·906 | 52·9 | 42·1 | 47·4 | 86·5 | 34·9 | 232 | .. | .. |
- Means, &c. † Means previous years.
DIRECTION OF WIND.
N. N.E. E. S.E. S. S.W. W. N.W. Calm.
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | .. | .. | 1 | 4
NOTE.—A month of wet and gloomy weather, precipitation on twenty-one days. The total rainfall was nearly double the average for this month—the wettest July since 1892. Total bright sunshine, 56 hours 28 minutes, and nine sunless days. Frosts occurred on five mornings. The mean earth-temperature at 1 ft. was 47·5°, and 49·4° at 3 ft. Mean dew-point, 43·8°; mean relative humidity, 85 per cent. of saturation; and mean elastic force of vapour, 0·286 inches.
CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.
MEANS AND TOTALS FROM THE CHIEF STATIONS.
July, 1912.
| 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 (¼ Point or more). | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean Max. Temp. | Mean Min. Temp. | |||||
| Ft. | Deg. | Deg. | Deg. | Points. | Dys. | |
| 125 | NORTH ISLAND. AUCKLAND .. T. F. Cheeseman | 50·4 | 55·7 | 45·2 | 497 | 19 |
| .. | TE AROHA .. G. F. McGirr | 49·9 | 57·4 | 42·3 | 469 | 12 |
| 925 | ROTORUA .. J. F. Robieson | 46·5 | 55·4 | 37·5 | 615 | 11 |
| 370 | WAIHI .. H. B. Devereux | 46·2 | 56·1 | 36·4 | 664 | 16 |
| 130 | RUAKURA .. C. Cussen | 46·4 | 55·8 | 37·5 | 508 | 12 |
| 63 | NEW PLYMOUTH .. W. D. Fletcher | 52·0 | 59·8 | 44·2 | 582 | 14 |
| 250 | MOUMAHAKI .. A. S. Huntington | 47·7 | 52·6 | 42·9 | 458 | 21 |
| 2080 | TAIHAPE .. A. R. Fannin | 40·8 | 45·6 | 35·9 | 833 | 19 |
| .. | PALMERSTON NORTH .. J. E. Vernon | 44·6 | 53·9 | 35·2 | 637 | 16 |
| 119 | LEVIN .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | . |
| 377 | MASTER TON .. Wm. Hood | 45·6 | 52·0 | 39·2 | 1170 | 20 |
| .. | GISBORNE .. C. H. Ferris | 48·2 | 56·6 | 39·8 | 399 | 20 |
| 14 | GREENMEADOWS, NA- PIER Very Rev. Dean Smyth | 47·1 | 54·0 | 40·4 | 267 | 13 |
| 10 | WELLINGTON .. F. W. Simms | 47·8 | 52·0 | 43·6 | 946 | 21 |
| Averages .. | 47·1 | 54·3 | 40·0 | 580 | 16·5 |
SOUTH ISLAND.
| Deg. | Deg. | Deg. | Points. | Dys. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | NELSON .. Rev. J. P. Kemp- thorne | 47·3 | 54·8 | 39·9 | 418 | 11 |
| 1218 | HANMER SPA .. Dr. J. C. Duncan | 42·5 | 53·3 | 31·8 | 1374 | 20 |
| 25 | CHRISTCHURCH .. H. F. Skey | 41·9 | 47·4 | 36·4 | 436 | 20 |
| 42 | LINCOLN .. G. Gray | 43·3 | 48·4 | 38·1 | 557 | 18 |
| 130 | TIMARU .. Caretaker of Domain | 40·6 | 47·1 | 34·1 | 551 | 15 |
| 90 | WAIMATE .. W. M. Hamilton | 40·6 | 47·6 | 33·6 | 532 | 15 |
| 300 | LEITH VALLEY, DUN- EDIN .. H. Skey | 42·0 | 47·2 | 36·8 | 502 | 14 |
| 350 | GORE .. Captain A. A. Scott | 38·8 | 46·9 | 30·7 | 120 | 12 |
| 12 | HOKITIKA .. A. D. Macfarlane | 45·3 | 55·1 | 35·5 | 444 | 9 |
| 18 | INVERCARGILL .. L. Lennie | 40·4 | 47·3 | 33·5 | 202 | 16 |
| Averages .. | 42·2 | 49·5 | 35·0 | 513 | 15 |
AVERAGES DERIVED FROM THE MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLES FROM AUGUST, 1904, TO DECEMBER, 1911 (INCLUSIVE).
| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Averages. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH ISLAND— | |||||||||||||
| Mean temperature.. | 63·6 | 63·7 | 62·5 | 57·9 | 53·4 | 49·7 | 48·2 | 49·0 | 51·8 | 54·7 | 58·2 | 61·2 | Annual. 56·2° F. |
| Rainfall, in points (100=1 in.) | 359 | 308 | 490 | 398 | 498 | 454 | 593 | 430 | 410 | 446 | 338 | 380 | 51·04 in. |
| Days with rain .. | 10·0 | 8·1 | 11·5 | 13·3 | 14·5 | 15·7 | 17·4 | 14·2 | 16·0 | 15·6 | 13·2 | 12·6 | 162 days. |
| SOUTH ISLAND— | |||||||||||||
| Mean temperature.. | 59·9 | 60·7 | 58·9 | 53·2 | 48·8 | 44·5 | 42·2 | 44·7 | 48·6 | 52·1 | 55·5 | 58·4 | 52·3° F. |
| Rainfall, in points (100=1 in.) | 388 | 230 | 407 | 337 | 342 | 456 | 415 | 350 | 436 | 425 | 325 | 430 | 45·41 in. |
| Days with rain .. | 12·3 | 7·2 | 11·9 | 12·5 | 11·5 | 13·7 | 13·7 | 13·4 | 15·8 | 15·4 | 13·3 | 14·3 | 155 days. |
Meteorological Office, Wellington, 28th August, 1912. D. C. BATES, Director.
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