New Zealand Gazette – 1912 – No. 8

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 8

Government Meteorological Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the
Month of December, 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.
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 29·563 62·0 47·8 54·9 115 39 296 4 N.E.
2 29·352 62·2 54·4 58·3 112 52 444 8 N.W.
3 29·499 63·0 47·2 55·1 114 38 250 3 N.W.
4 29·434 64·0 52·6 58·3 111 47 328 3 S.
5 29·709 64·0 49·8 56·9 114 42 232 5 S.
6 29·002 62·2 50·4 56·3 115 49 498 9 N.W.
7 29·552 64·8 55·2 60·0 113 50 524 1 W.
8 29·819 68·2 50·8 59·5 117 45 178 4 N.W.
9 29·384 63·0 58·4 59·7 102 55 586 10 N.W.
10 29·529 70·2 56·8 63·5 114 46 414 6 N.W.
11 29·530 65·6 52·2 58·9 112 45 361 7 N.W.
12 29·559 65·6 55·0 60·3 116 44 445 10 N.W.
13 29·499 64·2 50·6 57·4 111 47 378 8 N.W.
14 29·411 62·2 53·4 57·8 104 49 328 2 N.E.
15 29·489 64·8 48·6 56·7 115 39 232 10 N.W.
16 29·673 60·0 45·8 52·9 109 34 366 7 S.W.
17 29·490 61·8 48·0 54·9 119 38 178 10 N.
18 29·170 54·2 47·8 51·0 89 45 260 10 S.
19 29·669 55·2 46·4 50·8 99 45 330 8 S.E.
20 29·879 58·6 47·0 52·8 124 41 236 7 N.W.
21 29·542 61·8 52·8 57·3 121 57 424 10 N.E.
22 29·599 63·0 52·2 57·6 111 51 380 6 N.W.
23 29·619 65·0 54·4 59·7 117 50 360 4 N.
24 29·320 73·0 53·6 63·3 117 52 344 5 N.W.
25 29·090 62·2 53·8 58·0 116 52 346 7 N.W.
26 29·629 61·2 51·6 56·4 114 51 370 10 S.
27 29·859 62·2 50·0 56·1 118 43 197 6 N.W.
28 29·733 64·4 55·2 59·8 107 53 199 10 N.W.
29 29·519 62·8 55·4 59·1 89 50 216 9 N.W.
30 29·979 64·8 49·6 57·2 122 43 350 3 N.E.
31 30·019 66·0 52·0 59·0 118 46 145 7 N.W.
* 29·5 53 63·3 51·5 57·4 111·1 46·4 329 6·7 ..
† 29·871 .. .. 60·4 .. .. 421 .. ..
  • Means, &c. † Means previous years. † Last year.

DIRECTION OF WIND.

N. N.E. E. S.E. S. S.W. W. N.W. Calm.
2 | 4 | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | ..

NOTE.—The weather has been cool and unsettled for December. Rain fell on twenty-one days, and the fall was considerably above the average. The prevailing wind was north-westerly. Total bright sunshine, 233 hours 36 minutes, and two sunless days. Mean earth temperatures: 58·7° at 1ft., 57·7° at 3ft. Mean dew-point, 46·7°; mean elastic force of vapour, 0·319 inches; mean relative humidity, 67 per cent.

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.
MEANS AND TOTALS FROM THE CHIEF STATIONS.
December, 1911.

Altitude above Sea-level. Name of Station and Observer. Absolute Mean Temp. Air in Shade. Extremes. Total Rainfall (100 Points = 1 Inch). Days with Rain (4 Point or more).
Mean Max. Temp. Mean Min. Temp. Points. Dys.
Ft. NORTH ISLAND. Deg. Deg. Deg.
125 AUCKLAND ..
T. F. Cheeseman 59·8 66·1 53·5 506 23
TE AROHA ..
G. F. McGirr 63·7 68·2 59·3 440 19
925 ROTORUA ..
J. F. Robieson 57·3 67·2 47·4 587 13
370 WAIHI ..
H. B. Devereux 58·2 67·5 49·0 761 23
130 RUA KURA ..
C. Cussen 56·0 65·3 46·8 588 19
63 NEW PLYMOUTH ..
W. D. Fletcher 61·1 70·5 51·6 773 22
250 MOUMAHA KI .. 57·6 64·8 50·5 786 20
2080 TAIHAPE ..
A. R. Fannin 52·1 60·2 44·0 569 21
PALMERSTON NORTH ..
J. E. Vernon 56·5 63·9 49·1 662 19
119 LEVIN ..
D. M. Cole 57·3 65·0 49·7 591 19
377 MASTERTON ..
Rev. A. Hodge 57·2 67·8 46·6 407 13
GISBORNE ..
C. H. Ferris 61·2 72·1 50·4 294 9
14 GREENMEADOWS, NA-PIER ..
Very Rev. Dean Smyth 61·0 70·4 51·6 120 3
110 WELLINGTON ..
F. W. Simms 57·4 63·3 51·5 450 21
Averages .. 58·3 66·5 50·0 534 17·4
SOUTH ISLAND. Deg. Deg. Deg. Points. Dys.
34 NELSON ..
J. Sharp and Rev. J. P. Kempthorne 58·6 68·0 49·2 588 17
1218 HANMER SPA ..
Dr. J. C. Duncan 55·5 63·5 47·6 745 14
25 CHRISTCHURCH ..
H. F. Skey 55·7 64·9 46·5 539 17
42 LINCOLN ..
G. Gray 57·1 66·4 47·9 568 15
130 TIMARU ..
Caretaker of Domain 55·8 64·7 46·8 652 17
90 WAIMATE ..
W. M. Hamilton 54·2 63·0 45·4 616 20
300 LEITH VALLEY, DUN-EDIN ..
H. Skey 51·2 58·9 43·5 987 21
350 GORE ..
Captain A. A. Scott 51·6 60·7 42·6 365 23
12 HOKITIKA ..
A. D. Macfarlane 53·8 62·3 45·4 1326 20
18 INVERCARGILL ..
L. Lennie 52·1 59·9 44·3 640 24
Averages .. 54·5 63·2 45·9 702 18·8

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.
66·2° 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 15·3 15·4 13·8 14·3 155 days.

Meteorological Office, Wellington, 30th January, 1912.
D. C. BATES, Director.



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🏛️ Meteorological Observations for Wellington, December 1911

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
30 January 1912
Meteorological observations, Weather, Temperature, Rainfall, Wind, Wellington, December 1911
  • D. C. Bates, Director

🏛️ Climatological Table for Chief Stations, December 1911

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
30 January 1912
Climatological data, Temperature, Rainfall, Weather stations, December 1911
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 Rua Kura
  • W. D. Fletcher, Observer at New Plymouth
  • A. R. Fannin, Observer at Taihape
  • J. E. Vernon, Observer at Palmerston North
  • D. M. Cole, Observer at Levin
  • Rev. A. Hodge (Reverend), Observer at Masterton
  • C. H. Ferris, Observer at Gisborne
  • Very Rev. Dean Smyth (Very Reverend Dean), Observer at Greenmeadows, Napier
  • F. W. Simms, Observer at Wellington
  • J. Sharp, Observer at Nelson
  • Rev. J. P. Kempthorne (Reverend), Observer at Nelson
  • Dr. J. C. Duncan (Doctor), 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 (Captain), Observer at Gore
  • A. D. Macfarlane, Observer at Hokitika
  • L. Lennie, Observer at Invercargill

  • D. C. Bates, Director

🏛️ Averages Derived from Monthly Climatological Tables, August 1904 to December 1911

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
30 January 1912
Climatological averages, Temperature, Rainfall, Historical data
  • D. C. Bates, Director