New Zealand Gazette – 1913 – No. 43

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✨ Meteorological Observations



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 4

Government Meteorological Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the Month of April, 1913. Observations taken 9 a.m.

Altitude of Observatory, 8 ft.

Date. Barometer reduced and corrected in Inches to Lat. 45°. 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. Rainfall, in Points (100 to 1 Inch).
Fah. Fah. Fah. Fah. Fah.
1 30·279 63·6 53·6 58·6 126·2 49·4 142 6 N. ..
2 30·049 62·6 57·2 59·9 120·0 55·0 430 7 N.W. 1
3 29·759 63·0 58·6 60·8 130·6 56·6 496 8 N.W. ..
4 29·849 66·0 58·8 62·4 117·6 38·6 256 7 N.W. ..
5 29·952 64·4 51·6 58·0 124·0 44·6 258 8 S. 7
6 30·132 61·2 46·6 53·9 111·6 43·6 342 7 S. 46
7 30·163 58·2 45·0 51·6 115·0 41·8 608 8 S. 46
8 30·299 53·6 44·6 49·1 110·2 42·0 690 7 S.E. 18
9 30·439 53·6 47·6 50·6 102·2 45·8 520 6 S.E. ..
10 30·399 57·2 44·0 50·6 114·2 35·0 198 4 S.E. ..
11 30·111 62·0 46·2 54·1 110·6 36·2 180 7 N. ..
12 30·019 61·2 57·0 59·1 117·6 55·4 493 10 N.W. ..
13 29·759 62·8 58·0 60·4 98·0 57·2 471 8 N.W. 94
14 29·799 64·0 46·8 55·4 120·0 45·0 598 8 S. 28
15 30·213 51·0 42·6 46·8 84·6 32·0 260 3 E. ..
16 30·169 59·0 49·8 54·4 109·0 43·0 150 8 N.W. ..
17 30·283 59·6 51·8 55·7 118·0 47·0 368 10 S. 13
18 30·493 58·0 49·2 53·6 98·4 47·6 388 7 S.E. ..
19 30·399 56·0 48·2 52·1 105·0 45·6 312 6 S.E. ..
20 30·459 56·6 47·2 51·9 112·6 44·0 290 10 S.E. ..
21 30·553 60·0 38·9 49·4 110·0 27·0 60 10 S.E. ..
22 30·523 54·6 49·2 51·9 87·4 46·2 168 2 N.E. ..
23 30·360 58·2 45·0 51·6 110·0 34·0 72 9 N. ..
24 30·239 59·2 46·0 52·6 112·8 37·4 158 2 Calm ..
25 30·229 64·8 39·8 52·3 113·0 29·0 54 0 E ..
26 30·129 61·6 46·4 54·0 105·2 36·0 4 10 Calm ..
27 30·099 57·6 50·2 53·9 85·6 42·0 0 0 Calm 1
28 30·002 66·6 46·0 56·3 112·6 35·0 0 0 E ..
29 29·909 68·2 54·8 61·5 114·0 54·0 126 10 N.W. 34
30 29·609 61·8 49·4 55·6 113·2 39·6 60 8 N.W. 8
* 30·156 60·2 49·0 54·6 110·3 42·8 272 6·5 .. 296
† 30·044 62·7 51·2 56·8 106·5 43·9 281 .. .. 402
  • Means, &c.
    † Means previous years.

Note.—The weather during the month has been cool and showery, with southerly and south-easterly winds prevailing. The total rainfall was considerably below the mean for April. Total bright sunshine, 148 hours 25 minutes, and three sunless days. On three mornings frosts were recorded. The mean earth-temperature at 1 ft. was 55·5°, and 58·1° at 3 ft. Mean dew-point, 46·3°; mean elastic force of vapour, 0·315 inches; and mean relative humidity, 73 per cent. of saturation.

DIRECTION OF WIND.

N. N.E. E. S.E. S. S.W. W. N.W. Calm.
3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | .. | .. | 8 | 3

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.
MEANS AND TOTALS FROM THE CHIEF STATIONS.
April, 1913.

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 (½ Point or more).
Mean Max. Temp. Mean Min. Temp.
Ft. Deg. Deg. Deg. Points. Dys.
20 NORTH ISLAND.
DARGAVILLE .. Dr. H. M. Levinge 62·6 72·0 53·2 90 6
125 AUCKLAND .. T. F. Cheeseman 58·1 65·2 51·0 148 9
TE AROHA .. G. F. McGirr 59·2 68· 50·2 98 5
925 ROTORUA .. J. F. Robieson 53·1 63·7 42·6 87 3
370 WAIHI .. H. B. Devereux 53·8 66·8 40·8 370 6
130 RUAKURA .. C. Cussen 53·4 66·2 40·6 98 6
TAURANGA .. C. J. Butcher 57·5 69·6 45·6 115 4
63 NEW PLYMOUTH .. W. D. Fletcher 58·9 70·1 47·7 132 9
250 MOUMAHAHI .. A. S. Huntington 52·1 60·4 43·9 434 7
2080 TAIHAPE .. A. R. Fannin 48·4 55·3 41·4 176 9
PALMERSTON NORTH .. J. E. Vernon 53·5 60·8 46·2 156 5
186 GREYTOWN * .. W. C. Davies 51·7 60·3 43·1 273 9
377 MASTER TON .. Wm. Hood 51·6 62·3 41·1 235 9
GISBORNE .. C. H. Ferris 56·2 65·1 47·3 679 16
14 GREENMEADOWS, NA- PIER .. Very Rev. Dean Smyth 56·6 64·3 48·9 244 7
10 WELLINGTON .. F. W. Simms 54·6 60·2 49·0 296 11
SOUTH ISLAND.
34 NELSON .. Rev. J. P. Kempthorne 54·9 65·2 44·7 160 3
1218 HANMER SPA .. Dr. J. C. Duncan 48·8 60·1 37·6 233 8
25 CHRISTCHURCH .. H. F. Skey 50·5 59·6 41·5 113 8
42 LINCOLN .. G. Gray 51·8 62·3 41·3 156 7
130 TIMARU .. Caretaker of Domain 50·3 59·6 41·0 222 9
90 WAIMATE .. G. V. Cochrane 48·0 55·4 40·7 331 9
300 DUNEDIN .. D. Tannock 49·4 56·3 42·5 290 10
350 GORE .. Captain A. A. Scott 47·5 58·2 36·8 335 14
12 HOKITIKA .. F. T. Sandford 52·2 59·6 44·8 429 15
18 INVERCARGILL .. L. Lennie 48·3 56·3 40·4 509 18

SUMMARY FOR APRIL.

As a general rule there was a preponderance of anticyclonic conditions with fair weather, but three periods of unsettled weather occurred, the first between the 2nd and 8th, during the passage of an Antarctic depression in the south, the second between the 12th and 15th, on account of a similar type of depression but of far greater intensity, and the third from the 26th to the end of the month, when two shallow depressions were in evidence. Of these, one apparently passed eastward of East Cape on the 26th, and the other was a “Westerly low” which overspread the Dominion on the 29th. However, none of the above-mentioned disturbances were accountable for particularly heavy rains. The only districts with a total fall in excess of the average were Gisborne, South Canterbury, and Southland. All other parts of the Dominion recorded below the normal.

Meteorological Office, Wellington, 28th May, 1913.

D. C. BATES, Director.



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🏗️ Meteorological Observations for Wellington, April 1913

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
28 May 1913
Weather, Temperature, Rainfall, Wind, Wellington
  • D. C. Bates, Director

🏗️ Climatological Table for Chief Stations, April 1913

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
28 May 1913
Climate, Temperature, Rainfall, Stations
26 names identified
  • H. M. Levinge (Doctor), Observer at Dargaville
  • 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
  • C. J. Butcher, Observer at Tauranga
  • W. D. Fletcher, Observer at New Plymouth
  • A. S. Huntington, Observer at Moumahaki
  • A. R. Fannin, Observer at Taihape
  • J. E. Vernon, Observer at Palmerston North
  • W. C. Davies, Observer at Greytown
  • Wm. Hood, Observer at Masterton
  • C. H. Ferris, Observer at Gisborne
  • Very Rev. Dean Smyth, Observer at Greenmeadows
  • F. W. Simms, Observer at Wellington
  • J. P. Kempthorne (Reverend), Observer at Nelson
  • 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
  • G. V. Cochrane, Observer at Waimate
  • D. Tannock, Observer at Dunedin
  • A. A. Scott (Captain), Observer at Gore
  • F. T. Sandford, Observer at Hokitika
  • L. Lennie, Observer at Invercargill

  • D. C. Bates, Director