Jan. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 79

Government Meteorological Observatory.

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

Altitude of Observatory, 8 ft.

| Date. | Barometer reduced in
and corrected to Lat. 45°.
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 | 29·739 | 68·0 | 55·8 | 61·9 | 141·8 | 53·0 | 334 | 10 | N.W. | 22 |
| 2 | 29·612 | 64·8 | 53·2 | 59·0 | 132·0 | 52·0 | 90 | 10 | S. | 24 |
| 3 | 29·879 | 55·6 | 49·0 | 52·3 | 80·0 | 48·0 | 516 | 10 | S. | .. |
| 4 | 29·989 | 57·2 | 50·6 | 53·9 | 110·6 | 50·0 | 340 | 10 | S. | .. |
| 5 | 29·799 | 61·4 | 46·2 | 53·8 | 121·6 | 36·6 | 92 | 8 | N. | 14 |
| 6 | 29·422 | 60·8 | 53·0 | 56·9 | 130·0 | 50·4 | 270 | 8 | N.W. | 25 |
| 7 | 29·370 | 61·6 | 49·0 | 55·3 | 128·0 | 47·0 | 420 | 8 | N.W. | .. |
| 8 | 29·632 | 60·0 | 52·6 | 56·3 | 136·2 | 47·8 | 210 | 3 | N.W. | .. |
| 9 | 29·803 | 63·6 | 52·0 | 57·8 | 135·6 | 50·8 | 176 | 8 | S. | .. |
| 10 | 29·829 | 64·0 | 53·2 | 58·6 | 124·2 | 51·6 | 280 | 3 | Calm | .. |
| 11 | 29·579 | 71·8 | 56·2 | 64·0 | 129·6 | 53·6 | 224 | 8 | N.W. | 66 |
| 12 | 29·709 | 63·6 | 47·8 | 55·7 | 134·0 | 46·2 | 402 | 10 | S. | 6 |
| 13 | 29·922 | 50·4 | 41·6 | 46·0 | 108·2 | 40·2 | 218 | 10 | S. | .. |
| 14 | 30·019 | 58·0 | 44·8 | 51·4 | 118·6 | 39·2 | 160 | 4 | E. | .. |
| 15 | 29·889 | 57·0 | 47·2 | 52·1 | 80·0 | 35·2 | 51 | 10 | N. | 4 |
| 16 | 29·962 | 60·4 | 52·2 | 56·3 | 112·2 | 43·6 | 49 | 10 | N. | 45 |
| 17 | 29·519 | 64·8 | 54·6 | 59·7 | 125·6 | 52·6 | 68 | 10 | N. | 82 |
| 18 | 29·340 | 68·6 | 54·6 | 61·6 | 132·6 | 52·0 | 426 | 10 | N. | 15 |
| 19 | 29·629 | 64·2 | 55·4 | 59·8 | 124·0 | 49·6 | 357 | 8 | S. | .. |
| 20 | 29·832 | 68·0 | 46·4 | 57·2 | 134·6 | 34·6 | 130 | 7 | S.E. | .. |
| 21 | 29·890 | 70·6 | 47·8 | 59·2 | 139·2 | 36·2 | 71 | 6 | S. | .. |
| 22 | 29·910 | 71·0 | 47·2 | 59·1 | 131·6 | 34·6 | 134 | 3 | N. | .. |
| 23 | 29·829 | 68·2 | 56·8 | 62·5 | 133·6 | 53·2 | 355 | 8 | N. | 1 |
| 24 | 29·789 | 65·2 | 57·4 | 61·3 | 142·0 | 53·6 | 417 | 6 | N.W. | 40 |
| 25 | 29·559 | 67·2 | 56·8 | 62·0 | 128·6 | 53·8 | 360 | 8 | N. | 34 |
| 26 | 29·410 | 65·2 | 56·8 | 61·0 | 126·4 | 51·6 | 340 | 6 | N.W. | 16 |
| 27 | 29·280 | 63·2 | 52·6 | 57·9 | 137·6 | 48·8 | 493 | 8 | N. | 1 |
| 28 | 29·469 | 63·0 | 48·8 | 55·9 | 135·6 | 35·4 | 263 | 5 | N.W. | 13 |
| 29 | 29·200 | 66·4 | 52·2 | 59·3 | 128·6 | 48·0 | 376 | 6 | S. | 5 |
| 30 | 29·310 | 63·6 | 44·2 | 53·9 | 133·6 | 41·0 | 284 | 8 | N. | 2 |
| * | 29·670 | 63·6 | 51·2 | 57·4 | 125·9 | 46·3 | 263 | 7·6 | .. | 415 |
| † | 29·873 | 63·5 | 50·3 | 56·8 | 120·2 | 43·6 | 271 | .. | .. | 338 |

• Means, &c. † Means previous years.

DIRECTION OF WIND.

N. N.E. E. S.E. S. S.W. W. N.W. Calm.
10 | .. | 1 | 1 | 9 | .. | .. | 8 | 1

Note.—Low barometric pressure ruled during the month,
and showery weather was experienced, with northerly and
north-westerly winds prevailing. Total bright sunshine
188 h. 51 m., and one sunless day. The mean earth tem-
perature at 1 ft. was 60·5°, and 59·7° at 3 ft. Mean dew-
point, 49·5°; mean elastic force of vapour, 0·355 in.; and
mean relative humidity, 75 per cent. of saturation.

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.
MEANS AND TOTALS FROM THE CHIEF STATIONS.
November, 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). |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | Deg. | Mean
Max. Temp. | Mean
Min. Temp. | Points. | Dys. |
| Ft. | NORTH ISLAND. | | | | | |
| 20 | DARGAVILLE ..
Dr. H. M. Levinge | 63·9 | 68·4 | 59·5 | 499 | 19 |
| 125 | AUCKLAND ..
T. F. Cheeseman | 60·0 | 66·1 | 54·0 | 616 | 22 |
| .. | TE AROHA ..
G. F. McGirr | 57·8 | 70·7 | 44·9 | 823 | 20 |
| 925 | ROTORUA ..
J. F. Robieson | 56·8 | 66·1 | 47·5 | 680 | 21 |
| 370 | WAIHI ..
H. B. Devereux | 58·8 | 67·6 | 49·9 | 1391 | 26 |
| .. | TAURANGA ..
C. J. Butcher | 59·6 | 68·7 | 50·5 | 808 | 19 |
| 63 | NEW PLYMOUTH
W. D. Fletcher | 61·5 | 72·2 | 50·8 | 564 | 21 |
| 250 | MOUMAHAKI
A. S. Huntington | 57·0 | 66·0 | 48·0 | 332 | 17 |
| 2080 | TAIHAPE ..
A. R. Fannin | 52·1 | 59·6 | 44·5 | 532 | 20 |
| .. | PALMERSTON NORTH
J. E. Vernon | 56·9 | 65·5 | 48·3 | 492 | 19 |
| 186 | GREYTOWN
W. C. Davies | 56·6 | 65·6 | 47·7 | 261 | 18 |
| 377 | MASTER TON
Wm. Hood | 55·8 | 67·0 | 44·6 | 384 | 20 |
| .. | GISBORNE ..
C. H. Ferris | 59·4 | 69·7 | 49·1 | 253 | 14 |
| 14 | GREENMEADOWS, NA-
PIER
Very Rev. Dean
Smyth | 60·5 | 68·8 | 51·3 | 396 | 8 |
| 10 | WELLINGTON
F. W. Simms | 57·4 | 63·6 | 51·2 | 415 | 18 |

SOUTH ISLAND.

| 34 | NELSON ..
Rev. J. P. Kemp-
thorne | 58·4 | 67·5 | 49·3 | 570 | 20 |
| 1218 | HANMER SPA
Dr. J. C. Duncan | 53·7 | 64·5 | 42·9 | 439 | 19 |
| 25 | CHRISTCHURCH
H. F. Skey | 55·2 | 63·7 | 46·8 | 202 | 16 |
| 42 | LINCOLN ..
G. Gray | 55·6 | 64·6 | 46·6 | 270 | 17 |
| 349 | RAKAIA ..
G. S. Hardy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 130 | TIMARU ..
Caretaker of Domain | 54·8 | 62·7 | 46·9 | 313 | 16 |
| 90 | WAIMATE ..
G. V. Cochrane | 53·2 | 60·3 | 46·1 | 514 | 19 |
| 300 | DUNEDIN ..
D. Tannock | 51·8 | 58·3 | 45·3 | 499 | 19 |
| 350 | GORE ..
Captain A. A. Scott | 52·5 | 62·5 | 42·6 | 322 | 15 |
| 12 | HOKITIKA ..
F. T. Sandford | 54·4 | 61·4 | 47·5 | 1004 | 21 |
| 18 | INVERCARGILL
L. Lennie | 52·9 | 62·5 | 43·3 | 320 | 18 |

SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER.

The weather in November just passed has been remarkably similar to that experienced in the same month last year.
As in the previous November, so in this there was an almost total absence of well-developed anticyclones, and the
numerous depressions which accounted for the lack of settled conditions were not unlike those in November, 1912, both
as regards type and intensity.

Between the 19th and 23rd fair weather generally prevailed, but during the remainder of the month dull and
unsettled conditions were the rule.

The most unfavourable conditions were experienced about the 6th, the 18th, and during the last week, the disturbing
cause in each case being a westerly area of low pressure, those passing on the 6th and 18th being apparently of a cyclonic
nature.

Precipitation was considerably above the average throughout the Dominion.

Meteorological Office, Wellington, 13th January, 1914. D. C. BATES, Director.