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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 89
Government Meteorological Observatory.
METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the Month of May, 1915. Observations taken 9 a.m.
Altitude of Observatory, 8 ft.
From Self-registering Instruments, for Twenty-four Hours previously.
| Date. | Barometer reduced in and corrected Inches to Lat. 45°. | 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). |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30·183 | 58·4 | 49·6 | 54·0 | 116·0 | 44·4 | 258 | 5 | Calm | .. |
| 2 | 30·280 | 63·0 | 50·2 | 56·6 | 118·6 | 43·2 | 192 | 5 | N.E. | .. |
| 3 | 30·233 | 65·4 | 42·8 | 54·1 | 112·4 | 33·0 | 122 | 8 | N. | .. |
| 4 | 30·122 | 59·8 | 53·6 | 56·7 | 112·8 | 51·4 | 380 | 5 | N. | .. |
| 5 | 30·321 | 64·0 | 49·2 | 56·6 | 120·6 | 40·6 | 251 | 8 | S. | .. |
| 6 | 30·473 | 53·8 | 39·6 | 46·7 | 84·8 | 30·2 | 195 | 0 | N.E. | .. |
| 7 | 30·542 | 56·8 | 42·0 | 49·4 | 115·8 | 31·0 | 115 | 5 | Calm | .. |
| 8 | 30·579 | 63·6 | 41·2 | 52·4 | 119·6 | 31·2 | 70 | 6 | N. | .. |
| 9 | 30·349 | 60·0 | 53·6 | 56·8 | 113·8 | 53·4 | 350 | 10 | N. | 30 |
| 10 | 29·909 | 61·4 | 56·6 | 59·0 | 79·6 | 54·2 | 550 | 10 | N. | 9 |
| 11 | 30·029 | 61·0 | 52·2 | 56·6 | 88·8 | 46·4 | 535 | 5 | N.W. | .. |
| 12 | 30·080 | 62·2 | 49·6 | 55·9 | 117·0 | 45·4 | 194 | 3 | N. | 1 |
| 13 | 30·279 | 58·0 | 46·2 | 52·1 | 108·6 | 38·2 | 358 | 8 | S. | 4 |
| 14 | 30·360 | 54·8 | 46·2 | 50·5 | 104·4 | 44·0 | 352 | 10 | S. | 12 |
| 15 | 30·379 | 51·6 | 45·4 | 48·5 | 77·8 | 43·4 | 352 | 8 | S. | 10 |
| 16 | 30·293 | 52·0 | 45·8 | 48·9 | 104·0 | 43·2 | 366 | 10 | S. | .. |
| 17 | 30·152 | 55·8 | 47·6 | 51·7 | 113·8 | 43·0 | 243 | 5 | S. | .. |
| 18 | 30·049 | 58·6 | 44·2 | 51·4 | 105·4 | 36·4 | 97 | 8 | Calm | .. |
| 19 | 30·159 | 62·8 | 42·6 | 52·7 | 107·6 | 35·0 | 20 | 4 | Calm | .. |
| 20 | 30·349 | 62·0 | 42·2 | 52·1 | 104·8 | 32·2 | 18 | 4 | Calm | .. |
| 21 | 30·369 | 61·6 | 43·4 | 52·5 | 100·6 | 35·4 | 16 | 5 | Calm | .. |
| 22 | 30·179 | 61·4 | 49·6 | 55·5 | 90·8 | 48·6 | 156 | 10 | N. | 28 |
| 23 | 29·959 | 62·8 | 56·0 | 59·4 | 104·6 | 53·2 | 374 | 8 | N. | .. |
| 24 | 30·429 | 64·4 | 48·2 | 56·3 | 112·8 | 46·4 | 338 | 10 | S. | .. |
| 25 | 30·309 | 54·6 | 35·2 | 44·9 | 106·6 | 25·0 | 126 | 8 | Calm | 7 |
| 26 | 29·949 | 55·2 | 37·4 | 46·3 | 103·8 | 37·2 | 58 | 10 | N. | .. |
| 27 | 29·980 | 58·4 | 47·6 | 53·0 | 110·6 | 39·4 | 176 | 4 | N.E. | .. |
| 28 | 29·701 | 59·8 | 53·0 | 56·4 | 105·8 | 50·2 | 351 | 5 | N. | .. |
| 29 | 29·449 | 59·6 | 44·4 | 52·0 | 109·4 | 36·4 | 343 | 6 | W. | 2 |
| 30 | 29·450 | 53·4 | 39·8 | 46·6 | 96·8 | 29·2 | 136 | 5 | W. | 8 |
| 31 | 29·749 | 56·0 | 47·8 | 51·9 | 100·6 | 45·4 | 311 | 8 | S. | 1 |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| * | 30·149 | 59·1 | 46·5 | 52·8 | 105·4 | 40·8 | 239 | 6·6 | .. | 112 |
| t | 29·965 | 58·3 | 47·3 | 52·8 | 95·1 | 39·9 | 218 | .. | .. | 480 |
- Means, &c. + Means previous years.
DIRECTION OF WIND.
N. N.E. E. S.E. S. S.W. W. N.W. Calm.
10 3 .. .. 8 .. 2 1 7
NOTE.--The weather during the month has been fair and mild for the time of the year, with the rainfall considerably below the mean of previous years. Total bright sunshine, 143 hours 33 minutes, and three sunless days. Frost was recorded on the grass on five mornings. The mean earth temperature at 1 ft. was 53·8°, and 55·9° at 3 ft. Mean dew-point, 45·7°; mean elastic force of vapour, 0·307 in.; and mean relative humidity, 78 per cent. of saturation.
CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.
MEANS AND TOTALS FROM THE CHIEF STATIONS.
May, 1915.
| Name of Station and Observer. | Altitude above Sea-level. | Ft. | Absolute Mean Temp. in Shade. | Deg. | Mean Max. Temp. | Deg. | Mean Min. Temp. | Deg. | Total Rainfall (100 Points to the Inch). | Point | Days with Rain (1 Point or more). | Dys. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH ISLAND. | .. | 20 | RUAWAI .. .. Dr. H. M. Levinge | 56·4 | 63·1 | 49·8 | 366 | 13 | ||||
| AUCKLAND .. .. T. F. Cheeseman | 125 | 56·1 | 61·1 | 51·1 | 379 | 22 | ||||||
| TE AROHA .. .. G. F. McGirr | .. | 50·1 | 62·6 | 37·7 | 210 | 10 | ||||||
| ROTORUA .. .. L. J. Bayfield | 925 | 51·9 | 61·3 | 42·5 | 249 | 12 | ||||||
| WAITHI .. .. P. A. Clifford | 370 | 53·0 | 62·1 | 43·9 | 402 | 14 | ||||||
| TAURANGA .. .. C. J. Butcher | .. | 54·5 | 64·0 | 45·1 | 337 | 13 | ||||||
| NEW PLYMOUTH .. W. W. Smith | 65 | 52·3 | 57·8 | 46·9 | 250 | 12 | ||||||
| MOUMAHAKI .. .. A. S. Huntington | 250 | 50·3 | 59·9 | 40·7 | 269 | 10 | ||||||
| TAIHAPE .. .. A. R. Fannin | 2080 | 47·1 | 53·5 | 40·8 | 217 | 10 | ||||||
| PALMERSTON NORTH .. J. E. Vernon | .. | 51·3 | 60·0 | 42·7 | 224 | 11 | ||||||
| GREYTOWN .. .. W. C. Davies | 186 | 50·2 | 59·7 | 40·7 | 275 | 13 | ||||||
| MASTERTON .. .. Wm. Hood | 377 | 50·0 | 59·6 | 40·4 | 177 | 14 | ||||||
| GISBORNE .. .. C. H. Ferris | .. | 53·4 | 62·3 | 44·5 | 344 | 18 | ||||||
| GREENMEADOWS, NA- PIER Rev. L. Walsh | 14 | 53·9 | 61·4 | 46·4 | 92 | 8 | ||||||
| WELLINGTON .. F. W. Simms | 10 | 52·8 | 59·1 | 46·5 | 112 | 11 | ||||||
| SOUTH ISLAND. | .. | 34 | NELSON .. .. Rev. J. P. Kemp- thorne | 51·1 | 58·2 | 44·0 | 226 | 10 | ||||
| HANMER SPA .. Dr. J. C. Duncan | 1218 | Incom plete. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
| CHRISTCHURCH .. H. F. Skey | 25 | 49·3 | 58·3 | 40·3 | 277 | 16 | ||||||
| LINCOLN .. .. G. Gray | 42 | 49·4 | 58·5 | 40·3 | 121 | 9 | ||||||
| RAKAI .. .. Miss A. Hardy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 44 | 8 | ||||||
| TIMARU .. .. Caretaker of Domain | 130 | 47·4 | 56·1 | 38·7 | 85 | 11 | ||||||
| WAIMATE .. .. W. M. Hamilton | 90 | 48·5 | 56·6 | 40·4 | 107 | 13 | ||||||
| DUNEDIN .. .. D. Tannock | 300 | 47·8 | 54·0 | 41·7 | 245 | 11 | ||||||
| GORE .. .. H. Dolamore | 245 | 44·7 | 53·9 | 35·5 | 332 | 13 | ||||||
| HOKITIKA .. .. F. T. Sandford | 12 | 48·9 | 56·4 | 41·5 | 993 | 16 | ||||||
| INVERCARGILL .. L. Lennie | 18 | 45·4 | 55·0 | 35·8 | 482 | 15 |
SUMMARY FOR MAY, 1915.
During May the rainfall was below the average over the Dominion as a whole, and the weather was generally fair and mild. No very intense atmospheric depressions were in evidence, and in consequence strong winds were exceptional and no heavy falls of rain were experienced.
D. C. BATES, Director.
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