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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 103
Government Meteorological Observatory.
METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the month of July, 1916. Observations taken 6 a.m.
Altitude of Observatory, 8 ft.
| Date. | Barometer reduced to 32° and corrected in Inches to Lat. 48°. | 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 | 29·852 | 62·0 | 47·0 | 54·5 | 70·2 | 45·5 | 308 | 8 | S. | 71 | |||
| 2 | 29·800 | 49·5 | 44·5 | 47·7 | 57·8 | 40·5 | 173 | 10 | S. | Trace | |||
| 3 | 29·910 | 52·5 | 47·5 | 50·0 | 65·0 | 42·0 | 124 | 10 | S. | Trace | |||
| 4 | 30·149 | 51·4 | 44·0 | 47·7 | 79·0 | 42·0 | 356 | 0 | S. | .. | |||
| 5 | 30·080 | 55·5 | 36·5 | 46·0 | 64·0 | 29·0 | 78 | 3 | N.E. | .. | |||
| 6 | 29·955 | 53·0 | 37·6 | 45·3 | 80·5 | 29·0 | 11 | 4 | N. | .. | |||
| 7 | 29·815 | 56·5 | 42·0 | 49·2 | 84·0 | 34·0 | 126 | 8 | N. | 29 | |||
| 8 | 30·057 | 52·3 | 47·0 | 49·6 | 65·0 | 48·0 | 383 | 10 | S. | .. | |||
| 9 | 30·027 | 52·0 | 37·0 | 49·5 | 75·0 | 28·0 | 227 | 6 | N.E. | 2 | |||
| 10 | 30·111 | 55·8 | 44·0 | 49·9 | 107·0 | 37·5 | 136 | 10 | N.E. | 26 | |||
| 11 | 29·997 | 56·6 | 45·7 | 51·1 | 75·0 | 37·4 | 209 | 10 | S. | 27 | |||
| 12 | 30·092 | 53·0 | 47·0 | 45·0 | 65·0 | 46·0 | 251 | 10 | S. | 6 | |||
| 13 | 30·434 | 51·6 | 43·8 | 47·7 | 86·0 | 37·0 | 224 | 1 | S.E. | .. | |||
| 14 | 30·633 | 52·8 | 35·5 | 44·1 | 105·0 | 27·5 | 132 | 10 | S. | .. | |||
| 15 | 30·447 | 57·3 | 40·5 | 48·9 | 102·0 | 31·9 | 71 | 10 | Calm | 18 | |||
| 16 | 30·091 | 49·0 | 46·0 | 47·5 | 69·0 | 44·0 | 20 | 10 | Calm | 18 | |||
| 17 | 29·905 | 51·1 | 49·2 | 50·1 | 63·0 | 48·1 | 147 | 10 | S. | 24 | |||
| 18 | 30·146 | 50·0 | 48·1 | 49·0 | 66·5 | 46·1 | 260 | 5 | S. | .. | |||
| 19 | 30·265 | 54·8 | 36·7 | 45·7 | 104·2 | 28·1 | 405 | 6 | N.E. | .. | |||
| 20 | 30·328 | 57·1 | 46·1 | 52·6 | 107·0 | 44·6 | 661 | 10 | N. | Trace | |||
| 21 | 30·090 | 57·0 | 51·5 | 54·2 | 64·5 | 50·3 | 713 | 10 | N. | 1 | |||
| 22 | 29·996 | 58·0 | 55·7 | 56·8 | 78·8 | 52·2 | 636 | 10 | N. | 123 | |||
| 23 | 30·038 | 58·5 | 50·8 | 54·6 | 67·0 | 49·5 | 171 | 10 | S. | 90 | |||
| 24 | 29·864 | 52·8 | 47·8 | 50·3 | 64·9 | 43·0 | 84 | 9 | N. | 5 | |||
| 25 | 29·867 | 57·1 | 39·9 | 48·5 | 106·7 | 30·4 | 68 | 5 | W. | 50 | |||
| 26 | 30·022 | 56·5 | 44·4 | 50·4 | 104·8 | 42·0 | 217 | 10 | S. | 39 | |||
| 27 | 30·326 | 50·0 | 43·9 | 46·9 | 95·1 | 42·0 | 445 | 9 | S. | 27 | |||
| 28 | 30·428 | 49·2 | 44·2 | 46·7 | 98·4 | 42·1 | 349 | 9 | S. | .. | |||
| 29 | 30·358 | 49·9 | 33·4 | 41·6 | 72·4 | 24·0 | 74 | 0 | Calm | .. | |||
| 30 | 30·224 | 54·0 | 45·0 | 49·5 | 108·8 | 45·5 | 291 | 4 | N. | .. | |||
| 31 | 29·869 | 56·0 | 50·5 | 53·2 | 105·1 | 49·5 | 457 | 10 | N. | 86 | |||
| * | 30·102 | 53·9 | 44·3 | 49·1 | 82·4 | 39·9 | 252 | 7·6 | .. | 642 | |||
| † | 29·906 | 52·9 | 42·1 | 47·5 | 86·5 | 34·9 | 198 | .. | .. | 588 |
- Means, &c. † Means previous years.
DIRECTION OF WIND.
N. N.E. E. S.E. S. S.W. W. N.W. Calm.
8 | 4 | .. | 1 | 14 | .. | 1 | .. | 3
Note.—A mild winter month, with dull and cloudy skies, and rainfall above the mean of previous years. The total bright sunshine was 75 hours 13 minutes, and twelve sunless days. Frost was recorded on eight mornings. Mean earth-temperature at 1 ft. was 49°, and 51·3° at 3 ft. Mean dew-point, 45·1°; mean relative humidity, 86 per cent. of saturation; mean elastic force of vapour, 0·301 in.
CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.
MEANS AND TOTALS FROM THE CHIEF STATIONS.
July, 1916.
| 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. | Deg. | Deg. | Points. | ||
| Mean Max. Temp. | Mean Min. Temp. | ||||
| 125 | NORTH ISLAND. | ||||
| AUCKLAND .. F. A. F. Burnett | 53·6 | 58·3 | 48·9 | 821 | |
| 46 | TE AROHA .. G. F. McGirr | 47·7 | 57·8 | 37·6 | 606 |
| 925 | ROTORUA .. S. R. Edwards | 51·1 | 57·6 | 44·6 | 257 |
| 340 | WAIHI .. P. A. Clifford | 51·1 | 59·2 | 43·1 | 890 |
| TAURANGA .. C. J. Butcher | 51·6 | 60·7 | 42·6 | 337 | |
| 160 | NEW PLYMOUTH* W. W. Smith | 53·4 | 55·6 | 51·2 | 549 |
| 250 | MOUMAHI T. W. Lonsdale | .. | .. | .. | 300 |
| 2080 | TAIHAPE .. A. R. Fannin | 45·0 | 50·5 | 39·5 | 173 |
| 100 | PALMERSTON NORTH .. J. E. Vernon | 48·3 | 55·7 | 41·0 | 260 |
| 186 | GREYTOWN W. C. Davies | 47·2 | 55·0 | 39·4 | 342 |
| 377 | MASTER TON Wm. Hood | 47·0 | 54·9 | 39·2 | 353 |
| 70 | GREENMEADOWS, NA- PIER W. B. Buckley | 51·4 | 57·7 | 45·2 | 308 |
| 10 | WELLINGTON A. Stretton | 49·1 | 53·9 | 44·3 | 642 |
| SOUTH ISLAND. | |||||
| 34 | NELSON .. J. R. Dart | 49·1 | 55·1 | 43·1 | 790 |
| 1220 | HANMER SPA J. W. McKinna | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 25 | CHRISTCHURCH H. F. Skey | 44·4 | 51·5 | 37·4 | 355 |
| 42 | LINCOLN .. L. J. Wild | 43·9 | 51·6 | 36·2 | 328 |
| RAKAIA .. Miss A. Hardy | 41·7 | 49·5 | 34·0 | 414 | |
| 130 | TIMARU .. Caretaker of Domain | 42·7 | 50·7 | 34·8 | 179 |
| 200 | WAIMATE .. F. Akhurst | 42·2 | 50·6 | 33·9 | 205 |
| 300 | DUNEDIN .. D. Tannock | 43·2 | 49·8 | 36·6 | 259 |
| 245 | GORE .. H. Dolamore | 38·9 | 46·8 | 31·1 | 286 |
| 12 | HOKITIKA .. F. T. Sandford | 46·7 | 55·0 | 38·4 | 1002 |
| 12 | INVERCARGILL L. Lennie | 41·2 | 49·5 | 33·0 | 245 |
| * June, 1916 | 55·1 | 62·3 | 47·9 | 421 |
SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY, 1916.
The weather during July was extremely mild for a winter month, really cold conditions only being experienced during the last four days. However, dull skies were much in evidence, and the total rainfall was generally above the average, except on the west coast of the North Island, and about Foveaux Strait.
An atmospheric depression passing in the north was responsible for heavy rain on the 14th and 15th, while the heaviest day's rainfall in the South Island occurred chiefly between the 20th and 23rd, during the passage of an Antarctic disturbance.
D. C. BATES, Director.
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22 names identified
- F. A. F. Burnett, Observer at Auckland
- G. F. McGirr, Observer at Te Aroha
- S. R. Edwards, Observer at Rotorua
- P. A. Clifford, Observer at Waihi
- C. J. Butcher, Observer at Tauranga
- W. W. Smith, Observer at New Plymouth
- T. W. Lonsdale, Observer at Moumahi
- A. R. Fannin, Observer at Taihape
- J. E. Vernon, Observer at Palmerston North
- W. C. Davies, Observer at Greytown
- Wm. Hood, Observer at Masterton
- W. B. Buckley, Observer at Greenmeadows, Napier
- A. Stretton, Observer at Wellington
- J. R. Dart, Observer at Nelson
- J. W. McKinna, Observer at Hanmer Spa
- H. F. Skey, Observer at Christchurch
- L. J. Wild, Observer at Lincoln
- A. Hardy (Miss), Observer at Rakaia
- D. Tannock, Observer at Dunedin
- H. Dolamore, Observer at Gore
- F. T. Sandford, Observer at Hokitika
- L. Lennie, Observer at Invercargill
- D. C. Bates, Director