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May 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1641
Government Meteorological Observatory.
METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the month of March, 1916. Observations taken 9 a.m.
Altitude of Observatory, 8 ft.
| Date. | Barometer reduced in and corrected to Lat. 45°. | From Self-registering Instruments for Twenty-four Hours previously. | Rainfall, in Points (100 to 1 Inch). | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 30·090 | 72·0 | 63·4 | 67·7 | 113·6 | 56·0 | 340 | 8 | N. | .. |
| 2 | 30·062 | 73·2 | 65·0 | 69·1 | 119·0 | 60·0 | 350 | 8 | N. | .. |
| 3 | 30·179 | 72·4 | 61·8 | 67·1 | 69·8 | 59·6 | 310 | 10 | S. | .. |
| 4 | 30·119 | 74·0 | 58·8 | 66·4 | 89·6 | 54·4 | 110 | 8 | Calm | .. |
| 5 | 30·049 | 77·8 | 62·6 | 70·2 | 85·8 | 58·2 | 190 | 8 | N. | 34 |
| 6 | 30·049 | 75·6 | 65·0 | 70·3 | 96·4 | 60·6 | 220 | 5 | N. | .. |
| 7 | 30·289 | 79·0 | 59·6 | 69·3 | 71·8 | 58·0 | 230 | 10 | S. | 1 |
| 8 | 30·229 | 64·8 | 58·8 | 61·8 | 69·6 | 57·4 | 330 | 10 | S. | .. |
| 9 | 30·149 | 65·0 | 59·4 | 62·2 | 99·8 | 58·6 | 310 | 6 | S. | .. |
| 10 | 30·050 | 73·6 | 60·2 | 66·9 | 111·6 | 55·2 | 183 | 8 | S.E. | .. |
| 11 | 29·949 | 79·8 | 61·2 | 70·5 | 87·8 | 56·4 | 107 | 8 | N.E. | .. |
| 12 | 29·813 | 79·8 | 56·6 | 68·2 | 111·4 | 48·6 | 70 | 0 | N. | .. |
| 13 | 29·919 | 75·0 | 60·2 | 67·6 | 67·8 | 58·8 | 200 | 10 | S. | .. |
| 14 | 30·050 | 66·8 | 59·4 | 63·1 | 83·6 | 53·6 | 100 | 8 | N.E. | .. |
| 15 | 30·120 | 80·4 | 62·6 | 71·5 | 94·8 | 59·4 | 120 | 8 | S. | .. |
| 16 | 30·139 | 75·6 | 54·4 | 65·0 | 112·6 | 45·2 | 87 | 4 | N.E. | .. |
| 17 | 30·049 | 80·0 | 62·8 | 71·4 | 85·8 | 56·4 | 160 | 10 | S. | 6 |
| 18 | 30·029 | 75·2 | 61·8 | 68·5 | 72·4 | 60·0 | 303 | 10 | S. | 3 |
| 19 | 29·939 | 73·4 | 65·2 | 69·3 | 112·6 | 62·6 | 177 | 5 | S. | .. |
| 20 | 29·899 | 80·0 | 60·8 | 70·4 | 118·8 | 55·4 | 73 | 6 | N. | 70. |
| 21 | 29·672 | 78·6 | 64·6 | 71·6 | 117·4 | 62·2 | 350 | 8 | N.W. | .. |
| 22 | 29·940 | 61·2 | 57·4 | 59·3 | 71·6 | 53·6 | 530 | 10 | S. | .. |
| 23 | 29·983 | 61·6 | 54·4 | 58·0 | 86·0 | 48·6 | 400 | 8 | N.E. | .. |
| 24 | 29·602 | 69·6 | 52·4 | 61·0 | 114·6 | 52·0 | 240 | 8 | N. | 2 |
| 25 | 29·499 | 68·6 | 56·8 | 62·7 | 106·8 | 48·6 | 247 | 5 | W. | .. |
| 26 | 29·939 | 72·4 | 47·8 | 60·1 | 104·0 | 37·4 | 170 | 3 | N. | .. |
| 27 | 30·120 | 67·8 | 60·6 | 64·2 | 108·6 | 53·2 | 310 | 3 | N. | .. |
| 28 | 30·109 | 70·0 | 63·8 | 66·9 | 102·8 | 59·6 | 563 | 8 | N. | 26 |
| 29 | 30·399 | 69·6 | 55·4 | 62·5 | 59·8 | 53·0 | 357 | 10 | S. | .. |
| 30 | 30·330 | 62·8 | 52·4 | 57·6 | 99·6 | 42·4 | 123 | 0 | Calm | .. |
| 31 | 30·359 | 73·4 | 56·8 | 65·1 | 87·8 | 54·2 | 237 | 5 | S. | .. |
| * | 30·036 | 72·5 | 59·4 | 66·0 | 94·6 | 54·8 | 242 | 7·0 | .. | 142 |
| † | 30·029 | 66·8 | 54·0 | 60·5 | 117·1 | 47·1 | 238 | .. | .. | 334 |
- Means, &c. † Means previous years.
DIRECTION OF WIND.
N. N.E. E. S.E. S. S.W. W. N.W. Calm.
10 | 4 | .. | 1 | 12 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2
NOTE.—A fine autumn month, with temperatures considerably above the mean of previous years, and rainfall 58 per cent. below the mean. Total bright sunshine, 186 hours 31 minutes, and two sunless days. Thunder and lightning occurred on the 6th, 21st, and 24th, and fog on the 9th. The mean earth-temperature at 1ft. was 68·7°, and 68·5° at 3ft. Mean dew-point, 57·4°; mean elastic force of vapour, 0·472 in.; and mean relative humidity, 74 per cent. of saturation.
CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.
MEANS AND TOTALS FROM THE CHIEF STATIONS.
March, 1916.
| Altitude above Sea-level. | Name of Station and Observer. | Absolute Mean Air in Temp. Shade. | Extremes. | Total Rainfall (100 Points to the Inch). | Days wit Rain (4 Point or more) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean Max. Temp. | Mean Min. Temp. | |||||
| Deg. | Deg. | Deg. | Points. | Dys. | ||
| Ft. | NORTH ISLAND. | |||||
| 125 | AUCKLAND .. | |||||
| F. A. F. Burnett | 67·8 | 73·3 | 62·2 | 378 | 11 | |
| 46 | TE AROHA .. | |||||
| G. F. McGirr | 63·4 | 76·0 | 50·8 | 806 | 16 | |
| 925 | ROTORUA .. | |||||
| S. R. Edwards | 65·1 | 74·2 | 56·0 | 465 | 15 | |
| 340 | WAIHI .. | |||||
| P. A. Clifford | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| .. | TAURANGA .. | |||||
| C. J. Butcher | 66·7 | 76·2 | 57·3 | 692 | 13 | |
| 160 | NEW PLYMOUTH | |||||
| W. W. Smith | 67·8 | 76·3 | 59·3 | 144 | 10 | |
| 250 | MOUMAHAKI | |||||
| J. Kirkland | 64·9 | 74·3 | 55·5 | 258 | 7 | |
| 2080 | TAHAPĒ .. | |||||
| A. R. Fannin | 61·4 | 69·6 | 53·3 | 484 | 10 | |
| 100 | PALMERSTON NORTH .. | |||||
| J. E. Vernon | 66·1 | 75·9 | 56·3 | 137 | 6 | |
| 186 | GREYTOWN | |||||
| W. C. Davies | 66·1 | 75·6 | 56·7 | 317 | 14 | |
| 377 | MASTERON | |||||
| Wm. Hood | 66·4 | 77·2 | 55·7 | 302 | 16 | |
| 70 | GREENMEADOWS, NA- PIER | |||||
| W. B. Buckley | 68·8 | 78·1 | 59·6 | 314 | 8 | |
| 10 | WELLINGTON | |||||
| F. W. Simms | 66·0 | 72·5 | 59·4 | 142 | 7 | |
| SOUTH ISLAND. | ||||||
| 34 | NELSON .. | |||||
| A. E. Hedges | 66·1 | 73·0 | 59·2 | 263 | 10 | |
| 1220 | HANMER SPA | |||||
| J. F. Robieson | 58·8 | 65·8 | 51·9 | 335 | 8 | |
| 25 | CHRISTCHURCH | |||||
| H. F. Skey | 61·9 | 69·0 | 54·8 | 154 | 17 | |
| 42 | LINCOLN .. | |||||
| L. J. Wild | 62·4 | 70·0 | 54·8 | 184 | 11 | |
| .. | RAKAIA .. | |||||
| Miss A. Hardy | 61·2 | 69·4 | 53·1 | 208 | 14 | |
| 130 | TIMARU .. | |||||
| Caretaker of Domain | 61·5 | 69·0 | 54·0 | 148 | 12 | |
| 90 | WAIMATE .. | |||||
| W. M. Hamilton | 58·9 | 66·4 | 51·5 | 251 | 11 | |
| 300 | DUNEDIN .. | |||||
| D. Tannock | 58·8 | 65·7 | 51·9 | 224 | 9 | |
| 245 | GORE .. | |||||
| H. Dolamore | 58·2 | 69·2 | 47·2 | 400 | 14 | |
| 12 | HOKITIKA .. | |||||
| F. T. Sandford | 63·2 | 69·4 | 57·0 | 1096 | 16 | |
| 12 | INVERCARGILL | |||||
| L. Lennie | 59·0 | 69·0 | 49·0 | 533 | 13 |
SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH, 1916.
The outstanding feature of the month of March was the continuous exceedingly warm weather between the 1st and 20th.
On the night of the 20th widespread thunderstorms, accompanied with heavy rain, were experienced on account of the passage of a double-centred depression over the South Island.
The winds changed to southerly generally on the 22nd, causing cooler conditions, an appreciable change which continued to the close of the month.
The total rainfall was above the average in the northernmost and southernmost districts, and also in portions of the west coast of the South Island, but in most other parts of the Dominion it was below the mean.
D. C. BATES, Director.
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- 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
- J. Kirkland, Observer at Moumahaki
- A. R. Fannin, Observer at Tahapē
- 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
- F. W. Simms, Observer at Wellington
- A. E. Hedges, Observer at Nelson
- J. F. Robieson, Observer at Hanmer Spa
- H. F. Skey, Observer at Christchurch
- L. J. Wild, Observer at Lincoln
- Miss A. Hardy, 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