New Zealand Gazette – 1918 – No. 109

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 109

Government Meteorological Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the month of June, 1918. Observations taken 9 a.m.

Altitude of Observatory, 8 ft.

Date. Barometer reduced in 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.
Fah. Fah. Fah. Fah.
1 30·156 58·6 53·2 55·9 116·0 50·1 350 6 N.W.
2 30·027 59·0 55·8 57·4 120·0 51·0 360 8 NNW
3 30·198 61·9 41·1 51·5 112·0 28·5 104 2 N.
4 30·404 57·8 37·2 47·5 112·0 25·2 57 4 S.
5 30·368 54·3 46·8 50·5 117·0 43·9 343 2 S.
6 30·286 55·3 47·1 51·2 104·0 38·0 170 9 S.
7 30·146 54·7 37·3 46·0 93·0 26·5 49 0 Calm
8 30·117 57·6 45·0 51·3 105·0 34·6 89 5 N.W.
9 30·097 60·0 39·8 49·9 107·0 28·6 59 4 N.E.
10 29·764 57·2 49·9 53·5 116·0 39·1 293 5 N.
11 29·912 60 9 47·6 54·2 115·0 40·1 242 9 S.
12 29·848 54·1 37·6 45·8 104·0 28·0 86 0 Calm
13 29·768 60·5 38·3 49·4 105·0 27·5 10 10 Calm
14 29·442 54·5 44·3 49·4 72·0 40·0 87 10 E.
15 29·453 51·0 48·1 49·5 74·0 46·0 94 8 N.
16 29·592 56·1 37·2 46·6 104·0 26·5 19 10 Calm
17 29·883 53·5 38·9 46·2 97·0 27·2 23 9 Calm
18 29·607 57·7 43·7 50·7 85·0 42·2 305 5 N.W.
19 29·666 58·3 51·8 55·0 94·0 48·8 459 9 N.W.
20 29·278 58·7 52·1 55·4 99·0 48·7 416 6 N.W.
21 29·072 58·5 48·9 53·7 104·0 47·6 211 10 S.
22 29·365 53·2 44·5 48·8 84·0 31·7 167 3 Calm
23 29·408 59·1 49·8 54·4 110·0 42·0 232 2 NNW
24 29·445 56·8 50·2 53·5 106·0 40·2 189 2 W.
25 29·683 59·0 48·7 53·8 112·0 44·0 189 7 S.W.
26 29·776 55·7 47·7 51·7 101·0 41·9 177 9 S.
27 29·518 52·0 43·3 47·6 70·0 31·5 150 10 N.W.
28 29·454 50·4 43·8 47·1 63·0 42·0 321 10 S.
29 29·530 48·5 43·3 45·9 74·0 41·2 310 8 S.
30 29·484 48·8 32·9 40·8 91·0 20·8 49 1 Calm
31 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
* 29·758 56·1 44·8 50·4 98·8 37·4 187 6·1 ..
† 29·949 54·6 44·2 49·4 86·5 37·2 205 .. ..
  • Means, &c. † Means previous years.

DIRECTION OF WIND.

N. N.E. E. S.E. S. S.W. W. N.W. Calm.
5 | 1 | 1 | .. | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7

NOTE.—The weather during the month has been cloudy and wet, with rainfall 41 per cent. above the mean of previous years. Total bright sunshine, 110 hours 39 minutes, and three sunless days. Frost was recorded on the grass on eleven mornings. There was thunder, lightning, and hail on the 18th. Mean earth temperature at 1 ft. was 50·4°, and 53° at 3 ft. Mean dew-point, 44·5°; mean elastic force of vapour, 0·294 in.; and mean relative humidity, 79 per cent. of saturation.

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.
MEANS AND TOTALS FROM THE CHIEF STATIONS.
June, 1918.

Altitude above Sea-level. Name of Station and Observer. Absolute Mean Air in Temp. 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.
125 NORTH ISLAND.
AUCKLAND .. 54·2 59·8 48·6 796 27
F. A. F. Burnett
46 TE AROHA .. 48·9 58·6 39·2 672 24
G. F. McGirr
925 ROTORUA .. 47·3 55·8 38·9 613 17
W. Penno
340 WAIHI .. 50·5 59·0 42·1 1,630 23
P. A. Clifford
.. TAURANGA .. 49·6 59·0 40·2 758 18
C. J. Butcher
160 NEW PLYMOUTH 52·4 59·7 45·2 757 26
W. W. Smith
250 MOUMAHAHI 49·4 56·4 42·4 650 20
T. W. Lonsdale
2080 TAIHAPE .. 44·5 49·6 39·5 437 22
A. R. Fannin
100 PALMERSTON NORTH .. 49·2 55·7 42·8 358 21
J. E. Vernon
186 GREYTOWN .. 46·7 56·0 37·3 373 18
W. C. Davies
377 MASTERSTON 47·3 57·0 37·7 263 17
Wm. Hood
70 GREENMEADOWS, NA- 50·6 59·2 42·1 86 5
PIER
T. B. McBreen
.. TRENTHAM MILITARY 47·8 56·0 39·7 610 16
CAMP
Lieut.-Col. Leahy
10 WELLINGTON 50·4 56·1 44·8 708 16
SOUTH ISLAND.
.. BRIGHTWATER 46·4 55·9 36·8 1,468 12
Ven. Archdeacon
Kemphorne
34 NELSON .. 48·4 55·5 41·3 721 14
J. R. Dart
1220 HANMER SPA 41·1 50·0 32·2 310 8
Miss M. Stewart
25 CHRISTCHURCH 44·5 52·6 36·4 826 13
H. F. Skey
42 LINCOLN .. 44·2 53·5 34·9 217 12
L. J. Wild
1220 KISSELTON .. 39·9 48·8 31·0 306 8
A. R. Blackwood
.. RAKAIA .. 43·7 53·1 34·3 306 10
Miss A. Hardy
130 TIMARU .. 44·1 52·1 36·1 205 11
Caretaker of Domain
200 WAIMATE .. 44·5 52·8 36·3 178 10
F. Akhurst
300 DUNEDIN* .. 44·4 49·1 39·8 648 21
D. Tannock
245 GORE .. 40·3 46·2 34·4 383 17
H. Dolamore
12 HOKITIKA .. 44·7 51·3 38·1 774 18
W. H. Fleming
12 INVERCARGILL 42·8 48·7 36·9 530 22
L. Lennie
  • May .. 48·1 | 55·2 | 41·0 | 86 | 11

SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE, 1918.

Anticyclonic pressure prevailed from the 1st to the 10th, and accounted for fair and mild weather generally during this period.

From the latter date until the end of the month westerly depressions were extremely persistent, and the weather proved very unsettled, with considerable rainfall.

A notable meteorological feature was a remarkable tendency for the development of secondary “lows,” and in consequence electrical disturbances frequently occurred in different parts of the country, more especially over the North Island.

On the last day of the month a shallow depression was centred westward of Cook Strait, and was responsible for a serious snowstorm in the North Canterbury district.

Except in the East Coast districts of the North Island and the west coast of the South, the total rainfall for the month was everywhere above the average.

D. C. BATES, Director.



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🏗️ Meteorological Observations for Wellington, June 1918

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

🏗️ Climatological Table for Chief Stations, June 1918

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Climate, Temperature, Rainfall, Stations, New Zealand
26 names identified
  • F. A. F. Burnett, Observer at Auckland
  • G. F. McGirr, Observer at Te Aroha
  • W. Penno, 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 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
  • T. B. McBreen, Observer at Greenmeadows
  • Leahy (Lieut.-Col.), Observer at Trentham Military Camp
  • Kemphorne (Ven. Archdeacon), Observer at Brightwater
  • J. R. Dart, Observer at Nelson
  • M. Stewart (Miss), Observer at Hanmer Spa
  • H. F. Skey, Observer at Christchurch
  • L. J. Wild, Observer at Lincoln
  • A. R. Blackwood, Observer at Kisselton
  • A. Hardy (Miss), Observer at Rakaia
  • , Observer at Timaru
  • F. Akhurst, Observer at Waimate
  • D. Tannock, Observer at Dunedin
  • H. Dolamore, Observer at Gore
  • W. H. Fleming, Observer at Hokitika
  • L. Lennie, Observer at Invercargill

  • D. C. Bates, Director