Jan. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 71

Government Meteorological Observatory.

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

Altitude of Observatory, 8 ft.

From Self-registering Instruments,
for Twenty-four Hours previously.

| Date. | Barometer reduced
and corrected in
Inches to Lat. 48°. | Max. Temp.
in Shade. | Min. Temp.
in Shade. | Mean Temp.
in Shade. | Solar Radia-
tion. | Terrestrial
Radiation. | Veloc. Wind,
in Miles. | Amount of Cloud,
0 to 10. | Direction of Wind. | Rainfall, in Points
(100 to 1 Inch). |
|-------|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------|----------------|--------------|-------------|------------------|-------------------|
| 1 | 29·790 | Fah. 51·4 | Fah. 43·1 | Fah. 47·2 | 99·0 | 37·5 | 134 | 9 | Calm | 11 |
| 2 | 29·512 | 57·9 | 47·9 | 52·9 | 117·0 | 46·8 | 37 | 10 | N. | Trace |
| 3 | 29·394 | 58·8 | 50·5 | 54·6 | 110·0 | 49·8 | 170 | 7 | N.N. | 57 |
| 4 | 29·653 | 59·3 | 40·2 | 49·7 | 120·0 | 31·2 | 286 | 4 | N.N.W. | 8 |
| 5 | 29·907 | 60·3 | 43·6 | 51·9 | 129·0 | 34·1 | 227 | 2 | N.W. | .. |
| 6 | 29·666 | 58·5 | 51·7 | 55·1 | 134·0 | 49·0 | 581 | 3 | N.W. | 8 |
| 7 | 29·473 | 60·2 | 55·3 | 57·7 | 123·0 | 53·1 | 743 | 10 | N.W. | 39 |
| 8 | 29·289 | 58·0 | 50·3 | 54·1 | 118·0 | 46·4 | 473 | 2 | W. | .. |
| 9 | 29·719 | 58·8 | 43·9 | 51·3 | 123·0 | 38·5 | 297 | 1 | W. | .. |
| 10 | 30·062 | 59·4 | 41·8 | 50·6 | 132·0 | 31·4 | 169 | 0 | N.W. | .. |
| 11 | 30·095 | 63·3 | 53·9 | 58·6 | 126·0 | 52·0 | 351 | 10 | N.N.W. | .. |
| 12 | 30·154 | 60·7 | 54·3 | 57·5 | 136·0 | 54·5 | 345 | 10 | N.N.E. | .. |
| 13 | 30·331 | 65·8 | 52·5 | 59·1 | 135·0 | 44·8 | 128 | 5 | E. | .. |
| 14 | 30·317 | 69·7 | 50·3 | 60·0 | 151·0 | 41·8 | 100 | 6 | N. | .. |
| 15 | 30·242 | 64·0 | 56·1 | 60·0 | 131·0 | 53·7 | 225 | 7 | N. | .. |
| 16 | 30·137 | 64·4 | 55·9 | 60·1 | 136·0 | 52·8 | 317 | 8 | N.W. | .. |
| 17 | 29·949 | 62·0 | 57·4 | 59·7 | 138·0 | 51·8 | 515 | 8 | N.N.W. | .. |
| 18 | 29·870 | 65·4 | 58·6 | 62·0 | 133·0 | 57·2 | 440 | 10 | N.W. | 32 |
| 19 | 29·641 | 64·5 | 58·1 | 61·3 | 137·0 | 56·2 | 328 | 5 | N.W. | Trace |
| 20 | 29·752 | 64·9 | 50·5 | 57·7 | 137·0 | 48·4 | 305 | 10 | S. | 1 |
| 21 | 29·763 | 59·6 | 47·8 | 53·7 | 139·0 | 37·5 | 207 | 9 | N.W. | 23 |
| 22 | 29·876 | 60·0 | 49·8 | 54·9 | 119·0 | 41·7 | 246 | 2 | S. | 59 |
| 23 | 29·810 | 65·3 | 48·0 | 56·6 | 131·0 | 47·0 | 221 | 10 | S. | 74 |
| 24 | 30·066 | 55·4 | 47·0 | 51·2 | 123·0 | 44·9 | 574 | 4 | S. | .. |
| 25 | 29·611 | 63·4 | 52·0 | 57·7 | 134·0 | 46·8 | 323 | 9 | N.W. | .. |
| 26 | 29·532 | 69·3 | 44·0 | 56·6 | 141·0 | 34·7 | 177 | 6 | W.N.W. | .. |
| 27 | 29·530 | 65·1 | 47·4 | 56·2 | 137·0 | 37·2 | 226 | 10 | N.W. | 22 |
| 28 | 29·287 | 57·6 | 52·0 | 54·8 | 125·0 | 48·3 | 378 | 4 | W.N.W. | .. |
| 29 | 29·653 | 61·7 | 51·2 | 56·4 | 129·0 | 45·3 | 273 | 9 | N.W. | Trace |
| 30 | 29·723 | 59·4 | 41·8 | 50·6 | 136·0 | 30·1 | 173 | 1 | N.W. | .. |
| * | 29·793 | 61·5 | 49·9 | 55·7 | 129·3 | 44·9 | 299 | 6·4 | .. | 334 |
| † | 29·873 | 63·5 | 50·3 | 56·9 | 120·2 | 43·6 | 271 | .. | .. | 356 |

*Means, &c. † Means previous years.

DIRECTION OF WIND.

N. N.E. E. S.E. S. S.W. W. N.W. Calm.
7 .. 1 .. 4 .. 4 13 1

NOTE.—Fine weather ruled between the 8th and 18th, and
during the latter part of November, but cloudy and unsettled
weather was experienced during the remainder of the month.
Total bright sunshine, 191 hours 48 minutes, and three sun-
less days. Frost was recorded on the grass on three mornings.
A heavy N.W. gale blew on the 7th, the record showing a
total of 743 miles for the twenty-four hours, giving an average
of thirty-one miles per hour. Mean earth temperature at
1 ft. was 59°, and 57·9° at 3 ft. Mean dewpoint, 47·1°; mean
elastic force of vapour, 0·324 in.; and mean relative humidity,
73 per cent. of saturation.

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.

MEANS AND TOTALS FROM THE CHIEF STATIONS.

November, 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). |
|------------|------------------------|--------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
| | | Deg. | Deg. | Deg. | Points. | Dys. |
| | | | Max. Temp. | Min. Temp. | | |
| Ft. | | | | | | |
| 125 | NORTH ISLAND. | | | | | |
| | AUCKLAND .. | 58·9 | 64·7 | 53·1 | 256 | 18 |
| | F. A. F. Burnett | | | | | |
| 46 | TE AROHA .. | .. | .. | .. | 375 | .. |
| | G. F. McGirr | | | | | |
| 925 | ROTORUA .. | 56·2 | 66·6 | 45·9 | 146 | .. |
| | J. R. Cummins | | | | | |
| 340 | WAIHI .. | 57·9 | 66·8 | 49·1 | 396 | 18 |
| | P. A. Clifford | | | | | |
| .. | TAURANGA .. | 56·2 | 66·2 | 46·3 | 283 | 13 |
| | C. J. Butcher | | | | | |
| 160 | NEW PLYMOUTH | 55·9 | 63·8 | 48·1 | 556 | 21 |
| | W. W. Smith | | | | | |
| 250 | MOUMAIAKI | 55·2 | 65·7 | 44·8 | 396 | 14 |
| | T. W. Lonsdale | | | | | |
| 2080 | TAIHAPE .. | 50·3 | 57·8 | 42·8 | 396 | 20 |
| | A. R. Fannin | | | | | |
| 100 | PALMERSTON NORTH .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| | J. E. Vernon | | | | | |
| 119 | CENTRAL DEVELOPMENT | 54·2 | 60·7 | 47·8 | 321 | 22 |
| | FARM, WERAROA | | | | | |
| | J. Beverley | | | | | |
| 186 | GREYTOWN .. | 55·1 | 66·2 | 44·8 | 363 | 14 |
| | W. C. Davies | | | | | |
| 377 | MASTER TON | 55·6 | 67·0 | 44·3 | 216 | 14 |
| | Wm. Hood | | | | | |
| 70 | GREENMEADOWS, NA- | 58·6 | 68·1 | 49·0 | 165 | 6 |
| | PIER | | | | | |
| | T. B. McBreen | | | | | |
| .. | TRENTHAM MILITARY | 53·5 | 61·0 | 46·1 | 272 | .. |
| | CAMP | | | | | |
| | Lieut.-Col. Leahy | | | | | |
| 10 | WELLINGTON | 55·7 | 61·5 | 49·9 | 334 | 11 |
| | | | | | | |
| | SOUTH ISLAND. | | | | | |
| .. | BRIGHTWATER | 56·6 | 66·0 | 47·3 | 189 | 11 |
| | Ven. Archdeacon | | | | | |
| | Kemphorne | | | | | |
| 34 | NELSON .. | 56·7 | 66·2 | 47·3 | 223 | 12 |
| | J. R. Dart | | | | | |
| 1220 | HANMER SPA | 51·3 | 60·9 | 41·8 | 558 | 14 |
| | Miss M. Stewart | | | | | |
| 25 | CHRISTCHURCH | 54·4 | 63·7 | 45·0 | 230 | 16 |
| | H. F. Skey | | | | | |
| 42 | LINCOLN .. | 54·7 | 64·7 | 44·8 | 277 | 15 |
| | L. J. Wild | | | | | |
| 1220 | KISSELTON .. | 47·8 | 59·3 | 36·4 | 595 | .. |
| | A. R. Blackwood | | | | | |
| .. | RAKAIA .. | 53·0 | 62·9 | 43·2 | 309 | 11 |
| | Miss A. Hardy | | | | | |
| 130 | TIMARU .. | 54·1 | 63·5 | 44·7 | 339 | 14 |
| | Caretaker of Domain | | | | | |
| 200 | WAIMATE .. | 51·9 | 60·2 | 43·6 | 387 | 17 |
| | F. Akhurst | | | | | |
| 300 | DUNEDIN .. | 51·4 | 59·2 | 43·7 | 469 | 16 |
| | D. Tannock | | | | | |
| 245 | GORE .. | 50·0 | 60·3 | 39·8 | 368 | 18 |
| | H. Dolamore | | | | | |
| 12 | HOKITIKA .. | 52·5 | 58·9 | 46·1 | 1400 | 24 |
| | W. H. Fleming | | | | | |
| 12 | INVERCARGILL | 50·5 | 59·3 | 41·8 | 491 | 22 |
| | L. Lennie | | | | | |
| October | .. | 54·4 | 61·9 | 47·0 | 438 | 19 |

SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, 1918.

Anticyclonic conditions ruled between the 11th and 15th, and during this period fine weather was experienced generally.
On various other days the weather was fair in different parts of the Dominion, but as a whole the remainder of the month was
characterized by unsettled conditions, the result of numerous atmospheric depressions which passed over or within effective
range of New Zealand.

The worst storm was an intense westerly low-pressure area which was in evidence between the 5th and 9th. On the
7th the barometer at the Bluff fell as low as 28·77 in., and at this time heavy north-west gales were experienced in and
southward of Cook Strait.

The total month’s rainfall was generally considerably above the average over the South Island, and also in the middle
portion of the North. The northern and southernmost districts of the North Island recorded less than the average.

D. C. BATES, Director.