New Zealand Gazette – 1919 – No. 10

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✨ Meteorological Observations



JAN. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 273

Government Meteorological Observatory.

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

Altitude of Observatory, 8 ft.

Date. Barometer reduced in and corrected Inches to Lab. 45°. 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 29.611 67.8 48.2 58.0 133.0 36.7 204 1 S. ..
2 29.922 64.8 49.7 57.2 141.0 47.9 413 9 SSE ..
3 29.917 60.3 51.4 55.8 136.0 48.5 205 5 N. ..
4 29.841 61.3 56.0 58.6 141.0 53.0 581 5 N.W. Trace
5 29.666 61.4 56.2 58.8 137.0 53.2 467 4 N.W. 2
6 29.647 61.3 53.4 57.3 137.0 46.0 393 8 W. ..
7 29.701 64.0 50.2 57.1 137.0 38.0 292 5 N.W. 9
8 29.431 63.4 57.5 60.4 144.0 55.8 553 10 N. 26
9 29.758 61.0 48.6 54.8 116.0 47.0 360 10 S. 12
10 29.845 55.9 45.2 50.5 115.0 42.0 421 6 SSE ..
11 29.814 58.2 48.3 53.2 125.0 44.0 327 4 N. ..
12 29.473 64.8 55.4 60.1 134.0 52.3 447 2 N.W. 10
13 29.901 66.3 52.2 59.2 149.0 48.6 306 2 S. ..
14 29.912 59.5 42.9 51.2 127.0 30.0 297 9 N.W. ..
15 29.929 62.6 50.9 56.7 139.0 54.0 492 9 NNW ..
16 30.039 68.7 47.9 58.3 140.0 35.2 72 1 E. ..
17 29.895 74.6 57.8 66.2 144.0 50.2 202 4 N.W ..
18 29.815 69.3 55.2 62.2 145.0 51.8 203 1 NNW ..
19 29.799 69.7 56.8 63.2 134.0 53.5 342 3 N.W. ..
20 30.019 69.2 52.3 60.7 139.0 41.0 196 0 Calm ..
21 29.845 72.1 57.3 64.7 137.0 46.0 424 8 N. 10
22 29.901 63.5 51.8 57.6 119.0 49.8 438 2 S. ..
23 30.012 64.0 50.7 57.3 135.0 39.5 263 3 S. 4
24 30.034 62.9 47.0 54.9 145.0 45.0 285 7 S. Trace
25 29.873 57.6 47.1 52.3 131.0 44.2 496 10 S. ..
26 29.824 59.6 51.0 55.3 133.0 49.5 351 10 SSW ..
27 29.895 64.0 43.2 53.6 132.0 30.0 172 1 N.W. 8
28 29.737 67.6 56.2 61.9 141.0 54.8 282 10 N. 107
29 29.430 60.5 58.1 59.3 92.0 56.8 237 10 N. 34
30 29.571 61.2 49.9 55.5 125.0 45.0 80 3 N.W. 51
31 29.785 63.7 43.9 53.8 135.0 34.8 123 1 N.E. ..
* 29.801 63.9 51.4 57.6 133.5 45.9 320 5.3 .. 273
† 29.863 66.9 53.8 60.3 124.6 46.9 277 .. .. 329
  • Means, &c. † Means previous years.

DIRECTION OF WIND.

N. N.E. E. S.E. S. S.W. W. N.W. Calm.

8 | 1 | 1 | .. | 10 | .. | 1 | 9 | 1

NOTE.—The weather during the month has been unsettled and showery. Total bright sunshine, 219 hours 53 minutes, and two sunless days. Frost was recorded on the grass on two mornings. Thunderstorm on the night of the 30th. Aurora Australis on the 20th. Mean earth temperature at l ft. was 62.6°, and 60.7° at 3 ft. Mean dewpoint, 48.2°; mean elastic force of vapour, 0.338 in.; and mean relative humidity, 72 per cent. of saturation.

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.

MEANS AND TOTALS FROM THE CHIEF STATIONS.

December, 1918.

Altitude above Sea-level. Name of Station and Observer. Absolute Mean Temp. Air in Shade. Mean Max. Temp. Mean Min. Temp. Total Rainfall (100 Points to the Inch). Days with Rain (1 Point or more).
Ft. NORTH ISLAND. Deg. Deg. Deg. Points. Dys.
125 AUCKLAND ... F. A. F. Burnett 60.3 66.5 54.0 225 11
46 TE AROHA ... G. F. McGirr 58.4 68.6 48.2 282 13
925 ROTORUA ... J. R. Cummins 60.6 69.6 51.7 268 3
340 WAIHI ... P. A. Clifford 59.4 69.1 49.8 451 12
.. TAURANGA ... C. J. Butcher 57.8 69.4 46.2 224 11
160 NEW PLYMOUTH W. W. Smith 58.5 65.6 51.5 710 12
250 MOUMAHAKI T. W. Lonsdale 56.6 67.2 46.0 437 17
2080 TAIHAPE ... A. R. Fannin 52.3 61.1 43.5 480 17
100 PALMERSTON NORTH ... J. E. Vernon .. .. .. .. ..
119 CENTRAL DEVELOPMENT FARM, WERAROA J Beverley 56.0 63.3 48.7 405 15
186 GREYTOWN ... W. C. Davies 57.8 68.4 47.2 323 15
377 MASTERTON Wm. Hood 58.2 68.6 47.9 438 10
70 GREENMEADOWS, NA-PIER T. B. McBreen 59.5 67.5 51.5 372 7
.. TRENTHAM MILITARY Camp Lieut.-Col. Leahy* .. .. .. .. ..
10 WELLINGTON ... 57.6 63.9 51.4 273 11
.. SOUTH ISLAND. .. .. .. .. ..
.. BRIGHTWATER Ven. Archdeacon Kempthorne 58.3 67.8 48.9 179 12
34 NELSON ... J. R. Dart 58.7 68.4 49.1 166 12
1220 HANMER SPA Miss M. Stewart 55.0 66.3 43.8 216 10
25 CHRISTCHURCH H. F. Skey 57.1 66.4 47.8 109 11
42 LINCOLN ... L. J. Wild 57.1 69.0 45.2 76 9
1220 KISSELTON ... A. R. Blackwood 54.5 65.0 44.0 134 4
.. RAKAIA ... Miss A. Hardy 56.7 67.5 46.0 82 9
130 TIMARU ... Caretaker of Domain 56.7 66.9 46.5 186 6
200 WAIMATE ... F. Akhurst 54.5 64.2 44.8 205 8
300 DUNEDIN ... D. Tannock 53.4 61.3 45.6 415 17
245 GORE ... H. Dolamore 52.6 63.4 41.8 489 19
12 HOKITIKA ... W. H. Fleming 54.4 61.8 47.1 1028 16
12 INVERCARGILL L. Lennie 53.8 62.5 45.1 434 15
  • October ... 54.0 61.6 46.4 510 ..

SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, 1918.

The weather during December proved very changeable owing to the unusual number of westerly low-pressure areas which passed in the south.

The only settled weather was experienced generally between the 14th and 20th, when anticyclonic conditions ruled.

Some heavy rainfall accompanied electrical conditions in different parts of the North Island on the 8th and 28th, and on this account the middle districts of the North Island had a total rainfall above the average. Generally, however, the rainfall was of a showery nature, and the aggregate fall for the month was less than the mean.

D. C. BATES, Director.



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🏗️ Meteorological Observations for Wellington, December 1918

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

🏗️ Climatological Table for Chief Stations, December 1918

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Climate, Temperature, Rainfall, Stations, New Zealand
27 names identified
  • F. A. F. Burnett, Observer at Auckland
  • G. F. McGirr, Observer at Te Aroha
  • J. R. Cummins, 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
  • J. Beverley, Observer at Central Development Farm, Weraroa
  • W. C. Davies, Observer at Greytown
  • Wm. Hood, Observer at Masterton
  • T. B. McBreen, Observer at Greenmeadows, Napier
  • Leahy (Lieut.-Col.), Observer at Trentham Military Camp
  • Ven. Archdeacon Kempthorne, Observer at Brightwater
  • J. R. Dart, Observer at Nelson
  • Miss M. Stewart, Observer at Hanmer Spa
  • H. F. Skey, Observer at Christchurch
  • L. J. Wild, Observer at Lincoln
  • A. R. Blackwood, Observer at Kisselton
  • Miss A. Hardy, Observer at Rakaia
  • Caretaker of Domain, 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