APRIL 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1167

Government Meteorological Observatory.
CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.
MEANS AND TOTALS FROM THE CHIEF STATIONS.
February, 1920.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for
the month of February, 1920. 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. 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).
Altitude above
Sea-level.
Name of Station and
Observer.
Absolute Mean
Temp. Air in
Shade.
Mean
Max. Temp.
Mean
Min. Temp.
Extremes.
Total Rainfall
(100 Points to the
Inch).
Days with Ra
(Point or more).

Fah. Fah. Fah. Fah.
1 29-790 74.5 57-6 66-1 132-0 52-1 63 10 Calm
2 29-819 68-9 57-2 63.0 129.0 57.1 108 10 Calm
3 29-883 71-7 60-1 65-9 135-0 56-7 262 0 NNE
4 30-011 79.0 58.7 68.8 136.0 58.3 151 9 Calm
5 30-119 69.8 60.5 65-1 138.0 57.9 149 7 NNW
6 30-136 73-2 59.5 66-3 130.0 47.5 133 7 NNW
7 30-025 72.0 62.8 67-4 133.0 58.6 219 0 N.W.
8 29-811 75.8 63-8 69-8 137.0 60.0 222 1 N.W. 115
9 29-499 79-8 57-2 68-5 137-0 53-8 132 10 S.W. 111
10 30-068 58.0 51-1 54.5 111·0 50-1 473 10 SSE
11 30-225 61.4 52.5 56-9 126.0 48.9 409 0 S.E.
12 30-066 62-0 48.8 55.4 124.0 40.0 169 10 Ν.
13 30.081 68.0 55.1 61.5 138.0 46.0 166 4 WNW
14 30-018 70-8 59.9 65-3 137.0 55.7 188 8 N.W.
15 30-039 66.2 60.1 63-1 124.0 57.0 211 9 Ν.
16 30-101 72-1 52-9 62.5 127-0 42-8 123 0 Calm Trace
17 30-199 78-1 52-8 65.4 137.0 41.8 58 0 Calm
18 30-061 79.0 55.5 67-2 137-C 43.5 49 10 N.W. 72
19 29-892 67.9 62.0 64.9 125.0 59.6 373 8N.W.
20 29.975 70.5 57.1 63-8 139.0 51-0 179 7 NNW
21 30-112 67-3 53-1 60-2 134.0 43.6 300 9 S.
22 30.198 61.5 43-7 52-6 129.0 30.0 214 1 Ν.
23 30-165 65.5 58.8 62-1 128.0 54.5 288 8 NNE
24 29-923 67.4 61.1 64-2 137.0 57.9 404 10 N.W. 165
25 29.584 69.2 60.3 64.7 133-0 59.0 310 10 Ν. 34
26 29-925 72.0 55.0 63-5 122 0 54-2 389 10 S. 83
27 29-805 65.9 55.9 60.9 99.0 55-6 336 10 SSW 38
28 29-643 70.0 60-6 65-3 107.0 58.9 103 10 Calm Trace
29 29-766 65-8 59.6 62.7 90 0 53-2 53 10 N. Trace

• 29.963 69.8 57.0 63.4 128.0 51-9 215 66 592
  † 29-981 69-2 55-5 62-3 123 5 48-3 236 331
• Means, &c.
  † Means previous years

Ft.
Deg. Deg. Deg. Points. Dys

NORTH ISLAND.

125 AUCKLAND
F. A. F. Burnett
46 TE AROHA
G. F. McGirr
925 ROTORUA
L. Bayfield
340 WAIHI
P. A. Clifford
TAURANGA
C. J. Butcher
160 NEW PLYMOUTH
W. W. Smith
250 MOUMAHAKI
T. W. Lonsdale
2080 TAIHAPE
A. R. Fannin
100 PALMERSTON NORTH
J. A. Colquhoun
119 CENTRAL DEVELOPMENT
FARM, WERAROA
J. Beverley
186 GREYTOWN
T. W. Bowman
377 MASTERTON
Wm. Hood
70 GREENMEADOWS, NA-
PIER
T. B. McBreen
TRENTHAM MILITARY
CAMP
Lieut. Col. Leahy
10 WELLINGTON

67.0 72.4 61.6 459 10
70.4 78.6 62.2 481 9
69.0 81.6 56.4 851 12
65-7 74-2 57-2 1263 17
65.0 73-3 56-8 1052 15
1097 12
63.0 74-7 51.4 474 10
60.4 68.8 52.1 291 14
63.6 73.1 54-1 390 10
62.5 71.5 53.5 365 10
63-3 75-5 51.1 511 11
64.9 76.9 52-9 343 10
65.0 72.7 57-4 180 10
63-2 72-7 53-7 374 6
63.4 69.8 57.0 592 7

SOUTH ISLAND.

BRIGHTWATER
Ven. Archdeacon
Kempthorne
34 NELSON
J. Williams
1220 HANMER SPA
G. J. O'Brien
25 CHRISTCHURCH
H. F. Skey
42 LINCOLN
L. J. Wild
1220 KISSELTON
A. R. Blackwood
RAKAIA
Miss A. Hardy
130 TIMARU
Caretaker of Domain
200 WAIMATE
F. Akhurst
300 DUNEDIN
D. Tannock
245 GORE
A. T. Newman
12 HOKITIKA
J. A. Chesney
12 INVERCARGILL
L. Lennie

64-3 72-7 55.7 739 8
64.9 72-1 57.8 768 9
60.4 67.9 52.8 346 8
59.8 71.8 47.9 353 9
61-9 72.5 51.4 371 6
61.5 72.4 50.7 294 9
60.5 70.4 50-7 321 9
58.0 67-1 19.0 353 8
59-6 690 50.2 94 8
58.5 71.3 45.8 55 8
61.1 68.1 54.4 515 12
57-8 67-2 48.4 48 9

DIRECTION OF WIND.
Ν. Ν.Ε. E. S.E. S. S.W. W. N.W. Calm.
9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1| 6 7

NOTE.—The weather during the month has been fair and
warm, with rainfall 79 per cent. above the mean of previous
years. Total bright sunshine, 187 hours 5 minutes, and
three sunless days. Mean earth temperature at 1 ft. was
67.5°, and 65-2° at 3 ft. Mean dewpoint, 55.4°; mean
elastic force of vapour, 0.439 in.; and mean relative humidity,
73 per cent. of saturation.

SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, 1920.

February proved a fair and warm month, though dull and misty conditions were somewhat frequent. Heavy rains
occurred in most parts on the 8th and 9th and between the 25th and 28th, and, except in the Gisborne and Napier districts
and the West Coast and southernmost portions of the South Island, the total rainfall for the month was considerably above
the average, at many places more than double.
The ruling disturbances were a sub-tropical low, the centre of which passed in the vicinity of Cook Strait on the evening
of the 9th, and a similar low acting in conjunction with one southward of the Dominion from the 24th to the close of the
month.
D. C. BATES, Director
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