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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 42

Government Meteorological Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for
the month of March, 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).
Fah. Fah. Fah. Fah.
1 29·786 69·8 61·3 65·5 124·0 58·0 228 10 N.W.
2 29·663 65·5 61·6 63·5 139·0 58·9 494 10 NNW
3 29·734 68·5 58·1 63·3 127·0 47·5 262 1 WNW
4 29·847 66·7 53·0 59·8 128·0 44·8 249 4 Calm
5 30·015 66·0 47·2 56·6 127·0 34·8 101 2 Calm
6 30·015 67·9 59·1 63·5 128·0 54·6 213 5 N.
7 30·169 67·5 49·4 58·4 129·0 37·7 137 0 Calm
8 30·101 74·7 59·5 67·1 130·0 48·5 186 6 N.W. 10
9 29·931 66·2 62·9 64·5 140·0 60·9 455 10 W.
10 29·984 68·0 60·0 64·0 134·0 53·9 374 6 NNW
11 30·126 67·0 49·2 58·1 136·0 36·4 210 1 ESE
12 30·132 71·1 51·1 61·1 130·0 38·4 159 7 N.E.
13 30·117 66·0 53·6 59·8 130·0 39·9 200 4 Calm
14 30·233 70·8 47·7 59·2 129·0 35·5 123 2 NNW
15 30·176 68·8 61·0 64·9 129·0 55·8 284 4 NNW
16 30·101 66·8 61·6 64·2 130·0 56·6 359 3 NNW
17 30·018 70·0 57·0 63·5 139·0 49·0 183 0 Calm
18 29·805 74·9 59·6 67·2 131·0 48·0 121 1 N.E. 128
19 29·548 76·0 58·6 67·3 138·0 57·6 232 10 N.W. 32
20 29·655 67·0 53·8 60·4 133·0 45·8 127 2 W. 2
21 30·083 70·4 51·9 61·1 131·6 43·4 174 7 N.E. 29
22 29·842 64·4 57·3 60·8 130·0 53·6 351 7 NNW 7
23 29·713 63·3 58·1 60·7 126·0 50·8 437 3 N.
24 29·857 65·6 48·8 57·2 125·0 35·7 237 0 N.W.
25 30·094 64·7 49·0 56·8 122·0 39·1 139 2 Calm
26 30·102 66·5 45·5 56·0 132·0 34·1 67 2 SSE
27 30·122 66·9 56·4 61·6 127·0 50·8 246 7 SSE
28 30·144 61·9 54·1 58·0 122·0 52·2 527 9 S.
29 30·221 58·9 52·0 55·4 100·0 49·8 604 8 SSE
30 30·219 61·5 48·1 54·8 122·0 39·0 399 0 Calm
31 30·113 62·1 54·9 58·5 120·0 43·0 194 7 Calm

• 29·989 67·3 54·9 61·1 128·6 46·9 260 4·5 213
  † 30·029 66·8 54·1 60·4 117·1 47·1 238 329
• Means, &c. † Means previous years.

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.
MEANS AND TOTALS FROM THE CHIEF STATIONS.
March, 1920.
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 Rain
(Point or more).
Ft. Deg. Deg. Deg. Points. Dys.
NORTH ISLAND.
125 AUCKLAND 64·0 70·1 57·9 418 10
F. A. F. Burnett
46 TE AROHA 65·6 73·4 57·8 500 8
G. F. McGirr
925 ROTORUA 64·2 71·0 51·5 387 6
L. Bayfield
340 WAIHI 62·5 71·4 53·6 632 10
P. A. Clifford
TAURANGA 61·8 71·5 52·2 287 13
C. J. Butcher
160 NEW PLYMOUTH 397 11
W. W. Smith
250 MOUMAHAKI 60·6 71·8 49·4 265 11
T. W. Lonsdale
2080 TAIHAPE 56·4 64·5 48·4 189 11
A. R. Fannin
100 PALMERSTON NORTH 58·4 67·2 49·6 257 9
J. A. Colquhoun
119 CENTRAL DEVELOPMENT 58·7 67·2 50·2 208 8
FARM, WERAROA
J. Beverley
186 GREYTOWN
T. W. Bowman
377 MASTERTON 60·7 74·4 47·0 153 7
Wm. Hood
70 GREENMEADOWS, NA- 63·5 72·6 54·4 170 6
PIER
T. B. McBreen
TRENTHAM MILITARY 59·9 69·5 50·3 220 5
CAMP
Lieut. Col. Leahy
10 WELLINGTON 61·1 67·3 54·9 213 7
SOUTH ISLAND.
BRIGHTWATER 59·5 70·0 49·0 269 6
Ven. Archdeacon
Kempthorne
34 NELSON 60·7 69·5 52·0 305 5
J. Williams
1220 HANMER SPA 57·8 69·5 46·2 83 5
G. J. O'Brien
25 CHRISTCHURCH 58·6 68·2 48·9 12 3
H. F. Skey
42 LINCOLN 59·3 72·8 45·8 41 4
L. J. Wild
1220 KISSELTON 58·1 8.7 47.5 82 4
A. R. Blackwood
RAKALA 59·4 72.1 46.7 128 3
Miss A. Hardy
130 TIMARU 58.7 69.5 47.9 162 4
Caretaker of Domain
200 WAIMATE 56.0 66.3 45.7 120 8
F. Akhurst
300 DUNEDIN 56.7 66.0 47.4 84 11
D. Tannock
245 GORE 54.2 65.6 42.8 154 14
A. T. Newman
12 HOKITIKA 56.2 64.0 48.4 767 14
J. A. Chesney
12 INVERCARGILL 54.4 63.5 45.3 429 18
L. Lennie

DIRECTION OF WIND.
N. N.E. E. S.E. S. S.W. W. N.W. Calm.
8 3 1 | | 4 | | 3| 4| 8

NOTE.—A bright sunny month, with rainfall below the
mean of previous years. Total bright sunshine, 253 hours
27 minutes, and no sunless days, giving an average of
8 hours 11 minutes per diem. Mean earth temperature
at 1 ft. was 64·2°, and 63·9° at 3 ft. Mean dewpoint, 52·1°;
mean elastic force of vapour, 0·389 in.; and mean relative
humidity, 73 per cent. of saturation.

SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH, 1920.

The total month's rainfall was generally considerably below the normal, except at a few isolated stations'
particularly in the Northern and East Coast districts, where an excess was recorded owing to heavy rains about
the 18th and 19th and between the 25th and 28th. These two unsettled periods were the result of an intense
westerly low-pressure area and an ex-tropical cyclone respectively, the centre of the latter apparently passing
northwards of the Dominion. Severe floods were experienced in the North Auckland district about the 27th.
For the greater portion of the month fair weather ruled, and was favourable to vegetable growth in most parts
of the Dominion.
D. C. BATES, Director