New Zealand Gazette – 1922 – No. 58

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✨ Meteorological Observations



Aug. 3.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Government Meteorological Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for
the month of June. 1922. Observations taken
9 a.m.
Altitude of Observatory, 10 ft.

Barometer reduced Max. Temp. Min. Temp. Mean Temp. Solar Radia- Terrestrial Veloc Wind, Amount of Cloud, Direction of Wind. Rainfall in Points
and corrected in Shade. in Shade. in Shade. tion. Radiation. in Miles. 0 to 10. (100 to 1 Inch).
Date.
1 30·061 53·9 43·5 48·7 101·0 41·8 332 10 S.S.E.
2 30·007 55·0 45·7 50·8 89·0 40·1 127 4 E.
3 29·651 59·0 49·0 54·0 108·0 46·2 52 10 Calm.
4 29·831 57·3 44·5 50·9 76·0 40·0 363 6 S.
5 30·037 55·0 35·1 45·0 104·0 24·0 143 3 N.
6 30·337 57·0 45·7 51·3 107·0 31·3 232 10 S.
7 30·448 51·0 34·2 42·6 96·0 22·1 137 0 N.
8 30·427 55·6 44·2 49·9 94·0 43·0 178 7 S.
9 30·353 49·9 44·6 47·2 73·0 42·0 344 10 S.
10 30·408 51·0 44·3 47·6 99·0 42·0 350 10 S.S.E.
11 30·389 50·0 38·0 44·0 89·0 27·5 210 0 S.
12 30·308 58·4 33·0 45·7 105·0 23·3 42 0 N.
13 30·210 57·2 31·3 44·2 98·0 21·0 28 0 Calm
14 30·182 57·0 36·4 46·7 103·0 27·5 100 6 Calm
15 30·293 53·4 32·3 42·8 80·0 23·0 15 3 Calm
16 30·245 54·5 42·3 48·4 88·0 32·1 216 9 S.E
17 30·337 55·5 46·2 50·8 63·0 45·0 500 10 S.S.E.
18 30·424 50·0 45·3 47·6 87·0 43·3 583 10 S.
19 30·384 50·6 44·6 47·6 83·0 42·1 244 10 S.
20 30·494 49·8 44·8 47·3 78·0 41·5 449 9 S.
21 30·575 51·0 44·1 47·5 101·0 41·0 247 10 S.
22 30·601 51·9 31·0 41·4 94·0 19·5 45 5 N.E.
23 30·430 51·3 44·2 47·7 98·0 41·1 247 8 N..
24 30·275 55·0 50·2 52·6 107·0 46·2 317 10 N.
25 29·871 58·0 49·0 53·5 78·0 43·0 252 9 N.
26 29·935 59·3 45·7 52·5 108·0 44·2 338 8 S.
27 30·057 56·1 45·2 50·6 106·0 42·0 443 10 S.
28 29·932 52·5 40·7 46·6 75·0 38·0 430 7 S.
29 29·604 47·3 37·9 42·6 87·0 27·8 125 10 S.
30 29·752 53·0 37·0 45·0 84·0 27·5 136 6 N.
* 30·195 53·9 41·7 47·8 92·0 35·6 241 7·0 ..
† 29·949 54·7 44·3 49·5 86·5 37·2 205 5·7 ..
  • Means, &c. † Means previous years.

DIRECTION OF WIND.

N. N.E. E. S.E. S. S.W. W. N.W. Calm.
7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4

NOTE.—An average winter month with southerly winds
prevailing, and temperatures slightly below the mean of
previous years, while barometric pressure and sunshine were
above the average. Precipitation, which was of a showery
nature, was 33 per cent. below the mean of previous years.
Total bright sunshine 108 hours 5 minutes, 39 per cent. of
the possible, and five sunless days. Frost was recorded on
the grass on eleven mornings, and hail fell on the 27th. Mean
earth-temperature at 1 ft. was 46·9°, and 51·2° at 3 ft. Mean
dew-point, 40·6°; mean elastic force of vapour, 0·253 in.;
and mean relative humidity, 77 per cent. of saturation.

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.

MEANS AND TOTALS FROM THE CHIEF STATIONS.
June, 1922.

Altitude above Name of Station and Absolute Mean Extremes. Total Rainfall Days with Rain
Sea-level. Observer. Air in Mean Max. Temp. Mean Min. Temp. (100 Points to the
Shade. Deg. Deg. Points.
Ft. NORTH ISLAND. Deg. Deg. Deg.
125 AUCKLAND .. 52·0 57·9 46·2 299
F. A. F. Burnett
131 RUAKURA FARM, 49·4 58·8 40·0 224
HAMILTON EAST
W. B. Monro
46 TE AROHA .. 47·9 58·0 37·9 364
G. F. McGirr
340 WAIHI ... 46·4 56·8 36·1 680
C. F. Sims
100 TAURANGA .. 48·7 59·6 37·8 415
C. J. Butcher
925 ROTORUA .. 47·6 58·1 37·2 1023
W. E. Penno
NEW PLYMOUTH 49·3 55·3 43·4 358
G. H. Dolby
250 MOUMAHAKI 40·3 45·7 35·0 244
J. G. McFarlane
2080 TAIHAPE .. ... ... ... 140
A. R. Fannin
100 PALMERSTON NORTH. 46·0 53·6 38·3 240
J. A. Colquhoun
119 CENTRAL DEVELOPMENT 44·7 53·8 35·6 201
FARM, WERAROA
J. Beverley
70 GREENMEADOWS, NA- 46·8 53·5 40·1 134
PIER
377 MASTERTON .. 44·3 52·3 36·4 175
R. Brown
186 GREYTOWN .. 44·2 52·3 36·2 240
J. P. Eccleton
MILITARY HOSPITAL, 45·1 53·2 37·1 185
TRENTHAM
Miss E. Hooper
10 WELLINGTON .. 47·8 53·9 41·7 332
SOUTH ISLAND.
BRIGHTWATER .. 44·6 55·6 33·6 366
Ven. Archdeacon Kemptborne
34 NELSON .. 46·0 54·8 37·3 299
Wm. C. Davies
1220 HANMER SPRINGS .. 37·8 48·2 27·5 246
W. G. Morrison
25 CHRISTCHURCH .. 41·3 48·7 33·9 271
H. F. Skey
42 LINCOLN .. 41·6 49·6 33·6 163
M. J. Scott
1220 KISSELTON .. 38·6 49·1 28·1 52
A. R. Blackwood
RAKAIA .... 39·1 46·5 31·7 260
Miss A. Hardy
130 TIMARU ... 40·6 45·6 32·6 49
Caretaker of Domain
200 WAIMATE .. 41·3 50·2 32·5 52
F. Akhurst
300 DUNEDIN ... 42·4 48·1 36·7 369
D. Tannock
245 GORE .... 37·5 45·3 29·7 162
A. T. Newman
12 HOKITIKA ... 44·5 54·9 34·1 493
J. A. Chesney
12 INVERCARGILL . 40·5 48·2 32·8 206
L. Lennie

SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE, 1922.

June proved a cold month, the mean shade temperature being below the average of previous years. Frosts were more
frequent and more severe than usual in places generally subject to them. Rotorua reported 17 degrees of frost on the
morning of the 28th, while Hanmer, in the South Island, registered 21 degrees of frost on the 11th and 12th, and experienced
twenty-seven mornings with temperatures below freezing-point.
The month opened with unsettled weather generally and stormy conditions in the northern districts, where some heavy
rain fell between the 1st and 4th owing to a cyclonic disturbance passing over the Dominion from the north-west to the
south-east. Its centre was apparently located in the neighbourhood of the Chatham Islands on the 4th. From the latter
date until the 20th, although anticyclonic pressure enveloped the country, continuous tropical depressions northwards
resulted in a prevalence of cold east and south-east winds generally and frequent dribbling rains in the East Coast districts,
especially of the North Island.
The West Coast, at this time, experienced fine, clear weather.
After the 25th a storm-centre to the eastward of the South Island developed considerable intensity, and accounted for
strong southerly winds and showers on the East Coast, which prevailed until the 30th.
The month, on the whole, was a dry one, and, except for a few stations along the East Coast, all parts of the Dominion
recorded a total rainfall much below the average.

D. C. BATES, Director.



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🏗️ Meteorological Observations for Wellington, June 1922

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

🏗️ Climatological Table for Chief Stations, June 1922

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Climate, Temperature, Rainfall, Stations, New Zealand
25 names identified
  • F. A. F. Burnett, Observer at Auckland
  • W. B. Monro, Observer at Ruakura Farm, Hamilton East
  • G. F. McGirr, Observer at Te Aroha
  • C. F. Sims, Observer at Waihi
  • C. J. Butcher, Observer at Tauranga
  • W. E. Penno, Observer at Rotorua
  • G. H. Dolby, Observer at New Plymouth
  • J. G. McFarlane, Observer at Moumahaki
  • A. R. Fannin, Observer at Taihape
  • J. A. Colquhoun, Observer at Palmerston North
  • J. Beverley, Observer at Central Development Farm, Weraroa
  • R. Brown, Observer at Masterton
  • J. P. Eccleton, Observer at Greytown
  • E. Hooper (Miss), Observer at Military Hospital, Trentham
  • Kemptborne (Ven. Archdeacon), Observer at Brightwater
  • Wm. C. Davies, Observer at Nelson
  • W. G. Morrison, Observer at Hanmer Springs
  • H. F. Skey, Observer at Christchurch
  • M. J. Scott, Observer at Lincoln
  • A. R. Blackwood, Observer at Kisselton
  • A. Hardy (Miss), Observer at Rakaia
  • D. Tannock, Observer at Dunedin
  • A. T. Newman, Observer at Gore
  • J. A. Chesney, Observer at Hokitika
  • L. Lennie, Observer at Invercargill

  • D. C. Bates, Director