New Zealand Gazette – 1922 – No. 58

Page 1961

✨ Meteorological Observations



AUG. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1961

Government Meteorological Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the month of June, 1922. Observations taken 9 a.m.

Altitude of Observatory, 10 ft.

Date Barometer reduced and corrected Max. Temp. in Shade Min. Temp. in Shade Mean Temp. in Shade Solar Radiation Terrestrial Radiation Veloc. Wind in Miles Amount of Cloud 0 to 10 Direction of Wind Rainfall in Points (100 to 1 Inch)
1 30.061 53.9 43.5 48.7 101.0 41.8 332 10 S.S.E. Trace
2 30.007 55.0 45.7 50.8 89.0 40.1 127 4 E. 35
3 29.651 59.0 49.0 54.0 108.0 46.2 52 10 Calm. 108
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. 3
7 30.448 51.0 34.2 42.6 96.0 22.1 137 0 N. 2
8 30.427 55.6 44.2 49.9 94.0 43.0 178 7 S. 13
9 30.353 49.9 44.6 47.2 73.0 42.0 344 10 S. 24
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 Trace
16 30.245 54.5 42.3 48.4 88.0 32.1 216 9 S.E 16
17 30.337 55.5 46.2 50.8 63.0 45.0 500 10 S.S.E. 13
18 30.424 50.0 45.3 47.6 87.0 43.3 583 10 S. 2
19 30.384 50.6 44.6 47.6 83.0 42.1 244 10 S. 1
20 30.494 49.8 44.8 47.3 78.0 41.5 449 9 S. 1
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. 3
24 30.275 55.0 50.2 52.6 107.0 46.2 317 10 N. 11
25 29.871 58.0 49.0 53.5 78.0 43.0 252 9 N. 65
26 29.935 59.3 45.7 52.5 108.0 44.2 338 8 S. Trace
27 30.057 56.1 45.2 50.6 106.0 42.0 443 10 S. 17
28 29.932 52.5 40.7 46.6 75.0 38.0 430 7 S. 8
29 29.604 47.3 37.9 42.6 87.0 27.8 125 10 S. 1
30 29.752 53.0 37.0 45.0 84.0 27.5 136 6 N. 9
* 30.195 53.9 41.7 47.8 92.0 35.6 241 7.0 .. 332
† 29.949 54.7 44.3 49.5 86.5 37.2 205 5.7 .. 492
  • 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 Sea-level (Ft.) Name of Station and Observer Absolute Mean Air in Shade (Deg.) Mean Max. Temp. (Deg.) Mean Min. Temp. (Deg.) Total Rainfall (Points) Days with Rain (Dys.)
NORTH ISLAND.
125 AUCKLAND .. F. A. F. Burnett 52.0 57.9 46.2 299 13
131 RUAKURA FARM, HAMILTON EAST W. B. Monro 49.4 58.8 40.0 224 9
46 TE AROHA .. G. F. McGirr 47.9 58.0 37.9 364 10
340 WAIHI ... C. F. Sims 46.4 56.8 36.1 680 12
100 TAURANGA .. C. J. Butcher 48.7 59.6 37.8 415 12
925 ROTORUA .. W. E. Penno 47.6 58.1 37.2 1023 12
NEW PLYMOUTH G. H. Dolby 49.3 55.3 43.4 358 11
250 MOUMAHAKI J. G. McFarlane 40.3 45.7 35.0 244 9
2080 TAIHAPE .. A. R. Fannin .. .. .. 140 16
100 PALMERSTON NORTH. J. A. Colquhoun 46.0 53.6 38.3 240 10
119 CENTRAL DEVELOPMENT FARM, WERAROA J. Beverley 44.7 53.8 35.6 201 9
70 GREENMEADOWS, NAPIER 46.8 53.5 40.1 134 14
377 MASTERTON .. R. Brown 44.3 52.3 36.4 175 19
186 GREYTOWN .. J. P. Eccleton 44.2 52.3 36.2 240 13
MILITARY HOSPITAL, TRENTHAM Miss E. Hooper 45.1 53.2 37.1 185 18
10 WELLINGTON .. 47.8 53.9 41.7 332 18
SOUTH ISLAND.
BRIGHTWATER .. Ven. Archdeacon Kempthorne 44.6 55.6 33.6 366 8
34 NELSON .. Wm. C. Davies 46.0 54.8 37.3 299 9
1220 HANMER SPRINGS .. W. G. Morrison 37.8 48.2 27.5 246 11
25 CHRISTCHURCH .. H. F. Skey 41.3 48.7 33.9 271 15
42 LINCOLN .. M. J. Scott 41.6 49.6 33.6 163 12
1220 KISSELTON .. A. R. Blackwood 38.6 49.1 28.1 52 5
RAKAIA Miss A. Hardy 39.1 46.5 31.7 260 9
136 TIMARU ... Caretaker of Domain 40.6 45.6 32.6 49 11
200 WAIMATE .. F. Akhurst 41.3 50.2 32.5 52 8
300 DUNEDIN ... D. Tannock 42.4 48.1 36.7 369 10
245 GORE .... A. T. Newman 37.5 45.3 29.7 162 12
16 HOKITIKA .... J. A. Chesney 44.5 54.9 34.1 493 7
12 INVERCARGILL . L. Lennie 40.5 48.2 32.8 206 14

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 drizzling 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