New Zealand Gazette – 1922 – No. 70

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2636 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 70

Government Meteorological Observatory.

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

Altitude of Observatory, 10 ft.

Date. Barometer reduced and corrected to 32° Fah. and to Lat. 45°. From Self-registering Instruments, for Twenty-four Hours previously. Max. Temp. in Shade. From Self-registering Instruments, for Twenty-four Hours previously. Min. Temp. in Shade. From Self-registering Instruments, for Twenty-four Hours previously. Mean Temp. in Shade. From Self-registering Instruments, for Twenty-four Hours previously. Solar Radiation. From Self-registering Instruments, for Twenty-four Hours previously. Terrestrial Radiation. Veloc. Wind, in Miles per 24 Hours. Amount of Cloud, 0 to 10. Direction of Wind. Rainfall in Points (100 to 1 Inch).
1 29.457 56.0 49.8 52.9 98.0 44.8 207 10 N. 23
2 29.492 55.0 47.0 51.0 66.0 38.5 219 10 S.S.W. ..
3 30.104 51.8 43.8 47.8 95.0 35.0 299 0 W.S.W. ..
4 30.164 57.0 43.8 50.4 100.0 31.5 93 9 N. ..
5 30.232 55.8 40.8 48.3 109.0 29.0 69 0 E. 2
6 30.311 54.4 45.3 49.8 98.0 39.6 321 5 S.S.E. ..
7 30.398 56.2 32.8 44.5 107.0 22.0 156 0 E.N.E. ..
8 30.574 56.3 34.0 45.1 98.0 23.5 59 6 N. ..
9 30.529 55.0 47.5 51.2 114.0 43.6 288 4 N. ..
10 30.226 56.9 52.8 54.8 106.0 47.0 435 10 N.W. 50
11 29.647 59.0 53.9 56.4 73.0 50.2 664 9 N.W. 5
12 29.909 58.7 47.0 52.8 86.0 44.9 396 10 S. ..
13 30.216 51.2 42.2 46.7 68.0 38.0 372 9 S. Trace
14 30.285 50.8 44.9 47.8 103.0 39.8 321 6 S. 16
15 30.102 51.8 42.9 47.3 104.0 38.8 317 10 S. 39
16 30.062 48.0 40.0 44.0 85.0 35.5 419 10 S. ..
17 29.996 48.1 39.9 44.0 90.0 29.7 273 1 N.N.E. ..
18 29.724 51.1 41.9 46.5 96.0 34.9 87 9 N. 10
19 29.730 55.5 42.7 49.1 92.0 32.1 92 8 S. 1
20 29.865 54.0 43.4 48.7 105.0 38.0 321 5 S. 9
21 29.913 53.3 44.9 49.1 101.0 40.7 354 9 S. 1
22 30.020 52.8 41.3 47.0 107.0 32.0 243 1 S.E. ..
23 30.065 57.0 32.5 44.7 100.0 21.0 67 0 Calm ..
24 30.173 57.6 35.0 46.3 106.0 24.3 40 9 Calm ..
25 30.248 53.3 34.4 43.8 105.0 25.2 85 4 N. ..
26 30.170 58.3 34.7 46.5 104.0 25.0 98 2 N. ..
27 30.060 58.8 35.8 47.3 105.0 25.8 141 1 N. ..
28 30.306 57.9 42.1 50.0 105.0 31.0 280 10 S.S.E. ..
29 30.350 50.2 45.4 47.8 72.0 44.0 394 10 S.E. 9
30 30.210 48.5 42.5 45.5 64.0 39.5 530 10 S. 4
31 30.108 48.9 31.0 39.9 80.0 18.7 241 0 N. ..
* 30.085 54.2 41.8 48.0 94.9 34.5 254 6.0 .. 169
† 29.918 53.1 42.3 47.7 86.5 34.9 198 5.6 .. 573
  • Means, &c. Means previous years.

DIRECTION OF WIND.

N. N.E. E. S.E. S. S.W. W. N.W. Calm.
10 .. 2 1 12 .. 1 2 2

NOTE.—A fine winter month, with precipitation 71 per cent. below the mean of previous years. Total bright sunshine 119 hours 48 minutes, 41 per cent. of the possible, and four sunless days. Frost was recorded on the grass on thirteen mornings, the lowest reading being 18.7° on the 31st. Fogs occurred on the 7th, 23rd, and 31st. Mean earth-temperature at 1 ft. was 46.8°, and 50.3° at 3 ft. Mean dew-point, 41.1°; mean elastic force of vapour, 0.258 in.; and mean relative humidity, 78 per cent. of saturation.

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.

MEANS AND TOTALS FROM THE CHIEF STATIONS.

July, 1922.

Altitude above Sea-level. Name of Station and Observer. Absolute Mean Air in Shade. Extremes. Mean Max. Temp. Extremes. Mean Min. Temp. Total Rainfall (100 Points to the Inch). Days with Rain (0.01 in. or more).
Ft. NORTH ISLAND. Deg. Deg. Deg. Points. Dys.
125 AUCKLAND (F. A. F. Burnett) 51.2 56.7 45.8 169 21
131 RUAKURA FARM, HAMILTON EAST (W. B. Monro) 53.3 56.9 49.7 189 5
46 TE AROHA (G. F. McGirr) 47.8 57.1 38.6 196 9
340 WAIHI (C. F. Sims) 46.5 56.4 36.6 407 11
100 TAURANGA (C. J. Butcher) 47.9 57.8 38.0 123 11
925 ROTORUA (W. E. Penno) 47.7 56.6 38.8 384 7
.. NEW PLYMOUTH (G. H. Dolby) 48.4 55.0 41.9 161 8
250 MOUMAHAKI (J. G. McFarlane) 41.4 45.6 37.3 438 11
2080 TAIHAPE (A. R. Fannin) 40.9 46.4 35.4 278 16
100 PALMERSTON NORTH (J. A. Colquhoun) 46.1 53.5 38.7 155 8
119 CENTRAL DEVELOPMENT FARM, WERAROA (J. Beverley) 44.3 53.6 35.1 104 9
70 GREENMEADOWS, NAPIER (J. P. Eccleton) 47.4 54.9 40.0 330 14
377 MASTERTON (R. Brown) 44.2 52.8 35.7 252 18
186 GREYTOWN (W. G. Morrison) 44.9 53.4 36.4 275 14
.. MILITARY HOSPITAL, TRENTHAM (Miss E. Hooper) 45.0 53.4 36.7 350 21
10 WELLINGTON 48.0 54.2 41.8 169 12
SOUTH ISLAND.
.. BRIGHTWATER (Ven. Archdeacon Kempthorne) 45.5 54.8 36.2 130 6
34 NELSON (Wm. C. Davies) 44.9 54.3 35.6 97 6
1220 HANMER SPRINGS (W. G. Morrison) 38.0 48.5 27.5 290 10
25 CHRISTCHURCH (H. F. Skey) 41.3 49.9 32.7 130 12
42 LINCOLN (M. J. Scott) 41.6 51.0 32.2 50 6
1220 KISSELTON (A. R. Blackwood) 37.1 47.8 26.5 283 3
.. RAKAIA (Miss A. Hardy) 38.6 47.4 29.9 136 6
130 TIMARU (Caretaker of Domain) 40.2 48.6 31.9 83 7
200 WAIMATE (F. Akhurst) 40.4 49.4 31.4 91 8
300 DUNEDIN (D. Tannock) 43.0 49.2 36.8 137 10
245 GORE (A. T. Newman) 38.2 47.1 29.3 149 13
12 HOKITIKA (J. A. Chesney) 44.2 54.2 34.2 461 8
12 INVERCARGILL (L. Lennie) 40.9 48.8 33.1 237 14

SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY, 1922.

The July rainfall was nearly everywhere below the average, some places showing the lowest fall ever recorded for this month. Precipitation came mostly as light showers, but some heavy downpours occurred in various parts, with boisterous north-west winds, on the 10th, while an intense westerly disturbance was passing in the South and in the northernmost districts about the 28th and 29th, when a tropical depression was located northwards of New Zealand on the edge of an anticyclone centred in the South.

The month was remarkable for a frequency of dry southerly winds, clear days, and cold nights, and frosts were again above the average in number and degree.

D. C. BATES, Director.



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🎓 Meteorological Observations for Wellington, July 1922

🎓 Education, Culture & Science
Weather, Temperature, Wind, Rainfall, Wellington

🎓 Climatological Table for Chief Stations, July 1922

🎓 Education, Culture & Science
Climate, Temperature, Rainfall, Stations
27 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
  • J. P. Eccleton, Observer at Greenmeadows, Napier
  • R. Brown, Observer at Masterton
  • W. G. Morrison, Observer at Greytown
  • E. Hooper (Miss), Observer at Military Hospital, Trentham
  • Archdeacon Kempthorne (Ven.), 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
  • F. Akhurst, Observer at Waimate
  • D. Tannock, Observer at Dunedin
  • A. T. Newman, Observer at Gore
  • J. A. Chesney, Observer at Hokitika
  • L. Lennie, Observer at Invercargill

🎓 Summary for the Month of July 1922

🎓 Education, Culture & Science
Weather Summary, Rainfall, Wind, Temperature
  • D. C. Bates, Director