New Zealand Gazette – 1922 – No. 93

Page 3223

✨ Climatological Data



DEC. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3223

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.

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

Government Meteorological Observatory.

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

Date. Barometer reduced to Sea-level and 32° Fahr., and inches to Lat. 45°. 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).
Fah. Fah. Fah. Fah. Fah.
1 30.268 64.0 39.0 51.5 130.0 31.5 39 6 N.N.E. ..
2 30.310 63.3 44.4 53.8 122.0 33.5 116 1 N. ..
3 30.360 65.6 49.2 57.4 124.0 47.3 126 7 N. ..
4 30.332 65.4 52.2 58.8 122.0 43.5 181 6 N. ..
5 30.252 64.0 55.0 59.5 123.0 49.5 266 7 N.W. ..
6 30.122 64.1 55.3 59.7 128.0 52.5 347 9 N.N.W. 15
7 29.933 64.7 54.3 59.5 128.0 51.0 436 10 N.W. 25
8 29.636 61.6 53.5 57.5 122.0 47.0 264 6 N. 10
9 29.897 62.2 50.2 56.2 138.0 46.3 198 7 N. ..
10 29.883 63.6 54.7 59.1 130.0 46.8 232 5 N.N.W. 1
11 29.809 66.4 51.6 59.0 138.0 40.0 404 0 N. ..
12 29.897 70.0 46.7 58.3 128.0 34.3 125 8 N.N.W. 65
13 29.512 61.2 55.0 58.1 127.0 51.5 560 10 N.W. ..
14 29.577 60.8 51.2 56.0 121.0 42.7 362 1 W.N.W. 10
15 29.796 61.0 44.9 52.9 118.0 42.0 315 10 S. ..
16 30.171 58.9 37.3 48.1 120.0 26.5 147 0 N.W. 11
17 29.926 61.6 53.6 57.6 129.0 43.6 486 10 N.W. 14
18 30.260 63.3 41.0 52.1 133.0 31.5 241 3 E.S.E. ..
19 30.233 67.0 45.0 56.0 122.0 35.5 162 9 N. ..
20 29.988 62.0 54.6 58.3 125.0 52.0 422 8 N.W. ..
21 29.723 63.0 53.9 58.4 125.0 45.0 419 1 N. 12
22 29.967 65.5 39.8 52.6 122.0 30.0 197 4 N. ..
23 29.698 62.0 55.3 58.6 121.0 51.0 389 1 N.N.W. ..
24 29.889 64.6 43.4 54.0 133.0 30.8 393 6 N. ..
25 30.188 62.0 47.1 54.5 121.0 36.3 368 7 S. ..
26 30.034 61.7 51.5 56.6 119.0 45.6 377 10 N.W. ..
27 30.101 65.8 58.0 61.9 125.0 54.0 495 8 N.W. ..
28 30.156 67.6 53.9 60.7 123.0 44.2 205 2 S. 17
29 29.643 71.3 55.2 63.2 136.0 53.3 156 9 N.W. 1
30 29.544 66.0 56.4 61.2 126.0 53.2 480 1 N.W. 38
31 29.330 63.0 51.2 57.1 123.0 49.2 551 7 N.W. 14
* 29.950 64.0 50.1 57.0 126.0 43.5 303.2 5.8 .. 233
† 29.895 60.3 48.3 54.3 114.8 42.1 285 5.4 .. 415

* Means, &c. † Means previous years.

DIRECTION OF WIND.
N.E. 15 | E. .. | S.E. 1 | S. .. | S.W. 3 | W. .. | N.W. 1 | Calm 11

NOTE.—A warm dry month, with moderate to strong northerly and north-westerly winds prevailing. Precipitation was 43 per cent. below the mean of previous years. Total bright sunshine 220 hours 54 minutes, 54 per cent. of the possible, and no sunless days. Frost was recorded on the grass on five mornings. Mean earth-temperature at 1 ft. was 58.6°, and 56.8° at 3 ft. Mean dew-point, 47.6°; mean elastic force of vapour, 0.330 in.; and mean relative humidity, 71 per cent. of saturation.

Altitude above Sea-level. Name of Station and Observer. Absolute Mean Temp. Air in Shade. Extremes. Max. Temp. Extremes. Min. Temp. Total Rainfall (100 Points to the Inch). Days with Rain (4 Point or more).
Ft. NORTH ISLAND. Deg. Deg. Deg. Points. Dys.
125 AUCKLAND (F. A. F. Burnett) 58.9 64.1 53.7 404 19
131 RUAKURA FARM, HAMILTON EAST (W. B. Monro) 55.6 66.2 45.1 350 12
46 TE AROHA (G. F. McGirr) 57.7 65.3 50.1 303 15
340 WAIHI (C. F. Sims) 56.9 65.4 48.4 434 21
100 TAURANGA (C. J. Butcher) 57.4 66.2 48.6 416 17
925 ROTORUA (W. E. Penno) 55.5 64.4 46.6 1010 17
.. NEW PLYMOUTH (G. H. Dolby) 56.0 62.2 49.9 719 18
250 MOUMAHAKI (J. G. McFarlane) 53.2 62.5 44.0 374 8
2080 TAIHAPE (A. R. Fannin) 51.7 59.8 43.6 290 15
100 PALMERSTON NORTH (J. A. Colquhoun) 55.6 63.9 47.3 276 15
119 CENTRAL DEVELOPMENT FARM, WERAROA (J. Beverley) 54.8 62.3 47.4 369 15
70 GREENMEADOWS, NAPIER 58.6 68.6 48.6 115 11
377 MASTERTON (R. Brown) 56.6 67.9 45.3 89 12
186 GREYTOWN (J. P. Eccleston) 56.7 67.3 46.2 162 13
.. MILITARY HOSPITAL, TRENTHAM (Miss E. Hooper) 55.0 63.8 46.3 343 20
10 WELLINGTON 57.0 64.0 50.1 233 13
SOUTH ISLAND.
.. BRIGHTWATER (Ven. Archdeacon Kempthorne) .. 64.6 .. 372 11
34 NELSON (Wm. C. Davies) 56.5 64.6 48.3 624 11
1220 HANMER SPRINGS (W. G. Morrison) 54.1 65.2 43.1 132 6
25 CHRISTCHURCH (H. F. Skey) 55.8 66.0 45.5 45 9
42 LINCOLN (M. J. Scott) 56.9 67.6 46.3 18 3
1220 KISSELTON (A. R. Blackwood) 54.8 66.0 43.7 139 10
.. RAKAIA (Miss A. Hardy) 56.3 67.5 45.2 24 4
130 TIMARU (Caretaker of Domain) 56.9 68.2 45.7 64 7
200 WAIMATE (F. Akhurst) 55.4 66.3 44.6 173 8
300 DUNEDIN (D. Tannock) 54.8 63.9 45.7 183 13
245 GORE (A. T. Newman) 53.3 65.0 41.7 270 15
12 HOKITIKA (J. A. Chesney) 53.2 59.5 46.9 1759 25
12 INVERCARGILL (L. Lennie) 54.4 62.9 45.9 354 19

SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 1922.

October was remarkable for the large number of westerly disturbances, which accounted for a prevalence of strong north-west winds generally and heavy rainfall in the West Coast and northern districts of the South Island. The total rainfall was also above the average in the extreme north of the North Island, while all other parts of the Dominion experienced a deficiency, the East Coast districts suffering most in this respect.

The month opened dry and fine generally, but warm and humid conditions were shortly followed by heavy west-coast rains, and more general rains at the end of the first week. Barometric pressure was very low in the South on the 14th at 9 a.m., but increased rapidly in the next thirty-six hours, and some snow fell on the higher levels about this time, with stormy conditions in the South. Fair weather ruled between the 15th and 19th, after which boisterous westerlies continued until the end of the month.

D. C. BATES, Director.



Next Page →



Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa — PDF NZ Gazette 1922, No 93


NZLII — PDF NZ Gazette 1922, No 93




✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏗️ Climatological Table for October 1922

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Climatological Data, Weather, Temperature, Rainfall, Wind, October 1922
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. Eccleston, Observer at Greytown
  • E. Hooper (Miss), Observer at Military Hospital, Trentham
  • Kempthorne (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