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Dec. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3265
Government Meteorological Observatory.
METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the month of November, 1922. Observations taken 9 a.m.
Altitude of Observatory, 10 ft.
| Date. | Barometer reduced in and corrected to Lat. 45°. | From Self-registering Instruments, for Twenty-four Hours previously. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 29·329 | 63·2 | 52·8 | 58·0 | 124·0 | 47·2 | 377 | 6 | N.W. | 40 |
| 2 | 29·343 | 60·8 | 45·2 | 53·0 | 127·0 | 38·1 | 290 | 8 | N.W. | 2 |
| 3 | 29·692 | 63·0 | 47·2 | 55·1 | 125·0 | 36·2 | 311 | 9 | S. | 1 |
| 4 | 29·812 | 62·2 | 46·0 | 54·1 | 125·0 | 34·7 | 211 | 10 | N.W. | 87 |
| 5 | 29·605 | 61·0 | 50·0 | 55·5 | 122·0 | 50·0 | 464 | 10 | S.S.W. | 26 |
| 6 | 29·894 | 57·5 | 47·3 | 52·4 | 113·0 | 44·0 | 420 | 10 | S. | 3 |
| 7 | 29·895 | 58·3 | 45·0 | 51·6 | 120·0 | 38·5 | 367 | 1 | S. | .. |
| 8 | 29·699 | 61·7 | 51·0 | 56·3 | 121·0 | 46·0 | 222 | 10 | N.N.E. | 46 |
| 9 | 29·513 | 61·2 | 52·1 | 56·6 | 117·0 | 47·4 | 318 | 4 | W.N.W. | 46 |
| 10 | 29·349 | 61·9 | 53·1 | 57·5 | 129·0 | 47·7 | 439 | 4 | N.W. | 70 |
| .1 | 29·207 | 61·3 | 50·7 | 56·0 | 130·0 | 48·2 | 411 | 10 | N. | 96 |
| .2 | 29·198 | 56·2 | 44·5 | 50·3 | 117·0 | 44·0 | 224 | 9 | N.E. | 14 |
| 13 | 29·441 | 60·8 | 44·3 | 52·5 | 130·0 | 35·9 | 90 | 7 | N. | Trace |
| 14 | 29·670 | 63·2 | 48·3 | 55·7 | 140·0 | 41·9 | 128 | 10 | S. | .. |
| 15 | 29·765 | 60·2 | 40·9 | 50·5 | 128·0 | 32·4 | 141 | 2 | N. | 8 |
| 16 | 29·623 | 61·9 | 54·7 | 58·3 | 134·0 | 50·8 | 522 | 10 | N.W. | 12 |
| 17 | 29·639 | 64·0 | 57·6 | 60·8 | 138·0 | 55·2 | 575 | 9 | N.W. | .. |
| 18 | 29·953 | 65·0 | 53·6 | 59·3 | 126·0 | 44·3 | 284 | 2 | N.W. | .. |
| 19 | 29·831 | 63·2 | 53·6 | 58·4 | 128·0 | 49·5 | 398 | 8 | N.W. | .. |
| 20 | 29·963 | 66·5 | 53·7 | 60·1 | 132·0 | 43·9 | 336 | 5 | N. | .. |
| 21 | 30·135 | 71·0 | 46·4 | 58·7 | 139·0 | 36·5 | 92 | 0 | N. | .. |
| 22 | 30·099 | 69·5 | 56·7 | 63·1 | 129·0 | 51·1 | 208 | 2 | N.W. | .. |
| 23 | 30·081 | 68·1 | 58·4 | 63·2 | 127·0 | 51·8 | 259 | 2 | N.W. | 1 |
| 24 | 30·164 | 68·1 | 56·7 | 62·4 | 131·0 | 56·1 | 178 | 10 | N.W. | .. |
| 25 | 30·194 | 65·1 | 59·3 | 62·2 | 125·0 | 55·0 | 224 | 8 | N. | .. |
| 26 | 30·166 | 67·0 | 59·0 | 63·0 | 135·0 | 54·0 | 374 | 9 | N. | .. |
| 27 | 29·930 | 69·9 | 60·5 | 65·2 | 139·0 | 52·5 | 472 | 3 | N.W. | .. |
| 28 | 29·905 | 71·7 | 57·8 | 64·7 | 131·0 | 54·9 | 206 | 10 | N. | 76 |
| 29 | 29·681 | 67·7 | 55·1 | 61·4 | 122·0 | 52·1 | 440 | 9 | N.N.W. | 14 |
| 30 | 29·652 | 64·0 | 56·1 | 60·0 | 132·0 | 52·1 | 510 | 4 | W.N.W. | .. |
| 31 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| * | 29·748 | 63·8 | 51·9 | 57·8 | 128·0 | 46·4 | 316·4 | 6·7 | .. | 542 |
| † | 29·867 | 63·3 | 50·4 | 56·8 | 121·3 | 43·9 | 278 | 5·4 | .. | 347 |
- Means, &c. † Means previous years.
DIRECTION OF WIND.
N. N.E. E. S.E. S. S.W. W. N.W. Calm.
10 | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 2 | 12 | ..
NOTE.—The weather during the month has been cloudy and showery, with temperatures above the mean of previous years, and moderate to strong N. and N.W. winds prevailing. Precipitation was 56 per cent. above the mean of previous years. Total bright sunshine 166 hours 3 minutes, 35 per cent. of the possible, and two sunless days. A thunderstorm occurred on the night of the 10th. Mean earth-temperature at 1 ft. was 60·3°, 59·1° at 3 ft. Mean dew-point, 49·3°; mean elastic force of vapour, 0·352 in., and mean relative humidity, 74 per cent. of saturation.
CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.
MEANS AND TOTALS FROM THE CHIEF STATIONS.
November, 1922.
| Altitude above Sea-level. | Name of Station and Observer. | Absolute Mean Air in Temp. Shade. | Extremes. | Total Rainfall (100 Points to the Inch). | Days with Rain (½ Point or more) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean Max. Temp. | Mean Min. Temp. | |||||
| Ft. | Deg. | Deg. | Deg. | Points. | Dys. | |
| 125 | NORTH ISLAND. AUCKLAND F. A. F. Burnett | 60·7 | 67·1 | 54·4 | 366 | 17 |
| 131 | RUA KURA FARM, HAMILTON EAST W. B. Monro | 57·7 | 70·0 | 45·5 | 370 | 12 |
| 46 | TE AROHA .. G. F. McGirr | 61·8 | 70·2 | 53·5 | 465 | 13 |
| 340 | WAIHI .. C. F. Sims | 60·3 | 70·0 | 50·6 | 354 | 14 |
| 100 | TAURANGA .. C. J. Butcher | 59·3 | 68·8 | 49·8 | 414 | 14 |
| 925 | ROTORUA .. W. E. Penno | 58·4 | 68·8 | 48·0 | 991 | 15 |
| .. | NEW PLYMOUTH G. H. Dolby | 56·3 | 61·9 | 50·7 | 848 | 20 |
| 250 | MOUMAHA KI J. G. McFarlane | 56·8 | 65·6 | 48·0 | 692 | 12 |
| 2080 | TAIHAPE .. A. R. Fannin | 53·1 | 61·6 | 44·6 | 473 | 17 |
| 100 | PALMERSTON NORTH .. J. A. Colquhoun | 56·5 | 64·8 | 48·3 | 614 | 18 |
| 119 | CENTRAL DEVELOPMENT FARM, WERAROA J. Beverley | 55·9 | 62·2 | 49·6 | 735 | 19 |
| 70 | GREENMEADOWS, NA- PIER | 61·8 | 72·8 | 50·8 | 79 | 8 |
| 377 | MASTER TON R. Brown | 58·1 | 70·0 | 46·3 | 257 | 17 |
| 186 | GREYTOWN J. P. Eccleton | 58·7 | 69·5 | 47·9 | 285 | 17 |
| 10 | WELLINGTON | 57·8 | 63·8 | 51·9 | 542 | 16 |
| SOUTH ISLAND. BRIGHTWATER Ven. Archdeacon Kemphorne | 56·5 | 66·5 | 46·6 | 416 | 13 | |
| 34 | NELSON .. Wm. C. Davies | 57·5 | 66·5 | 48·4 | 403 | 14 |
| 1220 | HANMER SPRINGS W. G. Morrison | 54·3 | 66·1 | 42·6 | 35 | 11 |
| 25 | CHRISTCHURCH H. F. Skey | 55·8 | 65·6 | 46·0 | 324 | 13 |
| 42 | LINCOLN .. M. J. Scott | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1220 | KISSELTON .. A. R. Blackwood | 53·9 | 64·9 | 43·0 | 292 | 9 |
| .. | RAKAIA .. Miss A. Hardy | 56·7 | 67·5 | 46·0 | 256 | 8 |
| 130 | TIMARU .. Caretaker of Domain | 55·5 | 64·8 | 46·2 | 283 | 17 |
| 200 | WAIMATE .. F. Akhurst | 54·4 | 63·6 | 45·2 | 251 | 16 |
| 300 | DUNEDIN .. D. Tannock | 53·6 | 61·2 | 46·0 | 495 | 21 |
| 245 | GORE .. A. T. Newman | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 12 | HOKITIKA .. J. A. Chesney | 51·3 | 59·7 | 42·9 | 1317 | 22 |
| 12 | INVERCARGILL L. Lennie | 54·0 | 62·4 | 45·7 | 549 | 24 |
SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, 1922.
Westerly or antarctic disturbances accounted for the stormy weather conditions which were rather prevalent during the first half of the month and again at the close. Between the 18th and 28th an anticyclone brought fair weather generally. The total rainfall was considerably below the average on the east coast of the North Island, but, with few exceptions, all other parts of the Dominion experienced an excess, which was greatest on the west coast of the North Island and the east coast of the South.
D. C. BATES, Director
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- F. A. F. Burnett, Observer, Auckland
- W. B. Monro, Observer, Hamilton East
- G. F. McGirr, Observer, Te Aroha
- C. F. Sims, Observer, Waihi
- C. J. Butcher, Observer, Tauranga
- W. E. Penno, Observer, Rotorua
- G. H. Dolby, Observer, New Plymouth
- J. G. McFarlane, Observer, Moumaha Ki
- A. R. Fannin, Observer, Taihape
- J. A. Colquhoun, Observer, Palmerston North
- J. Beverley, Observer, Weraroa
- R. Brown, Observer, Master Ton
- J. P. Eccleton, Observer, Greytown
- Archdeacon Kemphorne (Ven.), Observer, Brightwater
- Wm. C. Davies, Observer, Nelson
- W. G. Morrison, Observer, Hanmer Springs
- H. F. Skey, Observer, Christchurch
- M. J. Scott, Observer, Lincoln
- A. R. Blackwood, Observer, Kisselton
- A. Hardy, Observer, Rakaia
- Caretaker, Observer, Timaru
- F. Akhurst, Observer, Waimate
- D. Tannock, Observer, Dunedin
- A. T. Newman, Observer, Gore
- J. A. Chesney, Observer, Hokitika
- L. Lennie, Observer, Invercargill
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