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Aug. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2193
Government Meteorological Observatory.
METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the month of June, 1923. Observations taken 9 a.m.
Altitude of Observatory, 10 ft.
| Date. | Barometer reduced in and corrected to Lat. 45°. Inches to 1 Inch. | From Self-registering Instruments, for Twenty-four Hours previously. | Rainfall in Points (100 to 1 Inch). | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | ||||
| 1 | 29·454 | Fah. 55·5 | Fah. 51·3 | Fah. 53·4 | Fah. 92·0 | Fah. 44·7 | 271 | 9 | WNW | .. | .. |
| 2 | 29·598 | 58·3 | 39·2 | 48·7 | 109·0 | 28·0 | 151 | 9 | N.W. | .. | .. |
| 3 | 29·688 | 60·2 | 42·0 | 51·1 | 112·0 | 31·0 | 205 | 1 | Calm | Trace | .. |
| 4 | 29·592 | 61·7 | 45·3 | 53·5 | 108·0 | 38·2 | 119 | 10 | Calm | 84 | .. |
| 5 | 30·188 | 51·6 | 43·0 | 47·3 | 54·0 | 41·2 | 439 | 6 | S. | .. | .. |
| 6 | 30·144 | 50·9 | 33·5 | 42·2 | 100·0 | 25·1 | 114 | 7 | N.E. | .. | .. |
| 7 | 30·052 | 57·8 | 37·2 | 47·5 | 102·0 | 26·2 | 29 | 8 | N.E. | .. | .. |
| 8 | 30·062 | 53·2 | 32·3 | 42·7 | 97·0 | 22·1 | 23 | 6 | N. | Trace | .. |
| 9 | 30·000 | 50·0 | 36·2 | 43·1 | 81·0 | 35·7 | 9 | 9 | N. | Trace | .. |
| 10 | 29·929 | 56·0 | 45·6 | 50·8 | 90·0 | 36·0 | 40 | 10 | Calm | 1 | .. |
| 11 | 29·804 | 56·3 | 45·5 | 50·9 | 65·0 | 38·7 | 16 | 10 | Calm | 74 | .. |
| 12 | 29·516 | 57·6 | 50·2 | 53·9 | 89·0 | 49·7 | 212 | 4 | N.W. | 6 | .. |
| 13 | 29·601 | 59·2 | 52·8 | 56·0 | 106·0 | 44·4 | 278 | 7 | N.N.W | Trace | .. |
| 14 | 29·421 | 57·3 | 44·7 | 51·0 | 86·0 | 34·2 | 173 | 10 | N. | 17 | .. |
| 15 | 29·399 | 56·9 | 52·3 | 54·6 | 78·0 | 48·9 | 311 | 10 | W. | Trace | .. |
| 16 | 29·592 | 61·2 | 38·9 | 50·0 | 113·0 | 27·8 | 108 | 1 | N. | Trace | .. |
| 17 | 29·568 | 55·5 | 36·0 | 45·7 | 99·0 | 28·5 | 46 | 1 | N.E. | 8 | .. |
| 18 | 29·643 | 55·2 | 44·8 | 50·0 | 93·0 | 33·0 | 195 | 9 | N. | .. | .. |
| 19 | 29·715 | 53·3 | 40·2 | 46·7 | 98·0 | 29·0 | 182 | 4 | N.W. | 20 | .. |
| 20 | 29·582 | 57·0 | 49·6 | 53·3 | 95·0 | 45·8 | 327 | 8 | N. | 72 | .. |
| 21 | 29·386 | 56·2 | 46·0 | 51·1 | 105·0 | 42·1 | 288 | 9 | N. | .. | .. |
| 22 | 29·436 | 55·1 | 35·1 | 45·1 | 113·0 | 24·5 | 130 | 3 | S. | 33 | .. |
| 23 | 29·668 | 50·0 | 39·4 | 44·7 | 90·0 | 36·5 | 321 | 3 | S. | .. | .. |
| 24 | 29·535 | 53·0 | 36·7 | 44·8 | 98·0 | 25·7 | 127 | 1 | Calm | .. | .. |
| 25 | 29·350 | 56·2 | 41·0 | 48·6 | 102·0 | 29·2 | 126 | 3 | S.W. | .. | .. |
| 26 | 29·633 | 54·2 | 33·3 | 43·7 | 100·0 | 22·1 | 69 | 0 | N. | .. | .. |
| 27 | 29·708 | 52·9 | 37·1 | 45·0 | 96·0 | 27·2 | 83 | 4 | S. | 1 | .. |
| 28 | 29·442 | 50·6 | 44·3 | 47·4 | 87·0 | 39·9 | 350 | 10 | S. | 14 | .. |
| 29 | 29·308 | 49·5 | 35·9 | 42·7 | 93·0 | 24·0 | 126 | 2 | S.W. | 10 | .. |
| 30 | 29·260 | 52·1 | 35·3 | 43·7 | 98·0 | 23·5 | 146 | 9 | S. | .. | .. |
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| * | 29·642 | 55·1 | 41·5 | 48·3 | 95·0 | 33·4 | 167·1 | 6·1 | .. | 340 | |
| † | 29·949 | 54·7 | 44·3 | 49·5 | 87·1 | 37·7 | 208 | 5·7 | .. | 492 |
- Means, &c. † Means previous years.
DIRECTION OF WIND.
N. N.E. E. S.E. S. S.W. W. N.W. Calm.
9 | 3 | .. | .. | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5
NOTE.—A month of fair winter weather, with precipitation 31 per cent. below the mean of previous years. Total bright sunshine 123 hours 55 minutes, 45 per cent. of the possible, and three sunless days. Thunder occurred on the 20th, and fogs on the 4th, 7th, and 8th. Frost was recorded on the grass on 15 mornings. Mean earth-temperature at 1 ft. was 47·0°, and 51·8° at 3 ft. Mean dew-point, 41·8°; mean elastic force of vapour, 0·265 in.; and mean relative humidity, 79 per cent. of saturation.
CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.
MEANS AND TOTALS FROM THE CHIEF STATIONS.
June, 1923.
| Altitude above Sea-level. | Name of Station and Observer. | Absolute Mean Temp. Air in 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. | ||
| 125 | NORTH ISLAND. AUCKLAND .. | 53·6 | 58·2 | 49·0 | 895 | 29 |
| 131 | RUAKURA FARM, HAMILTON EAST W. B. Monro | 49·9 | 57·3 | 42·5 | 569 | 21 |
| 46 | TE AROHA .. W. O'Connell | 51·5 | 58·4 | 44·7 | 515 | 25 |
| 340 | WAIHI .. C. F. Sims. | 50·6 | 57·6 | 43·6 | 1320 | 27 |
| 100 | TAURANGA .. C. J. Butcher | 50·3 | 57·1 | 43·6 | 448 | 23 |
| 925 | ROTORUA .. W. E. Penno | 47·1 | 53·8 | 40·5 | 663 | 23 |
| 60 | NEW PLYMOUTH G. H. Dolby | 50·2 | 56·0 | 44·4 | 898 | 26 |
| 250 | MOUMAHAKEI J. G. McFarlane | Incomplete. | 542 | 26 | ||
| 2080 | TAIHAPE .. A. R. Fannin | 43·0 | 47·9 | 38·1 | 542 | 26 |
| 100 | PALMERSTON NORTH .. J. A. Colquhoun | 47·8 | 55·5 | 40·1 | 337 | 20 |
| 5 | OROUA DOWNS H. D. Stride | 47·8 | 55·2 | 40·5 | 340 | 17 |
| 119 | CENTRAL DEVELOPMENT FARM, WERAROA J. E. Sharp | 47·3 | 54·2 | 40·4 | 431 | 16 |
| 377 | MASTERON R. Brown | 46·0 | 55·3 | 36·8 | 303 | 14 |
| 186 | GREYTOWN W. Allan | 46·3 | 55·1 | 37·5 | 312 | 11 |
| 10 | WELLINGTON .. | 48·3 | 55·1 | 41·5 | 340 | 12 |
| SOUTH ISLAND. | ||||||
| 87 | BRIGHTWATER Ven. Archdeacon Kempthorne | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 34 | NELSON .. Wm. C. Davies | 46·4 | 55·7 | 37·1 | 112 | 13 |
| 1220 | HANMER SPRINGS .. W. G. Morrison | 40·5 | 51·9 | 29·2 | 136 | 4 |
| 25 | CHRISTCHURCH H. F. Skey | 42·3 | 50·4 | 34·2 | 222 | 14 |
| 42 | LINCOLN .. M. J. Scott | 42·9 | 50·8 | 35·1 | 134 | 7 |
| 1220 | KISSELTON .. F. Freeman | 42·1 | 54·0 | 30·2 | 96 | 7 |
| 349 | RAKAIA .. Miss A. Hardy | 43·4 | 53·4 | 33·5 | 54 | 8 |
| 130 | TIMARU .. Caretaker of Domain | 41·6 | 49·0 | 34·3 | 67 | 10 |
| 200 | WAIMATE .. F. Akhurst | 41·4 | 49·4 | 33·5 | 73 | 12 |
| 300 | DUNEDIN .. D. Tannock | 42·4 | 48·0 | 36·8 | 506 | 16 |
| 245 | GORE .. A. T. Newman | 38·9 | 46·1 | 31·7 | 700 | 19 |
| 12 | HOKITIKA .. J. A. Chesney | 44·8 | 52·7 | 36·9 | 775 | 18 |
| 12 | INVERCARGILL L. Lennie | 41·1 | 48·0 | 34·3 | 632 | 25 |
SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE, 1923.
Except for one short period, between the 5th and 8th, anticyclonic pressure was almost entirely absent over the Dominion during the month of June, and the barometer was continuously below normal owing to numerous disturbances of both tropical and antarctic origin.
The effects of these disturbances were most markedly shown in the northern and west coast portions of the North Island, and in Otago and, to a less extent, Westland in the South Island. All these districts recorded a total rainfall above the average, while the east coast districts, particularly of the South Island, experienced a deficiency, with fair weather and an absence of high winds.
Snow fell on several days in the high country, and the southern hills were covered to a greater extent than is usual under normal winter conditions.
D. C. BATES, Director.
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- D. C. Bates, Director