✨ Meteorological Observations
APRIL 24. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1051
Government Meteorological Observatory.
METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the month of February, 1924. Observations taken 9 a.m.
Altitude of Observatory, 10 ft.
| Date. | Barometer reduced in and corrected 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). |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29·764 | 68·0 | 53·1 | 60·5 | 128·0 | 46·1 | 104 | 1 | N.W. | .. |
| 2 | 30·087 | 70·9 | 55·9 | 63·4 | 129·0 | 49·9 | 339 | 4 | S. | .. |
| 3 | 30·100 | 68·0 | 53·0 | 60·5 | 130·0 | 47·0 | 146 | 8 | N. | .. |
| 4 | 30·243 | 73·8 | 56·6 | 65·2 | 133·0 | 51·1 | 132 | 3 | S.S.E. | .. |
| 5 | 30·259 | 67·2 | 54·0 | 60·6 | 131·0 | 50·8 | 175 | 10 | E.N.E. | .. |
| 6 | 30·236 | 71·8 | 57·6 | 64·7 | 117·0 | 52·9 | 57 | 10 | N.E. | .. |
| 7 | 30·167 | 72·3 | 60·0 | 66·1 | 129·0 | 56·3 | 163 | 2 | N.W. | .. |
| 8 | 30·183 | 70·7 | 61·6 | 66·1 | 128·0 | 59·0 | 255 | 9 | N.N.W. | .. |
| 9 | 30·210 | 74·5 | 63·9 | 69·2 | 138·0 | 62·0 | 191 | 9 | N. | .. |
| 10 | 30·098 | 74·2 | 63·5 | 68·8 | 139·0 | 61·1 | 332 | 9 | N.W. | 4 |
| 11 | 30·006 | 73·3 | 62·4 | 67·8 | 126·0 | 60·0 | 385 | 5 | N.W. | 79 |
| 12 | 29·855 | 71·0 | 64·2 | 67·6 | 132·0 | 61·5 | 424 | 10 | N.W. | 40 |
| 13 | 29·842 | 68·4 | 63·7 | 66·0 | 121·0 | 60·9 | 349 | 3 | N.W. | .. |
| 14 | 29·989 | 69·8 | 61·1 | 65·4 | 130·0 | 56·0 | 317 | 3 | N.N.W. | .. |
| 15 | 29·969 | 71·7 | 59·4 | 65·5 | 133·0 | 56·0 | 189 | 4 | N.E. | 6 |
| 16 | 29·933 | 74·8 | 63·1 | 68·9 | 138·0 | 59·5 | 188 | 2 | N.W. | 77 |
| 17 | 29·926 | 73·1 | 60·9 | 67·0 | 137·0 | 60·5 | 223 | 10 | N.E. | 176 |
| 18 | 29·746 | 64·0 | 59·2 | 61·6 | 80·0 | 58·1 | 87 | 10 | S.S.E. | 25 |
| 19 | 29·842 | 67·4 | 59·2 | 63·3 | 134·0 | 57·7 | 234 | 6 | S.S.E. | .. |
| 20 | 29·882 | 67·9 | 50·6 | 59·2 | 131·0 | 45·7 | 144 | 3 | N.E. | 3 |
| 21 | 29·553 | 70·8 | 65·8 | 68·3 | 127·0 | 63·4 | 435 | 10 | N.W. | 13 |
| 22 | 29·994 | 69·2 | 59·0 | 64·1 | 129·0 | 53·1 | 321 | 3 | S.S.E. | 1 |
| 23 | 29·949 | 74·9 | 54·7 | 64·8 | 131·0 | 52·3 | 130 | 10 | N.W. | .. |
| 24 | 29·818 | 71·7 | 63·3 | 67·5 | 144·0 | 60·4 | 428 | 5 | N.W. | .. |
| 25 | 30·034 | 70·3 | 51·6 | 60·9 | 129·0 | 44·0 | 259 | 1 | N.W. | .. |
| 26 | 30·090 | 69·6 | 62·2 | 65·9 | 127·0 | 59·0 | 369 | 2 | N.W. | .. |
| 27 | 30·082 | 70·7 | 63·0 | 66·8 | 135·0 | 59·5 | 261 | 7 | N. | .. |
| 28 | 29·911 | 71·4 | 63·6 | 67·5 | 138·0 | 60·2 | 375 | 8 | N.W. | .. |
| 29 | 30·003 | 74·2 | 58·5 | 66·3 | 142·0 | 58·0 | 247 | 9 | S. | .. |
| 30 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 31 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| * | 29·992 | 70·9 | 59·5 | 65·2 | 129·9 | 55·9 | 250·3 | 6·1 | .. | 424 |
| † | 29·980 | 69·3 | 55·7 | 62·5 | 124·8 | 49·0 | 239 | 5·2 | .. | 323 |
- Means, &c. + Means previous years.
DIRECTION OF WIND.
N. N.E. E. S.E. S. S.W. W. N.W. Calm.
5 | 4 | 1 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | 13 | ..
NOTE.-The weather during the month, on the whole, was warm and humid with moderate to strong north-westerly winds prevailing. Rainfall was 31 per cent. above the mean of previous years. Total bright sunshine 213 hours 46 minutes, 54 per cent. of the possible, and two sunless days. Mean earth-temperature at 1 ft. was 69·5° and 67·5° at 3 ft. Mean dew-point, 55·5°; mean elastic force of vapour, 0·441 in.; and mean relative humidity, 72 per cent. of saturation.
CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.
MEANS AND TOTALS FROM THE CHIEF STATIONS.
February, 1924.
| Altitude above Sea-level. | Name of Station and Observer. | Absolute Mean Temp. Air in Shade. | Mean Max. Temp. | Mean Min. Temp. | Total Rainfall (100 Points to the Inch). | Days with rain (3 Point or more). |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ft. | NORTH ISLAND. | Deg. | Deg. | Deg. | Points. | |
| 152 | AUCKLAND .. | .. | 68·7 | 74·8 | 62·7 | 477 |
| 131 | RUAKURA FARM, HAMILTON EAST W. B. Monro | 66·6 | 80·7 | 52·6 | 246 | 7 |
| 46 | TE AROHA .. .. C. E. Christensen | 69·4 | 80·2 | 58·7 | 332 | 9 |
| 340 | WAIHI .. .. C. F. Sims. | 67·8 | 79·6 | 56·1 | 309 | 10 |
| 100 | TAURANGA .. .. C. J. Butcher | 66·6 | 75·6 | 57·7 | 241 | 7 |
| 925 | ROTORUA .. .. W. E. Penno | 66·0 | 76·4 | 55·6 | 264 | 9 |
| 60 | NEW PLYMOUTH .. G. H. Dolby | 64·1 | 71·0 | 57·2 | 446 | 9 |
| 250 | MOUMAHAKI .. J. G. McFarlane | 64·4 | 75·4 | 53·4 | 397 | 5 |
| 2080 | TAIHAPE .. .. A. R. Fannin | 61·8 | 71·3 | 52·4 | 392 | 7 |
| 100 | PALMERSTON NORTH.. J. A. Colquhoun | 65·0 | 73·9 | 56·1 | 508 | 9 |
| 5 | OROUA DOWNS .. R. A. Reid | 63·8 | 72·1 | 55·6 | 576 | 10 |
| 119 | CENTRAL DEVELOPMENT FARM, WERAROA J. E. Sharp | 63·0 | 70·2 | 55·9 | 611 | 10 |
| 377 | MASTERTON .. R. Brown | 64·9 | 76·8 | 53·1 | 392 | 7 |
| 186 | GREYTOWN .. W. Allan | 65·3 | 76·8 | 53·9 | 411 | 8 |
| 10 | WELLINGTON .. | 65·2 | 70·9 | 59·5 | 424 | 10 |
| SOUTH ISLAND. | ||||||
| 87 | BRIGHTWATER .. Ven. Archdeacon Kempthorne | 65·3 | 75·4 | 55·2 | 279 | 8 |
| 34 | NELSON .. H. Harrison | 64·6 | 73·2 | 55·9 | 327 | 10 |
| 1220 | HANMER SPRINGS .. W. G. Morrison | 61·5 | 73·2 | 49·8 | 148 | 7 |
| 25 | CHRISTCHURCH .. H. F. Skey | 63·0 | 72·4 | 53·7 | 45 | 6 |
| 42 | LINCOLN .. M. J. Scott | 65·7 | 75·4 | 56·0 | 17 | 2 |
| 1220 | KISSELTON .. F. Freeman | 61·8 | 73·8 | 49·7 | 103 | 5 |
| 130 | TIMARU .. .. Caretaker of Domain | 63·0 | 73·0 | 53·0 | 69 | 6 |
| 200 | WAIMATE .. .. F. Akhurst | 62·2 | 72·4 | 52·0 | 127 | 10 |
| 300 | DUNEDIN .. D. Tannock | 62·0 | 70·4 | 53·6 | 137 | 8 |
| 245 | GORE .. A. T. Newman | 61·5 | 73·7 | 49·3 | 270 | 11 |
| 12 | HOKITIKA .. J. A. Chesney | 61·3 | 68·3 | 54·4 | 547 | 17 |
| 12 | INVERCARGILL .. L. Lennie | 59·8 | 70·2 | 49·4 | 247 | 12 |
LATE RETURNS.
100 PALMERSTON NORTH (December, 1923) | 62·9 | 71·3 | 54·5 | 160 | 11 |
ERRATUM.
87 BRIGHTWATER (Jan.) | 65·4 | 76·0 | 54·8 | .. | .. |
SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, 1924.
The east coast districts of the South Island and scattered places along the east coast of the North Island, experienced less than the average rainfall for February, while in most other parts of the Dominion the totals were in excess owing to some heavy downpours about the 12th, 17th, and 20th.
The month opened with a small westerly storm, but this was quickly followed by anticyclonic conditions and fair weather which continued for nearly a fortnight over the North Island. The latter half of the month was more changeable, owing to influences outside the Dominion. Two westerly depressions also passed in the South on the 20th and 23rd respectively, causing westerly gales with rain in districts with a westerly aspect.
Generally the month was remarkable for excessive warmth and humidity, and these conditions, rather than atmospheric changes, accounted for the rains that proved so beneficial to the country, especially about the middle of the month, and also for occasional thunderstorms in various parts.
D. C. BATES, Director.
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🏗️ Meteorological Observations for Wellington, February 1924
🏗️ Infrastructure & Public WorksWeather, Temperature, Rainfall, Wind, Wellington
- D. C. Bates, Director
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22 names identified
- W. B. Monro, Observer at Ruakura Farm, Hamilton East
- C. E. Christensen, 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
- R. A. Reid, Observer at Oroua Downs
- J. E. Sharp, Observer at Central Development Farm, Weraroa
- R. Brown, Observer at Masterton
- W. Allan, Observer at Greytown
- Ven. Archdeacon Kempthorne, Observer at Brightwater
- H. Harrison, Observer at Nelson
- W. G. Morrison, Observer at Hanmer Springs
- H. F. Skey, Observer at Christchurch
- M. J. Scott, Observer at Lincoln
- F. Freeman, Observer at Kisselton
- A. T. Newman, Observer at Gore
- J. A. Chesney, Observer at Hokitika
- L. Lennie, Observer at Invercargill
- D. C. Bates, Director