New Zealand Gazette – 1925 – No. 27

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APRIL 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1161

Government Meteorological Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the month of February, 1925. Observations taken 9 a.m.

Altitude of Observatory, 10 ft.

Date. Barometer reduced and corrected in inches to Lat. 45°. Max. Temp. in Shade (Fah.) Min. Temp. in Shade (Fah.) Mean Temp. in Shade (Fah.) Solar Radiation (Fah.) Terrestrial Radiation (Fah.) Veloc. Wind, Miles per 24 Hours Amount of Cloud, 0 to 10 Direction of Wind Rainfall in Points (100 to 1 inch)
1 29.970 65.9 57.4 61.6 114.0 55.8 297 2 S.S.E. ..
2 30.259 68.2 55.2 61.7 135.0 52.2 201 8 S.S.E. ..
3 30.273 67.0 47.9 57.4 124.0 38.2 136 4 N.E. ..
4 30.203 69.3 48.1 58.7 124.0 39.4 107 6 S.E. ..
5 30.023 70.2 49.1 59.6 131.0 40.1 94 7 N.W. ..
6 29.917 71.0 50.3 60.6 129.0 40.2 92 1 N.E. 13
7 29.979 70.9 56.1 63.5 130.0 52.8 305 3 S.E. ..
8 29.726 65.4 46.0 55.7 128.0 37.2 144 2 S.S.E. .3
9 29.895 68.0 51.1 59.5 121.0 49.1 274 10 S.E. Trace
10 29.951 63.3 48.2 55.7 126.0 40.1 142 3 N.W. ..
11 30.005 68.8 58.2 63.5 124.0 56.1 226 4 N.W. ..
12 30.080 68.0 51.9 59.9 124.0 43.9 189 8 N.E. ..
13 29.997 72.3 58.9 65.6 132.0 50.8 125 7 N.W. ..
14 30.037 70.9 58.8 64.8 136.0 53.6 121 2 N.E. ..
15 29.925 75.0 59.1 67.0 123.0 52.0 65 10 Calm 51
16 29.697 72.7 61.4 67.0 102.0 60.4 138 9 N.N.W. 80
17 29.606 74.0 62.1 68.0 131.0 59.3 301 3 N.W. 114
18 29.128 71.8 61.1 66.4 124.0 60.0 530 4 N.W. ..
19 29.538 69.0 54.3 61.6 119.0 47.1 272 1 N.W. ..
20 29.433 67.9 58.8 63.3 124.0 47.1 283 7 N.W. 35
21 29.529 67.0 54.9 60.9 112.0 47.8 247 3 N.W. 14
22 29.280 68.8 61.0 64.9 124.0 59.0 562 1 N.N.W. 1
23 29.611 70.1 59.1 64.6 121.0 55.0 408 10 N.W. 12
24 29.684 65.7 58.9 62.3 111.0 56.1 456 3 W.N.W. ..
25 30.092 73.0 54.9 63.9 130.0 47.9 125 4 N.N.W. ..
26 29.992 69.1 57.2 63.1 124.0 54.0 245 10 N.N.W. ..
27 30.039 68.0 57.1 62.5 126.0 48.2 300 6 N.W. ..
28 29.827 70.1 59.7 64.9 120.0 56.2 283 9 N.W. 67
29 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
30 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
31 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
* 29.846 69.3 55.6 62.4 124.0 50.0 238.1 5.3 .. 390
† 29.980 69.3 55.7 62.5 124.8 49.0 239 5.2 .. 318

* Means, &c. † Means previous years.

DIRECTION OF WIND.

N. N.E. E. S.E. S. S.W. W. N.W. Calm.
4 4 .. 1 3 3 .. 12 1

NOTE.—A fair summer month with precipitation 23 per cent. above the mean of the previous years, and temperature about the average. Total bright sunshine, 218 hours 11 minutes, 57 per cent. of the possible, and one sunless day. Mean earth temperature at 1 ft. was 67°, and 66° at 3 ft. Thunder was heard on the night of the 28th. Mean dew-point, 51·6°; mean elastic force of vapour, 0·382 in.; mean relative humidity, 68 per cent. of saturation.

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.
MEANS AND TOTALS FROM THE CHIEF STATIONS.
February, 1925.

Altitude above Sea-level. Name of Station and Observer. Absolute Mean Temp. in Shade. Max. Temp. Min. Temp. Total Rainfall (100 Points to the Inch). Days with rain (1/4 Point or more).
Ft. NORTH ISLAND. Deg. Deg. Deg. Points.
152 AUCKLAND 66.0 72.6 59.3 337 14
131 RUAKURA FARM, HAMILTON EAST (G. A. Holmes) 63.0 76.0 50.0 255 13
46 TE AROHA (C. E. Christensen) 66.1 78.4 53.9 163 11
340 WAIHI (C. F. Sims) 63.4 74.6 52.3 463 13
100 TAURANGA (C. J. Butcher) 63.2 72.8 53.7 254 10
925 ROTORUA (W. E. Penno) 61.2 71.5 51.0 340 11
60 NEW PLYMOUTH (G. H. Dolby) 62.0 69.8 54.3 291 11
250 MOUMAHAKI (J. G. McFarlane) 61.9 71.3 52.6 250 10
2080 TAIHAPE (A. R. Fannin) 57.7 66.2 49.3 141 13
100 PALMERSTON NORTH (J. A. Colquhoun) 61.9 71.8 52.0 244 8
8 TANGIMOANA (R. A. Reid) 61.0 71.3 50.8 198 10
119 CENTRAL DEVELOPMENT FARM, WERAROA (J. E. Sharp) 61.9 70.8 53.0 302 11
5 NAPIER (Chas. L. Thomas) 64.7 72.5 56.9 72 8
377 MASTERTON (R. Brown) 60.9 71.5 50.3 158 10
186 GREYTOWN (W. Allan) 61.0 71.5 50.6 240 11
10 WELLINGTON 62.4 69.3 55.6 390 10
SOUTH ISLAND.
87 BRIGHTWATER (Ven. Archdeacon Kempthorne) 61.0 70.7 51.3 247 12
34 NELSON (H. Harrison) 61.4 69.6 53.3 349 13
1220 HANMER SPRINGS (W. G. Morrison) 57.1 65.5 48.7 373 14
25 CHRISTCHURCH (H. F. Skey) 59.8 67.8 51.8 27 8
42 LINCOLN (M. J. Scott) 59.8 69.4 50.2 59 7
1220 KISSELTON (F. Freeman) 59.2 69.0 49.4 285 14
349 RAKAIA (Miss A. Hardy) 59.8 69.6 50.0 52 7
130 TIMARU (Caretaker of Domain) 60.7 69.6 51.9 157 15
200 WAIMATE (F. Akhurst) 58.3 66.4 50.3 107 16
1550 SANATORIUM, WAIPIATA (Dr. A. Kidd) 59.3 72.0 46.6 145 8
300 DUNEDIN (D. Tannock) 55.2 65.5 45.0 131 11
245 GORE (A. T. Newman) 55.5 66.7 44.4 187 12
12 HOKITIKA (J. A. Chesney) 59.8 66.5 53.1 1,123 17
12 INVERCARGILL (L. Lennie) 56.2 65.5 47.0 263 21
LATE RETURN.
100 PALMERSTON NORTH
Dec., 1924 61.7 70.4 53.0 700 15
Jan., 1925 64.6 74.6 54.7 401 7

SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, 1925.

During the first half of February most parts of the Dominion experienced fair weather, but the last half was dominated chiefly by westerly low-pressure areas which accounted for the prevalence of high westerly winds, unsettled, and, at times, stormy conditions.

Heavy rains occurred, especially in all the western districts and southern portion of the South Island. These parts recorded a total rainfall considerably above the average, while the east coast districts of both islands experienced a deficiency—a reversal of the position in the previous month.

Conditions were particularly stormy about the 18th and 22nd, on both of which days the barometer fell very low in the South. The high winds caused much damage to fruit crops in various parts of the Dominion.

D. C. BATES, Director.



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  • D. C. Bates, Director