SEPT. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2595
Government Meteorological Observatory.
MEtEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for
the month of July, 1925. Observations taken
9 a.m.
Altitude of Observatory, 10 ft.
From Self-registering Instruments,
for Twenty-four Hours previously.
Date.
Baiometer reduced
and corrected
in
Inches to Lat. 45°.
Max. Temp.
in Shade.
Fah.
Min. Temp
in Shade.
Fah.
Mean Temp.
in Shade.
Fah.
Solar Radia-
tion.
Fah.
Terrestrial
Radiation.
Fah.
Veloc. Wind.
in Miles.
Amount of Cloud,
Direction of Wind.
Rainfall in Points
(100 to 1 Inch).
1
29•444
2
29•437
3
29•635
4
29•785
5
29•728
6
29•632
7
29•561
8
29•684
9
29•853
10
30•048
11
30•114
12
30•256
13
30•110
14
29•820
15
29•954
16
30•223
17
30•302
18
30•405
19
30•448
20
30•240
21
30•089
22
29•696
23
29•098
24
29•101
25
29•570
26
29•640
27
29•962
28
30•114
29
30•260
30
30•206
31
30•143

• 29•889

• 29•918
  46•8
  55•3
  53•6
  55•1
  50•8
  55•3
  57•5
  57•0
  49•4
  47•1
  46•7
  51•9
  47•8
  47•2
  51•0
  55•8
  47•7
  50•9
  53•9
  53•1
  54•9
  57•0
  58•3
  56•1
  52•0
  54•3
  57•0
  56•1
  60•8
  57•1
  59•2
  43•2
  46•1
  46•9
  48•4
  43•1
  44•4
  49•1
  47•3
  42•0
  42•9
  35•1
  40•4
  37•1
  39•0
  47•1
  45•2
  43•1
  32•3
  36•3
  44•5
  49•8
  51•6
  49•2
  47•9
  41•2
  40•2
  35•1
  50•1
  51•9
  41•1
  45•0
  50•7
  50•2
  51•7
  46•9
  49•8
  53•3
  52•1
  45•7
  45•0
  40•9
  46•1
  42•4
  43•1
  49•0
  50•5
  45•4
  41•6
  45•1
  48•8
  52•3
  54•3
  53•7
  52•0
  46•6
  47•2
  46•0
  53•1
  56•3
  53•0
  50•1
  60•0
  56•0
  69•0
  51•7
  68•0
  49•8
  53•3
  52•1
  66•0
  90•0
  74•0
  98•0
  87•0
  50•0
  59•0
  77•0
  76•0
  99•0
  99•0
  107•0
  78•0
  97•0
  90•0
  99•0
  95•0
  98•0
  101•0
  103•0
  116•0
  104•0
  113•0
  41•6
  45•6
  40•0
  46•5
  42•7
  43•9
  46•2
  45•8
  39•8
  38•9
  27•0
  39•2
  30•9
  36•1
  46•1
  42•2
  37•8
  24•0
  30•4
  39•9
  47•9
  49•4
  49•0
  42•2
  39•2
  40•0
  25•2
  44•1
  48•8
  44•1
  32•3
  313
  196
  70
  342
  139
  252
  104•0
  109•0
  401
  201
  43
  267
  74
  17
  138
  190
  280
  46
  63
  208
  334
  301
  149
  236
  313
  135
  116
  243
  278
  190
  110
  10
  10
  9
  10
  1
  4
  9
  10
  9
  10
  3
  10
  8
  8
  2
  2
  9
  5
  10
  8
  0
  5
  7
  9
  7
  7
  S.E.
  N.E.
  S.S.E.
  S.S.E.
  calm.
  N.W.
  N.W.
  S.E.
  S.E.
  S.S.W.
  calm.
  S.S.E.
  calm.
  S.E.
  S.E.
  N.E.
  N.E.
  N.W.
  N.W.
  N.E.
  N.W.
  N.W.
  S.E.
  calm.
  N.N.W
  N.W.
  N.N.W
  N.N.W
  N.N.W
  49
  5
  4
  5
  1
  21
  30
  22
  22
  2
  12
  4
  30
  1
  trace.
  18
  ..140
  27
  4
  ..
  ..
  ..
  39
  ..
  ..
  ..
  7
  ..
  ..

• Means, &c.
  † Means previous years.
  DIRECTION OF WIND.
  N.
  N.E.
  E.
  S.E.
  S.
  S.W.
  W.
  N.W. Calm.
  4
  | 4
  | ..
  | 7
  | 4
  | ..
  | 7
  |
  5
  NOTE.—A cloudy and showery month with precipitation
  22 per cent. below the mean of previous years. Total bright
  sunshine 100 hours 7 minutes, 34 per cent. of the possible,
  and seven sunless days. Fog occurred on the 13th and frost
  was recorded on the grass on five mornings. Mean earth
  temperature at l ft. was 47•3°, 50° at 3 ft. Mean dew-point,
  43•1°; mean elastic force of vapour, 0•278 in.; and mean
  relative humidity, 8l per cent. of saturation.
  CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.
  MEANS AND TOTALS FROM CHIEF STATIONS.
  July, 1925.
  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
  (4 Point or more).
  Deg.
  Deg.
  Deg.
  Points.
  Ft.
  NORTH ISLAND.
  152 AUCKLAND
  51•6
  57•2
  46•0
  417
  20
  131 RUA KURA FARM,
  47•7
  58•9
  36•4
  599
  16
  HAMILTON EAST
  G. A. Holmes
  46 TE AROHA ..
  50•0
  60•8
  39•3
  661
  17
  C. E. Christensen
  340 WAIHI
  47•8
  57•7
  37•9
  910
  17
  C. F. Sims
  100 TAURANGA ..
  49 7
  58•8
  40•6
  540
  16
  C. J. Butcher
  925 ROTORUA ..
  46•1
  55•3
  37•0
  538
  11
  W. E. Penno
  60 NEW PLYMOUTH
  49•4
  55•3
  43•5
  758
  19
  G. H. Dolby
  2080 TAIHAPE
  42•4
  48•3
  36•5
  243
  18
  A. R. Fannin
  100 PALMERSTON NORTH
  47•9
  55•0
  40•8
  216
  16
  J. A. Colquhoun
  8 TANGIMOANA
  47•0
  56•8
  37•2
  247
  11
  R. A. Reid
  119 CENTRAL DEVELOPMENT
  47•3
  55•4
  39•3
  337
  14
  FARM, WERAROA
  J. E. Sharp
  5 NAPIER
  48•4
  55•9
  41•0
  515
  16
  Chas. L. Thomas
  377 MASTERTON
  46•0
  53•9
  38•2
  419
  20
  R. Brown
  186 GREYTOWN
  46•7
  54•8
  38•7
  994
  18
  W. Allan
  10 WELLINGTON
  48•6
  53•4
  43•9
  437
  19
  SOUTH ISLAND.
  87 BRIGHTWATER
  45•8
  54•5
  37•2
  404
  13
  Ven. Archdeacon
  Kempthorne
  34 NELSON
  46•5
  54•7
  38•3
  494
  17
  H. Harrison
  1220 HANMER SPRINGS
  40•2
  48•4
  32•1
  595
  9
  W. G. Morrison
  25 CHRISTCHURCH
  43•4
  50•5
  36•3
  298
  15
  H. F. Skey
  42 LINCOLN
  43•8
  50•7
  37•0
  237
  7
  M. J. Scott
  1220 KISSELTON
  44•8
  51•5
  38•1
  489
  14
  A. E. Young
  349 RAKAIA
  42•8
  50•6
  35•1
  317
  11
  Miss A. Hardy
  1000 FAIRLIE
  39•2
  49•8
  28•7
  665
  10
  W. Kinder
  LAKE TEKAPO
  T. S. Woods
  130 TIMARU
  42•6
  49•3
  35•9
  423
  11
  Caretaker of Domain
  200 WAIMATE
  42•8
  50•4
  35•2
  598
  14
  F. Akhurst
  1550 SANATORIUM, WAIPATA
  37•8
  45•3
  30•3
  118
  9
  Dr. A. Kidd
  1000 OPHIR
  34•7
  42•4
  27•0
  126
  8
  A. Don
  300 DUNEDIN
  44•1
  49•9
  38•3
  599
  15
  D. Tannock
  245 GORE
  A. T. Newman
  12 HOKITIKA
  46•2
  54•2
  38•2
  1380
  19
  J. A. Chesney
  12 INVERCARGILL
  40•5
  49•5
  31•5
  132
  8
  P. W. Thomas
  SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY, 1925.
  The stormy conditions which were prevalent during the last week of June continued in to July until the 10th, heavy
  rains and floods being experienced in the northern and East Coast districts. The Canterbury rivers also flooded, owing to
  the warm rains melting the recently fallen snow in the higher country.
  Unsettled and wet weather also ruled between the 13th and 16th and the 21st and 25th. During the latter period an
  extensive disturbance held sway, with very low pressure in the South, and beneficial rains fell in Otago, where extremely
  dry weather had been experienced for some time.
  Anticyclonic conditions and fair weather prevailed generally between the 10th and 13th, the 17th and 19th, and from
  the 26th to the close of the month.
  The total rainfall was above the mean in the Bay of Plenty, Hawke's Bay, and Taranaki districts in the North Island,
  and in Westland and Canterbury in the South Island. Auckland and Wellington districts, as well as parts of Otago and the
  Central portion of the South Island, recorded a deficiency.
  On the whole, the weather proved dull, mild, and humid, and in most parts of the Dominion there was more than the
  usual growth of grass for the time of the year.
  D. C. BATES, Director.