New Zealand Gazette – 1926 – No. 41

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1658 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 41

Government Meteorological Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the month of March, 1926. Observations taken 9 a.m.

Altitude of Observatory, 10 ft.

Date Barometer reduced to Sea-level and 32° Fahr. Max. Temp. in Shade. Min. Temp. in Shade. Max. Solar Radiation. Terrestrial Radiation. Velocity of Wind. Amount of Cloud, 0 to 10. Direction of Wind. Rainfall in Points (100 to 1 inch).
In. Fah. Fah. Fah. Fah. Miles.
1 30.096 61.8 51.2 56.5 124.0 48.1 451 9 S.
2 30.143 62.6 43.8 53.2 125.0 36.3 121 3 E.N.E.
3 30.282 68.0 49.4 58.7 125.0 40.7 141 9 S.E.
4 30.311 65.6 42.9 54.2 125.0 31.8 116 0 Calm
5 30.448 68.1 48.1 58.1 122.0 37.9 160 3 S.E.
6 30.388 68.0 44.8 56.4 128.0 33.5 109 0 N.W.
7 30.299 69.2 59.1 64.1 124.0 56.8 386 8 N.N.W.
8 30.227 66.1 57.4 61.7 129.0 52.4 355 4 N.N.W.
9 30.115 70.6 58.1 64.3 127.0 54.0 228 4 N.N.E.
10 29.779 71.1 59.9 65.5 128.0 56.2 351 10 N.W.
11 30.073 73.0 54.1 63.5 127.0 52.2 264 10 S.E.
12 29.863 66.0 50.2 58.1 126.0 41.2 213 8 N.W.
13 29.923 68.5 53.8 61.1 132.0 53.8 438 9 S.E.
14 30.113 61.5 52.0 56.7 119.0 45.7 171 7 N.
15 30.007 66.7 58.0 62.3 131.0 56.8 452 10 N.W.
16 30.038 66.0 55.2 60.6 124.0 53.9 401 3 N.E.
17 30.181 70.0 55.4 62.7 124.0 50.1 197 2 N.W.
18 30.355 72.2 47.0 59.6 124.0 37.5 84 0 N.W.
19 30.331 73.7 58.1 65.9 126.0 51.3 176 1 N.W.
20 30.393 67.6 56.1 61.8 127.0 54.2 373 9 S.E.
21 30.211 64.6 49.4 57.0 120.0 40.1 174 10 N.W.
22 30.225 65.2 55.2 60.2 121.0 54.1 214 10 S.E.
23 30.048 59.0 46.2 52.6 82.0 38.2 157 10 N.N.W.
24 29.992 62.1 47.9 55.0 105.0 47.0 454 8 S.E.
25 29.887 57.0 41.8 49.4 116.0 33.2 203 9 N.N.W.
26 29.785 60.1 54.0 57.0 118.0 48.9 202 9 Calm
27 30.199 67.0 52.1 59.5 121.0 50.9 338 7 S.E.
28 30.417 57.9 38.3 48.1 118.0 29.2 167 2 Calm
29 30.474 64.4 39.9 52.1 117.0 30.0 53 0 N.E.
30 30.346 65.0 43.4 54.2 114.0 34.1 51 6 N.W.
31 29.957 64.9 56.9 60.9 122.0 54.1 264 10 N.N.W.
* 30.158 65.9 51.0 58.4 121.6 45.4 241.1 8.2 ..
† 30.027 66.9 54.2 60.5 117.4 47.5 242.5 5.3 ..
  • Means, &c. † Means previous year.

DIRECTION OF WIND.

N. 7 | N.E. 1 | E. 2 | S.E. 8 | S. 1 | S.W. .. | W. 1 | N.W. 9 | Calm 3

NOTE.—A cool but sunny month. Precipitation was 38 per cent. above the mean of previous years. Total bright sunshine 208 hours 34 minutes, 54 per cent. of the possible, and three sunless days. Frost was recorded on the grass on three mornings. Mean earth-temperature at 1 ft. was 61.8°, and 63.5° at 3 ft. Mean dew-point, 49.1°; mean elastic force of vapour, 0.349 in.; and mean relative humidity, 72 per cent. of saturation.

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.
MEANS AND TOTALS FROM CHIEF STATIONS.
March, 1926.

Altitude above Sea-level. Name of Station and Observer. Absolute Mean Temp. Air in Shade. Extremes: Max. Temp. Extremes: Min. Temp. Total Rainfall (100 Points to the Inch). Days with Rain (1 Point or more).
Ft. NORTH ISLAND. Deg. Deg. Deg. Points.
152 AUCKLAND 63.3 69.0 57.6 242 9
131 RUAKURA FARM, HAMILTON EAST (G. A. Holmes) 61.5 74.4 48.6 234 7
211 MATAMATA (W. Halligan) 61.0 72.4 49.5 256 7
46 TE AROHA (C. E. Christensen) 64.6 75.0 54.2 260 7
340 WAIHI (C. F. Sims) 61.6 71.3 51.9 380 7
100 TAURANGA (C. J. Butcher) 61.6 70.7 52.5 299 9
925 ROTORUA (W. E. Penno) 59.2 69.4 49.0 231 8
60 NEW PLYMOUTH (G. H. Dolby) 59.2 66.6 51.8 348 12
2080 TAIHAPE (A. R. Fannin) 54.6 63.3 45.9 169 11
100 PALMERSTON NORTH (J. A. Colquhoun) 59.1 68.8 49.4 216 8
8 TANGIMOANA (R. A. Reid) 58.8 69.0 48.6 318 5
119 CENTRAL DEVELOPMENT FARM, WERAROA (E. Sharp) 59.1 67.2 49.0 177 6
5 NAPIER (Chas. L. Thomas) 59.8 68.5 51.1 106 6
377 MASTERTON (R. Brown) 58.0 70.3 45.8 198 5
186 GREYTOWN (W. Allan) 57.9 70.7 45.1 262 4
10 WELLINGTON 58.4 65.9 51.0 445 7
SOUTH ISLAND.
87 BRIGHTWATER (Ven. Archdeacon Kempthorne) 58.6 68.9 48.3 232 5
34 NELSON (H. Harrison) 58.6 67.7 49.6 354 7
1220 HANMER SPRINGS (W. Montgomery) 55.2 67.1 43.4 281 6
25 CHRISTCHURCH (H. F. Skey) 56.7 64.7 48.8 123 8
42 LINCOLN (M. J. Scott) 56.6 65.5 47.8 155 7
1220 KISSELTON (A. E. Young) 57.3 69.6 45.0 233 4
349 RAKAIA (Miss A. Hardy) 56.8 66.1 47.5 150 5
1000 FAIRLIE (A. J. Grant) 54.2 65.0 43.5 141 7
130 TIMARU (Caretaker of Domain) 55.8 64.9 46.8 146 7
200 WAIMATE (F. Akhurst) 53.7 62.3 45.1 106 10
1550 SANATORIUM, WAIPIATA (Dr. A. Kidd) 52.9 64.4 41.5 88 4
1000 OPHIR (A. Don) 54.7 67.0 42.4 67 4
300 DUNEDIN (D. Tannock) 55.1 63.6 46.7 138 9
245 GORE (A. T. Newman) 52.9 63.6 42.2 170 11
12 HOKITIKA (J. A. Chesney) 54.8 62.0 47.6 1291 18
12 INVERCARGILL (L. Lennie) 52.5 60.5 44.6 203 13

LATE RETURNS.
245 GORE, March, 1925 53.4 64.6 44.2 365 16
" April, 1925 49.6 59.9 39.3 335 14
" May, 1925 41.7 52.0 31.5 190 10
" July, 1925 39.7 47.6 31.8 155 13
" Aug., 1925 42.0 51.2 32.8 278 17
" Sep., 1925 43.7 52.3 35.2 426 21

SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH, 1926.

Anticyclonic pressure predominated during March, which proved a dry month over most of the Dominion. An excess of the average rainfall was only recorded in parts of the Wellington District and about Kawhia in the North Island, in the Nelson and Marlborough Districts and also at a few places in the South Island. Some heavy and beneficial rains occurred about the 23rd, 27th, and 31st. On the 23rd the centre of a small but rather intense cyclone passed through Cook Strait, and this was followed by another on the 26th. Westerly gales were experienced about Cook and Foveaux Straits on the 7th, 8th, and 9th, but generally there was little wind during the month. On the whole, conditions were mostly cool and fair. The rainfall during the latter part of the month relieved the situation for farmers in many parts of the country.

D. C. BATES, Director.



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🏛️ Meteorological Observations for Wellington, March 1926

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Meteorology, Weather, Statistics, Wellington, Observations

🏛️ Climatological Table for New Zealand, March 1926

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29 names identified
  • G. A. Holmes, Observer at Ruakura Farm
  • W. Halligan, Observer at Matamata
  • 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
  • A. R. Fannin, Observer at Taihape
  • J. A. Colquhoun, Observer at Palmerston North
  • R. A. Reid, Observer at Tangimoana
  • E. Sharp, Observer at Central Development Farm
  • Chas. L. Thomas, Observer at Napier
  • R. Brown, Observer at Masterton
  • W. Allan, Observer at Greytown
  • Kempthorne (Ven. Archdeacon), Observer at Brightwater
  • H. Harrison, Observer at Nelson
  • W. Montgomery, Observer at Hanmer Springs
  • H. F. Skey, Observer at Christchurch
  • M. J. Scott, Observer at Lincoln
  • A. E. Young, Observer at Kisselton
  • A. Hardy, Observer at Rakaia
  • A. J. Grant, Observer at Fairlie
  • F. Akhurst, Observer at Waimate
  • A. Kidd (Dr.), Observer at Waipiata
  • A. Don, Observer at Ophir
  • D. Tannock, Observer at Dunedin
  • A. T. Newman, Observer at Gore
  • J. A. Chesney, Observer at Hokitika
  • L. Lennie, Observer at Invercargill

🏛️ Summary of Meteorological Conditions for March 1926

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Meteorology, Weather, Summary, Climate
  • D. C. Bates, Director