New Zealand Gazette – 1927 – No. 24

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APRIL 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1135

Government Meteorological Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the month of February, 1927. Observations taken 9 a.m.
Altitude of Observatory, 10 ft.

Date. Barometer reduced to sea-level and 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).
Fah. Fah. Fah. Fah. Fah. Fah.
1 29.563 84.0 51.0 67.5 153.9 44.7 225 10 N.W. 19
2 29.577 77.7 63.4 70.5 124.2 61.7 327 9 N.W. ..
3 29.603 72.8 62.1 67.4 140.9 58.0 275 0 N.N.W. ..
4 29.801 76.3 58.2 67.2 133.0 50.9 197 1 N.N.E. ..
5 29.985 74.9 58.7 66.8 136.8 53.1 172 0 N.E. ..
6 29.943 79.1 65.6 72.3 134.9 63.5 201 3 N.N.W. ..
7 29.796 73.8 65.0 69.4 134.3 63.0 349 9 N.W. ..
8 29.960 75.1 60.9 68.0 146.0 59.2 209 3 S.E. ..
9 29.861 74.2 55.2 64.7 129.0 47.9 110 5 N.W. ..
10 29.894 76.0 61.0 68.5 135.2 56.2 117 9 S.E. ..
11 30.061 81.0 56.7 68.8 141.8 49.0 113 1 E.N.E. ..
12 30.009 78.7 59.9 69.3 133.2 51.9 117 7 N.W. ..
13 30.072 83.3 56.0 69.6 136.1 48.2 103 0 N. ..
14 29.817 81.0 65.7 73.3 134.2 63.2 293 6 N.W. Trace
15 29.989 73.8 56.0 64.9 138.0 54.2 367 9 S.E. ..
16 29.866 67.9 47.3 57.6 137.2 38.5 145 1 N.N.W. 4
17 29.786 72.4 51.9 62.1 133.1 43.0 119 5 N.N.E. 15
18 29.885 71.1 55.2 63.1 140.0 53.1 328 7 S.E. ..
19 29.879 68.0 50.1 59.0 129.1 42.2 132 1 N.W. ..
20 29.869 72.8 52.3 62.5 133.1 46.0 88 9 N.N.E. 4
21 29.612 69.8 57.2 63.5 127.0 55.1 107 10 N.W. 28
22 29.573 62.8 49.2 56.0 100.0 47.2 211 10 S. 4
23 30.007 60.0 49.8 54.9 107.0 47.1 321 4 S.S.E. ..
24 30.195 64.2 51.2 57.7 127.0 45.5 129 1 N.W. ..
25 30.153 67.5 58.3 62.9 130.0 54.5 240 6 N.W. ..
26 30.123 67.8 60.8 64.3 134.0 59.5 251 10 N. 21
27 29.588 76.5 63.8 70.1 129.0 62.7 280 9 N.N.W. 91
28 29.995 71.4 46.8 59.1 125.0 40.5 310 0 N. ..
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* 29.874 73.4 57.3 65.3 132.2 52.8 208 5.2 .. 182
† 29.980 69.3 55.7 62.5 124.8 49.0 239 5.3 .. 319
  • Means, &c. † Means previous years.

DIRECTION OF WIND.

N. N.E. E. S.E. S. S.W. W. N.W. Calm
10 1 1 1 4 2 .. 10 1

NOTE.—A sunny, warm, and dry month, with moderate northerly and north-westerly winds prevailing. Precipitation was 43 per cent. below the mean of previous years. Total bright sunshine, 230 hours 53 minutes, 60 per cent. of the possible, and one sunless day. Thunder was heard on the night of the 27th. Mean earth temperature at 1 ft. was 71°, and 69.6° at 3 ft. Mean dew-point, 54.2°; mean elastic force of vapour, 0.421 in., and mean relative humidity, 68 per cent. of saturation.

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.
MEANS AND TOTALS FROM CHIEF STATIONS.
February, 1927.

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 67.6 74.0 61.2 558 10
131 RUAKURA FARM, HAMILTON EAST (A. Y. Montgomery) 65.9 79.6 52.3 546 10
211 MATAMATA (W. Halligan) 64.4 76.7 52.2 654 9
46 TE AROHA (C. E. Christensen) 69.3 78.8 59.8 389 11
340 WAIHI (C. F. Sims) 66.4 76.8 56.1 363 11
100 TAURANGA (C. J. Butcher) 66.0 76.2 55.9 363 9
925 ROTORUA (W. E. Penno) 64.4 74.7 54.2 350 9
60 NEW PLYMOUTH (G. H. Dolby) 63.4 71.6 55.3 405 10
2080 TAIHAPE (A. R. Fannin) 60.3 69.3 51.3 317 13
100 PALMERSTON NORTH (J. A. Colquhoun) 62.1 69.6 54.6 266 6
8 TANGIMOANA (T. E. Stringer) 63.7 72.4 55.1 400 8
119 CENTRAL DEVELOPMENT FARM, WERAROA (J. E. Sharp) 64.4 73.4 55.4 275 10
5 NAPIER (Chas. L. Thomas) 66.5 74.1 59.0 100 11
377 MASTERTON (R. Brown) 64.6 77.9 51.4 158 10
186 GREYTOWN (W. Allan) 64.2 76.4 52.1 268 9
10 WELLINGTON 65.3 73.4 57.3 182 7
SOUTH ISLAND.
11 TAKAKA, NELSON (J. H. Scott) 63.2 73.2 53.2 101 7
34 NELSON (H. Harrison) 63.5 73.0 54.1 138 8
1220 HANMER SPRINGS (W. Montgomery) 61.3 74.7 48.0 220 6
25 CHRISTCHURCH (H. F. Skey) 62.6 72.0 53.2 80 7
42 LINCOLN (M. J. Scott) 63.3 75.4 51.3 83 6
1220 KISSELTON (A. E. Young) 62.1 76.8 47.5 199 7
349 RAKAIA (Miss A. Hardy) 61.8 73.4 50.3 117 8
323 ASHBURTON (H. P. Clayton) 60.6 71.6 49.7 149 9
1000 FAIRLIE (A. J. Grant) 59.0 73.0 45.0 229 9
2350 LAKE TEKAPO (R. R. Beauchamp) 55.1 69.2 41.1 140 3
130 TIMARU (Caretaker of Domain) 60.7 70.7 50.7 145 12
200 WAIMATE (F. Akhurst) 59.4 68.6 50.3 185 11
1550 SANATORIUM, WAIPIATA (Dr. A. Kidd) 58.7 70.4 47.1 220 8
1000 OPHIR (Rev. A. Don) 60.5 73.2 47.8 167 4
300 DUNEDIN (D. Tannock) 58.6 67.2 50.1 319 12
245 GORE (A. T. Newman) 58.9 69.8 48.1 246 8
12 HOKITIKA (J. A. Chesney) 60.8 68.2 53.4 305 9
12 INVERCARGILL (L. Lennie) 58.4 66.5 50.4 345 15
LATE RETURN.
245 GORE, January, 1927 59.8 72.4 47.3 404 16

SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, 1927.

The first half of the month was generally warm and fair, some very high temperatures being recorded, particularly on the 7th, 13th, and 14th in the East Coast districts of both Islands. Some isolated rains occurred during this period, usually accompanying thunderstorms, but the most general rainfall was experienced about the 22nd and 27th. On both these occasions the disturbances were cyclones of moderate intensity, the centres of which passed in the neighbourhood of Cook Strait, and were associated with minor westerly depressions passing south of the Dominion. The cold snaps which followed were fortunately of short duration.

The total month's rainfall was above the average in most parts of Otago and in the northern and western portions of the North Island, but was deficient elsewhere.

D. C. BATES, Director.



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