New Zealand Gazette – 1931 – No. 96

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 96

On the 19th the anticyclone which had persisted for a fortnight at last definitely commenced to move away, and a westerly type of pressure set in and continued to the close of the month. This period was a very windy one, north-westerlies to westerlies prevailing, backing at times to south-westerly, but rainfall was confined chiefly to districts with a westerly aspect, the eastern provinces continuing to experience dry and warm weather, except for occasional showers in Canterbury which came with the temporary southerly changes. Such changes occurred on the 21st, 24th, and 30th, and on the two latter days they were accompanied by heavy hail showers on parts of the South Island coasts. Particularly violent downpours of hail occurred at places in Canterbury on the night of the 24th, especially at Leeston and Seafield. At the latter place hailstones of the size of small hen-eggs fell. In both these localities much damage to vegetable crops was done by this storm and windows were even broken. Snow also fell at this time on many of the ranges of the South Island, and a severe frost which followed the storm, on the morning of the 25th, was responsible for serious damage to vegetable crops in the Canterbury district and also to many orchards in Central Otago.

On the afternoon of the 30th, Christchurch experienced a heavy hailstorm, the hailstones being of considerable size, especially in the St. Albans area. Many other parts of the Canterbury district also had severe hail falls.

Except for the unpleasant local phenomena above mentioned and for a generally deficient rainfall, the month on the whole proved a particularly pleasant one.

B. V. PEMBERTON, Acting Director.

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.
MEANS AND TOTALS FROM CHIEF STATIONS.
November, 1931.

Altitude above Sea-level. Name of Station and Observer. Mean Temp. Air in Shade. Extremes. Total Rainfall to the (100 Points to the Inch). Days with Rain (¼ Point or more). Altitude above Sea-level. Name of Station and Observer. Mean Temp. Air in Shade. Extremes. Total Rainfall to the (100 Points to the Inch). Days with Rain (¼ Point or more).
Mean Max. Temp. Mean Min. Temp. Mean Max. Temp. Mean Min. Temp.
Ft. NORTH ISLAND. Deg. Deg. Deg. Points Ft. SOUTH ISLAND. Deg. Deg. Deg Points
225 WAIPouA, DONNELLY'S CROSSING A. C. Forbes 59·4 68·9 49·9 321 15 34 NELSON .. 58·9 68·1 49·8 57 4
65 RIVERHEAD .. W. J. McKibbin 60·8 69·3 52·2 206 15 860 WAHOPAI, BLENHEIM .. J. Stanwell 58·8 69·4 48·2 140 6
160 AUCKLAND .. S. M. Yallop 63·1 68·8 57·4 168 13 800 GOLDEN DOWNS, NELSON Forest Ranger 56·2 68·9 43·5 214 6
340 WAIHI .. M. F. Haszard 60·7 68·8 52·6 446 16 1220 HANMER SPRINGS .. H. Roche 56·1 68·0 44·2 239 8
46 TE AROHA .. C. E. Christensen 62·5 72·4 52·7 240 14 743 BALMORAL, CULVERDEN.. J. E. Fletcher 58·6 70·6 46·7 138 7
100 TAURANGA .. Miss K. Butcher 61·0 69·6 52·4 222 12 12 HOKITIKA .. J. A. Chesney 54·1 60·7 47·5 578 14
131 RUA KURA FARM, HAMILTON EAST G. K. McPherson 60·5 70·6 50·3 449 14 1220 LAKE COLERIDGE .. H. E. M. Hart 56·4 66·6 46·2 188 8
230 CAMBRIDGE .. H. McArthur 60·6 70·7 50·4 384 13 1200 “ RUDSTONE,” METHVEN James Carr 56·2 65·5 47·0 187 8
925 ROTORUA .. L. M. Tregear 59·8 68·0 51·7 300 10 25 CHRISTCHURCH .. H. F. Skey 57·6 68·9 46·4 65 6
1000 ROTORUA NURSERY, WHAKAREWAREWA W. T. Morrison 58·5 68·3 48·7 303 12 42 LINCOLN .. E. W. Hullett 58·0 70·0 46·1 178 6
617 ONGARUE .. D. J. Gardiner 58·9 68·2 49·5 823 16 2510 THE HERMITAGE, MOUNT COOK C. Elms 45·5 61·5 29·4 764 14
60 NEW PLYMOUTH G. H. Dolby 58·9 65·5 52·4 546 17 323 ASHBURTON .. H. P. Clayton 57·4 69·8 45·0 120 7
3670 CHATEAU TONGARIRO, NATIONAL PARK A. T. Salmon .. .. .. .. .. 2350 LAKE TEKAPO Miss D. C. Trott 52·9 64·0 41·8 23 3
2125 KARIOI .. L. H. Bailey 52·5 63·1 41·8 380 17 1000 FAIRLIE .. D. Jeune 54·5 70·1 38·8 37 4
5 NAPIER .. T. R. Hutton 63·3 71·5 55·0 18 5 56 TIMARU .. D. N. Harper 57·5 69·1 45·8 92 6
45 HASTINGS .. H. N. Fowler 60·9 73·3 48·5 44 7 200 WAIMATE .. F. Akhurst 57·5 69·0 46·0 85 8
2080 TAIHAPE .. A. R. Fannin 55·1 63·2 46·9 204 16 1110 QUEENSTOWN .. H. O. Barker 53·4 62·3 44·5 167 10
8 TANGIMOANA .. G. W. Braddell 58·1 65·0 51·3 329 8 1000 OPHIR .. Rev. A. Don 55·5 66·6 44·4 69 7
100 PALMERSTON NORTH E. J. Werry 58·4 65·6 51·3 288 10 1550 SANATORIUM, WAIPiATA Dr. A. Kidd 54·0 65·2 42·8 41 6
MASSEY AGRl. COL., PALMERSTON NORTH Meteorological Observer 58·3 65·3 51·4 372 12 520 ALEXANDRA .. Geo. Smith 56·5 66·9 46·1 70 5
384 MANGAMUTU, PAHIATUA.. A. W. Hamilton 59·4 68·3 50·4 435 13 2448 MANORBURN DAM S. Wragge * 58·4 * 110 10
44 KAPITI ISLAND A. S. Wilkinson 58·1 63·4 52·7 221 5 300 DUNEDIN .. D. Tannock 55·6 65·0 46·2 231 14
377 MASTER TON .. Miss R. Robinson 59·4 71·7 47·0 182 8 245 GORE .. A. T. Newman .. .. .. .. ..
415 WELLINGTON .. 57·3 62·9 51·6 261 9 12 INVERCARGILL .. L. Lennie 53·6 62·2 45·1 368 18

LATE RETURNS.

| 131 | RUA KURA FARM, HAMILTON EAST— October, 1931 | .. | 53·1 | 64·5 | 41·7 | 314 | 11 |
| 2125 | KARIOI— October, 1931 | .. | 46·8 | 58·0 | 35·5 | 158 | 9 |

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🏗️ Meteorological Observations for November 1931 (continued from previous page)

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Weather, Temperature, Rainfall, Wind, Sunshine, Wellington
  • B. V. Pemberton, Acting Director

🏗️ Climatological Table for November 1931

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Climatology, Temperature, Rainfall, Weather Stations
44 names identified
  • A. C. Forbes, Observer at Waipoua, Donnelly's Crossing
  • W. J. McKibbin, Observer at Riverhead
  • S. M. Yallop, Observer at Auckland
  • M. F. Haszard, Observer at Waihi
  • C. E. Christensen, Observer at Te Aroha
  • K. Butcher (Miss), Observer at Tauranga
  • G. K. McPherson, Observer at Rua Kura Farm, Hamilton East
  • H. McArthur, Observer at Cambridge
  • L. M. Tregear, Observer at Rotorua
  • W. T. Morrison, Observer at Rotorua Nursery, Whakarewarewa
  • D. J. Gardiner, Observer at Ongarue
  • G. H. Dolby, Observer at New Plymouth
  • A. T. Salmon, Observer at Chateau Tongariro, National Park
  • L. H. Bailey, Observer at Karioi
  • T. R. Hutton, Observer at Napier
  • H. N. Fowler, Observer at Hastings
  • A. R. Fannin, Observer at Taihape
  • G. W. Braddell, Observer at Tangimoana
  • E. J. Werry, Observer at Palmerston North
  • A. W. Hamilton, Observer at Mangamutu, Pahiatua
  • A. S. Wilkinson, Observer at Kapiti Island
  • R. Robinson (Miss), Observer at Masterton
  • J. Stanwell, Observer at Wahopai, Blenheim
  • H. Roche, Observer at Hanmer Springs
  • J. E. Fletcher, Observer at Balmoral, Culverden
  • J. A. Chesney, Observer at Hokitika
  • H. E. M. Hart, Observer at Lake Coleridge
  • James Carr, Observer at Rudstone, Methven
  • H. F. Skey, Observer at Christchurch
  • E. W. Hullett, Observer at Lincoln
  • C. Elms, Observer at The Hermitage, Mount Cook
  • H. P. Clayton, Observer at Ashburton
  • D. C. Trott (Miss), Observer at Lake Tekapo
  • D. Jeune, Observer at Fairlie
  • D. N. Harper, Observer at Timaru
  • F. Akhurst, Observer at Waimate
  • H. O. Barker, Observer at Queenstown
  • A. Don (Rev.), Observer at Ophir
  • A. Kidd (Dr.), Observer at Sanatorium, Waipata
  • Geo. Smith, Observer at Alexandra
  • S. Wragge, Observer at Manorburn Dam
  • D. Tannock, Observer at Dunedin
  • A. T. Newman, Observer at Gore
  • L. Lennie, Observer at Invercargill