New Zealand Gazette – 1933 – No. 11

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✨ Meteorological Observations



Feb. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 293

Between the 8th and 10th a rather deep cyclonic depression followed by a slight secondary crossed northern Otago. Northerly gales blew in Cook Strait as it approached, while a southerly gale in rear of the centre caused some damage at Greymouth on the 9th. Christchurch and Banks Peninsula experienced a southerly gale on the 11th. This storm caused the most general rains in the month, and many of the falls were heavy. In Southland there was some flooding on the 10th.

Another shallow depression passed rapidly on the 14th and was followed by a fairly intense anticyclone. This moved to the east of the Dominion on the 16th, and pressure remained high there almost to the end of the month. During this period very sultry, cloudy, and muggy weather prevailed, pressure being low and conditions rather disturbed in tropical regions from Northern Australia to the Cook Islands. Depressions which had been deep and vigorous in Australia lost energy as they approached New Zealand. Had the warm, moist air then covering the New Zealand area been invaded by a strong current of cold air from the South, general and heavy rains would have occurred, but these were conspicuous by their absence. Though rain occurred on most days the amounts were very irregular, and many places received very little. Shallow depressions passed on the 19th, 22nd, 26th, and 30th. The period from the 22nd to the 26th was particularly warm and humid, and although a southerly change on the 27th lowered temperatures, the weather still remained muggy.

EDWARD KIDSON, Director.

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.
MEANS AND TOTALS FROM CHIEF STATIONS.
December, 1932.

Altitude above Sea-level. Name of Station and Observer. Mean Temp. Air in Shade. Extremes. Altitude above Sea-level. Name of Station and Observer. Mean Temp. Air in Shade. Extremes.
Ft. Deg. Mean Max. Temp. Mean Min. Temp. Total Rainfall (100 Points to the Inch) Points. Days with Rain (¼ Point or more). Ft. Deg. Mean Max. Temp. Mean Min. Temp. Total Rainfall (100 Points to the Inch) Points. Days with Rain (¼ Point or more).
200 Te PAKI, Te Hapua B. H. Morrison 62·2 70·7 53·8 277 9 24 NELSON O. B. Pemberton 60·6 68·5 52·6 177 13
225 WAIPouA, DONNELLY’S CROSSING A. C. Forbes 59·8 69·5 50·1 215 14 57 APPLEBY, NELSON W. J. Biggar 59·8 68·2 51·3 217 12
110 RIVERHEAD J. Johnson 60·0 69·5 50·4 334 10 BLENHEIM P. J. Galliers 61·5 72·7 50·3 84 11
160 AUCKLAND S. M. Yallop 64·2 70·9 57·6 297 11 860 WAHOPAI, BLENHEIM J. Stanwell 59·0 69·0 49·0 236 9
404 WAHI M. F. Hassard 60·8 69·9 51·6 942 12 800 GOLDEN DOWNS, NELSON Forest Ranger 56·8 67·3 46·4 304 8
46 Te AROHA C. E. Christensen 64·6 76·0 53·1 332 12 1225 HAMMER SPRINGS H. Roche 57·4 69·4 45·3 244 10
100 TAURANGA Miss K. Butoher 61·4 70·3 52·4 199 8 743 BALMORAL, CULVERDEN J. E. Fletcher
131 R U A K U R A F A R M, HAMILTON EAST G. K. McPherson 62·0 73·7 50·4 223 10 12 HOKITIKA J. A. Chesney 57·6 64·9 50·2 1075 15
230 CAMBRIDGE H. McArthur 62·8 74·4 51·1 105 10 1220 LAKE COLERIDGE H. E. M. Hart 59·2 70·3 48·1 197 8
925 ROTORUA W. E. Penno 60·8 69·9 51·6 233 10 1200 “ RAINSTONE,” METHVEN James Carr 57·4 67·0 47·8 383 13
1000 ROTORUA NURSERY, WHA- KAREWAREWA W. T. Morrison 60·0 71·2 48·8 216 12 22 CHRISTCHURCH H. F. Skey 58·0 66·7 49·3 209 12
617 ONGBURG D. J. Gardiner 60·4 72·6 48·3 245 11 36 LINCOLN E. W. Hullett 58·0 67·4 48·5 219 9
60 NEW PLYMOUTH G. H. Dolby 61·4 69·1 53·6 184 10 2510 THE HERMITAGE, MOUNT COOK C. Elms 53·2 64·0 42·5 771 15
3670 CH A T E A U TONGARIRO, NATIONAL PARK L. H. Young 50·0 58·7 41·3 733 12 323 ASHBURTON H. P. Clayton 57·5 67·0 48·0 242 12
2125 KARIOI L. H. Bailey 54·7 66·4 43·0 317 10 2350 LAKE TEKAPO Miss D. C. Trott 55·0 65·9 44·1 196 4
5 NAPIER T. R. Hutton 62·0 68·6 55·3 68 9 1000 FAIRLIE C. Searle
45 HASTINGS H. N. Fowler 61·0 70·8 51·3 83 8 56 TIMARU A. W. Anderson 58·2 66·4 50·0 278 12
2157 TAIHAPE A. R. Fannin 56·7 65·7 47·7 168 13 200 WAIMATE F. Akhurst 56·0 65·1 47·0 276 11
8 TANGIMOANA G. W. Braddell 60·2 68·9 51·6 189 7 1110 QUEENSTOWN F. W. Bailey 57·5 67·9 47·1 232 11
100 PALMERSTON NORTH E. J. Werry 60·4 68·9 51·9 83 12 1000 OPHIR Rev. A. Don 58·2 71·4 44·9 139 12
110 MASSEY AGRIL. COL., PAL- MERSTON NORTH Meteorological Observer 59·9 68·0 51·8 201 12 1550 SANATORIUM, WAIPITA Dr. A. Kidd 56·0 68·0 43·9 186 14
384 PAHIATUA A. W. Hamilton 59·2 68·1 50·3 271 13 520 ALEXANDRA Geo. Smith 60·0 71·6 48·3 66 9
44 KAPITI ISLAND A. S. Wilkinson 60·2 66·9 53·4 246 5 2448 MANOBRUN DAM S. Wragge 51·2 62·3 40·2 126 12
387 MASTERTON Miss R. Robinson 59·6 70·2 49·0 184 11 240 DUNEDIN D. Tannock 55·8 63·4 48·1 206 14
415 WELLINGTON 58·6 65·1 52·1 260 9 245 GORE A. T. Newman 56·4 68·6 44·3 322 17
12 INVERCARGILL L. Lennie 55·6 64·7 46·4 353 15

LATE RETURNS.
384 PAHIATUA— October, 1932 Gore— 55·0 63·9 46·2 563 17
45·6 57·4 33·7 154 11


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🏗️ Meteorological Observations for December 1932 (continued from previous page)

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Weather, Meteorological, Observations, December 1932
  • Edward Kidson, Director

🏗️ Climatological Table for December 1932

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Climatological, Temperature, Rainfall, December 1932
50 names identified
  • B. H. Morrison, Observer at Te PAKI, Te Hapua
  • A. C. Forbes, Observer at WAIPouA, DONNELLY’S CROSSING
  • J. Johnson, Observer at RIVERHEAD
  • S. M. Yallop, Observer at AUCKLAND
  • M. F. Hassard, Observer at WAHI
  • C. E. Christensen, Observer at Te AROHA
  • K. Butoher (Miss), Observer at TAURANGA
  • G. K. McPherson, Observer at R U A K U R A F A R M, HAMILTON EAST
  • H. McArthur, Observer at CAMBRIDGE
  • W. E. Penno, Observer at ROTORUA
  • W. T. Morrison, Observer at ROTORUA NURSERY, WHAKAREWAREWA
  • D. J. Gardiner, Observer at ONGBURG
  • G. H. Dolby, Observer at NEW PLYMOUTH
  • L. H. Young, Observer at CH A T E A U 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
  • Meteorological Observer, Observer at MASSEY AGRIL. COL., PALMERSTON NORTH
  • A. W. Hamilton, Observer at PAHIATUA
  • A. S. Wilkinson, Observer at KAPITI ISLAND
  • R. Robinson (Miss), Observer at MASTERTON
  • O. B. Pemberton, Observer at NELSON
  • W. J. Biggar, Observer at APPLEBY, NELSON
  • P. J. Galliers, Observer at BLENHEIM
  • J. Stanwell, Observer at WAHOPAI, BLENHEIM
  • Forest Ranger, Observer at GOLDEN DOWNS, NELSON
  • H. Roche, Observer at HAMMER 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 RAINSTONE, 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
  • C. Searle, Observer at FAIRLIE
  • A. W. Anderson, Observer at TIMARU
  • F. Akhurst, Observer at WAIMATE
  • F. W. Bailey, Observer at QUEENSTOWN
  • A. Don (Rev.), Observer at OPHIR
  • A. Kidd (Dr.), Observer at SANATORIUM, WAIPITA
  • Geo. Smith, Observer at ALEXANDRA
  • S. Wragge, Observer at MANOBRUN DAM
  • D. Tannock, Observer at DUNEDIN
  • A. T. Newman, Observer at GORE
  • L. Lennie, Observer at INVERCARGILL

🏗️ Late Returns for October 1932

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Climatological, Temperature, Rainfall, October 1932
  • A. W. Hamilton, Observer at PAHIATUA
  • A. T. Newman, Observer at GORE