New Zealand Gazette – 1933 – No. 28

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✨ Meteorological Observations



820 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 28

and southern Wellington. The amount of damage to telephone and telegraph services was almost unprecedented. Power-lines, also, suffered considerably. At one place in North Canterbury several horses were killed. The Waimakariri River was in flood, and the west coast rivers were high.
There was an interruption to the westerly weather from the 19th to the 22nd while a depression of cyclonic form developed in the Tasman Sea and crossed the South Island. But on the 23rd the westerlies again took charge and continued until the 26th. Rivers once more became high on the west coast, and on the night of the 24th to the 25th severe thunderstorms were again experienced.
From the 18th onward conditions were disturbed in the Pacific Islands, and by the 25th a cyclone was moving southward through the Tonga Group. This cyclone led to an interruption of the westerly type of weather, and on the 28th a secondary cyclone developed just north of the Auckland Peninsula. Heavy rain fell on this day in the east coast districts of the North Island and in the far North.
Thunderstorms have already been mentioned several times, and numbers occurred on the last two days of the month. On the 27th one did considerable damage in North Auckland. There were few days, indeed, that were entirely free from thunderstorms. Small tornadoes occurred, also, at several places.

EDWARD KIDSON, Director.

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.
MEANS AND TOTALS FROM CHIEF STATIONS
February, 1933.

Altitude above Sea-level. Name of Station and Observer. Mean Temp. Air in Shade. Extremes. Total Rainfall (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 (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.
200 TE PAKI, TE HAPUA .. B. H. Morrison .. .. .. .. 24 NELSON .. O. B. Pemberton 63·2 71·5 55·0 278
225 WAIPouA, DONNELLY’S CROSSING A. Bodle 65·5 74·3 56·7 618 57 APPLEBY, NELSON .. W. J. Biggar 62·8 71·0 54·6 167
110 RIVERHEAD .. J. Johnson 65·8 73·4 58·2 980 .. BLENHEIM .. P. J. Galliers 65·6 75·6 55·5 170
160 AUCKLAND .. S. M. Yallop 68·9 74·8 63·0 775 860 WAIHOPAI, BLENHEIM .. J. Stanwell 61·4 69·9 53·0 294
404 WAIHI .. M. F. Haszard 66·3 74·5 58·1 938 800 GOLDEN DOWNS, NELSON Forest Ranger 58·8 68·1 49·5 524
46 TE AROHA .. C. E. Christensen 69·2 77·9 60·4 753 1225 HANMER SPRINGS .. H. Roche 59·8 70·4 49·3 399
100 TAURANGA .. Miss K. Butcher 66·8 74·4 59·1 804 743 BALMORAL, CULVERDEN.. J. E. Fletcher 62·0 73·1 51·0 136
131 RUA KURA FARM, HAMILTON EAST G. K. McPherson 66·6 76·6 56·7 702 12 HOKITIKA .. J. A. Chesney 60·8 67·2 54·4 1268
230 CAMBRIDGE .. H. McArthur 67·0 76·4 57·6 772 1220 LAKE COLERIDGE .. H. E. M. Hart 59·0 68·2 49·7 207
925 ROTORUA .. W. E. Penno 65·5 72·9 58·1 738 1200 “ RUDSTONE,” METHVEN James Carr 59·5 68·0 51·0 113
1000 ROTORUA NURSERY, WHAKAREWAREWA W. T. Morrison 64·6 74·4 54·7 738 22 CHRISTCHURCH .. H. F. Skey 62·9 73·2 52·6 14
617 ONGARUE .. D. J. Gardiner 64·3 74·0 54·6 668 36 LINCOLN .. E. W. Hullett 62·9 74·1 51·7 14
60 NEW PLYMOUTH .. G. H. Dolby 64·9 71·3 58·5 411 2510 THE HERMITAGE, MOUNT COOK C. Elms 53·0 61·0 45·0 2856
3670 CHATEAU TONGARIRO, NATIONAL PARK F. B. Duff 52·6 59·8 45·5 1069 323 ASHBURTON .. H. P. Clayton 61·2 72·2 50·1 28
2125 KARIOI .. L. H. Bailey 58·4 68·3 48·6 467 2350 LAKE TEKAPO Miss D. C. Trott 54·9 65·5 44·3 100
5 NAPIER .. T. R. Hutton 69·2 77·5 61·0 219 1000 FAIRLIE .. C. Searle .. .. .. ..
45 HASTINGS .. H. N. Fowler 68·6 80·1 57·2 192 56 TIMARU .. A. W. Anderson 61·3 71·3 51·3 44
2157 TAIHAPE .. A. R. Fannin 60·8 68·6 52·9 592 200 WAIMATE .. F. Akhurst 60·0 71·8 48·2 71
8 TANGIMOANA .. G. W. Braddell 64·8 72·2 57·3 403 1110 QUEENSTOWN .. F. W. Bailey 58·7 67·8 49·6 331
100 PALMERSTON NORTH .. E. J. Werry 65·6 73·3 58·0 297 1000 OPHIR .. Rev. A. Don 60·0 71·3 48·8 245
110 MASSEY AGRL. COL., PALMERSTON NORTH Meteorological Observer 64·7 72·4 57·0 259 1550 SANATORIUM, WAIPIATA Dr. A. Kidd 58·6 70·2 47·1 113
384 PAHIATUA .. A. W. Hamilton 63·8 71·8 55·7 359 520 ALEXANDRA .. Geo. Smith 61·5 71·9 51·1 182
44 KAPITI ISLAND .. A. S. Wilkinson 63·4 68·8 58·1 219 2448 MANORBURN DAM S. Wragge 53·6 63·7 43·4 165
387 MASTERSTON .. Miss R. Robinson 64·5 73·9 55·1 280 240 DUNEDIN .. D. Tannock 58·4 67·1 49·6 195
415 WELLINGTON .. 62·1 67·3 56·9 375 245 GORE .. A. T. Newman 57·1 69·7 44·5 451
12 INVERCARGILL .. L. Lennie 57·0 65·5 48·4 671


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Weather, Meteorology, Temperature, Rainfall, Wind, Wellington
  • Edward Kidson, Director

🎓 Climatological Table for February 1933

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Climatology, Temperature, Rainfall, Weather Stations
50 names identified
  • B. H. Morrison, Observer at Te Paki, Te Hapua
  • A. Bodle, Observer at Waipoua, Donnelly’s Crossing
  • J. Johnson, 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
  • W. E. Penno, Observer at Rotorua
  • W. T. Morrison, Observer at Rotorua Nursery, Whakarewarewa
  • D. J. Gardiner, Observer at Ongarue
  • G. H. Dolby, Observer at New Plymouth
  • F. B. Duff, 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
  • Meteorological Observer, Observer at Massey Agricultural College, 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 Waihopai, Blenheim
  • Forest Ranger, Observer at Golden Downs, Nelson
  • 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
  • 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, 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