New Zealand Gazette – 1934 – No. 28

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✨ Climatological Data



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weather which had prevailed there during the latter part of January was very slow in dissipating. After the 4th the cyclone commenced to fill up. The remains of it passed over New Zealand as a complex trough of low pressure, which, though shallow, was responsible between the 6th and 8th for a general rain, which was the best experienced during the month. The southerly wind which followed the depression on the 8th and 9th was very cold and boisterous. Conditions remained unsettled to the east and north until the 13th.

The second cyclone appeared on the central Queensland coast on the 20th and moved southward until, on the 24th, it had reached Tasmania. It there, like its predecessor, commenced to pass slowly eastward, at the same time filling up. A low-pressure trough lying in a north and south direction was left, however, over the Tasman Sea, and while it crossed the Dominion, between the 26th and 28th, fairly widespread rains fell. Each of these cyclones was preceded in the New Zealand area by a rather intense anticyclone.

In addition to the above-mentioned storms, moderate depressions passed between the 16th and the 18th and the 20th and 21st respectively, but neither produced a great deal of rain.

EDWARD KIDSON, Director.

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.

MEANS AND TOTALS FROM CHIEF STATIONS.

February, 1934.

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. Deg. Deg. Deg. Points. Ft. Deg. Deg. Deg. Points.
200 NORTH ISLAND. TE PAKI, TE HAPUA R. J. Harrison 64·4 71·7 57·1 718 14 24 SOUTH ISLAND. NELSON O. B. Pemberton 63·2 70·4 56·0 237 10
225 WAIPouA, DONNELLY’S CROSSING A. McKinnon, B.Sc. 63·7 72·0 55·4 462 12 57 APPLEBY, NELSON W. J. Biggar 62·8 70·6 55·1 211 8
110 RIVERHEAD J. Johnson 62·1 71·4 52·8 784 15 60 BLENHEIM P. J. Galliers 64·6 75·6 53·5 68 7
160 AUCKLAND S. M. Yallop 65·8 71·4 60·3 817 18 860 WAHOPAI, BLENHEIM J. Stanwell 62·6 74·8 50·5 100 7
404 WAIHI M. F. Haszard 62·3 70·0 54·6 1218 14 800 GOLDEN DOWNS, NELSON Forest Ranger 60·4 73·1 47·8 152 6
46 TE AROHA C. E. Christensen 66·5 75·0 58·0 532 14 1225 HANMER SPRINGS H. Roche 58·4 70·9 45·8 429 9
100 TAURANGA Miss K. L. Butcher 63·5 70·7 56·3 837 12 743 BALMORAL, CULVERDEN. J. E. Fletcher 60·2 70·8 49·6 208 8
131 R U A K U R A F A R M, HAMILTON EAST G. K. McPherson 64·0 73·9 54·0 279 9 12 HOKITIKA J. A. Chesney 61·2 68·1 54·4 360 12
230 CAMBRIDGE H. McArthur 64·5 74·7 54·3 318 8 1220 LAKE COLERIDGE H. E. M. Hart 60·4 70·9 49·9 110 8
925 ROTORUA W. E. Penno 62·7 69·7 55·7 743 12 1200 “ RUDSTONE,” METHVEN James Carr 59·2 67·7 50·6 271 8
1000 ROTORUA NURSERY, WHAKAREWAREWA W. T. Morrison 62·0 70·1 53·8 852 12 36 CHRISTCHURCH. H. F. Skey 60·2 68·2 52·2 153 11
60 NEW PLYMOUTH G. H. Dolby 63·4 70·7 56·1 180 8 2510 LINCOLN D. J. Sidey 60·7 70·4 51·0 183 9
3670 CHATEAU TONGARIRO, NATIONAL PARK W. J. Stevens 52·2 61·4 43·0 586 12 THE HERMITAGE, MOUNT COOK C. Elms 58·8 69·1 48·6 799 10
2125 KARIOI L. H. Bailey 56·6 67·3 46·0 466 10 323 ASHBURTON H. P. Clayton 59·4 68·5 50·2 237 10
5 NAPIER T. R. Hutton 62·8 69·0 56·5 697 12 2350 LAKE TEKAPO .. Miss D. C. Trott 59·8 69·7 50·0 161 5
45 HASTINGS H. N. Fowler 61·8 71·4 52·2 586 11 1000 FAIRLIE C. Searle 59·2 71·3 47·2 239 8
2157 TAIHAPE A. R. Fannin 59·0 67·6 50·4 520 11 56 TIMARU A. W. Anderson 59·9 68·3 51·5 142 6
8 TANGIMOANA G. W. Braddell 62·2 70·1 54·2 327 8 200 WAIMATE F. Akhurst 58·8 68·6 49·0 220 8
100 PALMERSTON NORTH E. J. Werry 62·8 71·1 54·6 235 11 1110 QUEENSTOWN F. W. Bailey 62·2 73·1 51·2 197 8
110 MASSEY AGRL. COL., PALMERSTON NORTH Meteorological Observer 62·6 70·6 54·5 439 10 1000 OPHIR Rev. A. Don 61·9 74·2 49·6 253 9
384 PAHIATUA A. W. Hamilton 61·5 71·3 51·7 358 11 1550 SANATORIUM, WAIPIATA. Dr. A. Kidd 59·6 71·8 47·4 285 7
44 KAPITI ISLAND R. J. Wilkinson 63·0 69·5 56·4 313 7 520 ALEXANDRA Geo. Smith 63·6 74·7 52·6 178 6
387 MASTER TON Miss R. Robinson 61·5 72·7 50·3 508 11 2448 MANORBURN DAM S. Wragge 56·8 67·7 46·0 191 12
415 WELLINGTON 61·6 68·0 55·3 351 11 240 DUNEDIN D. Tannock 59·0 67·8 50·3 274 9
245 GORE A. T. Newman .. .. .. .. ..
12 INVERCARGILL .. L. Lennie 58·0 67·2 48·9 211 10

LATE RETURNS.
230 CAMBRIDGE— December, 1933 January, 1934 .. 63·1 61·6 75·7 73·2 50·5 50·1 276 301 6 8 .. GORE— October, 1933 November, 1933 December, 1933 .. 49·9 52·4 59·2 61·8 64·2 71·7 38·0 40·6 46·6 306 329 334
.. PAHIATUA— January, 1934 .. 58·7 66·8 50·6 431 14 .. FAIRLIE— January, 1934 .. * * *
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🏗️ Meteorological Observations for February 1934 (continued from previous page)

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Weather, Cyclones, Rainfall, Temperature, New Zealand
  • Edward Kidson, Director

🏗️ Climatological Table for February 1934

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Climate, Temperature, Rainfall, Weather Stations, New Zealand
46 names identified
  • R. J. Harrison, Observer at Te Paki, Te Hapua
  • A. McKinnon (B.Sc.), 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. L. Butcher (Miss), Observer at Tauranga
  • G. K. McPherson, Observer at Ruakura Farm, Hamilton East
  • H. McArthur, Observer at Cambridge
  • W. E. Penno, Observer at Rotorua
  • W. T. Morrison, Observer at Rotorua Nursery, Whakarewarewa
  • G. H. Dolby, Observer at New Plymouth
  • W. J. Stevens, 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
  • R. Robinson (Miss), Observer at Masterton
  • R. J. Wilkinson, Observer at Kapiti Island
  • 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
  • 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
  • D. J. Sidey, 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