New Zealand Gazette – 1934 – No. 90

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 90
Storm Systems.--The only storm of note occurred at the beginning of the month. At this time a depression was crossing
the Dominion, and on the morning of the 2nd a deep cyclone centre developed over the Cook Strait area. Rain was practically
general, and in the western and central districts there were many heavy falls. Flooding occurred in Taranaki, southern
Wellington, Marlborough, and North Canterbury. On the 1st northerly gales raged at many places from Nelson and Marl-
borough northwards, and the Wairarapa experienced the most destructive gale in its history. The reason why this wind was
so damaging is not very clear since, in the higher levels and at Wellington, for instance, stronger blows have been recorded.
It must, however, have descended with unusual force to the low levels after crossing the Tararua Ranges. Such a descent
is favoured if the ground is unusually warm, and the fact that the night of the 30th September to 1st October was unusually
warm at Wellington while a very high maximum temperature was recorded at Masterton is in accordance with this. A
strong southerly wind and a sharp cold snap followed on the 2nd October, and snow fell to low levels on the ranges.
A moderate westerly depression which passed on the 9th was also responsible for a fresh fall of snow on the ranges, but
the precipitation caused by it was far from general.
On the 12th another depression moved on to the country, and, its further movement being checked by an intense anti-
cyclone to the eastward, did not disappear until the 16th. During this time rain fell in all parts but was particularly
heavy on the mountains and in western districts.
Several other depressions passed during the month but none were very boisterous or productive of general rain.
Associated with one of these there were some severe thunder and hail storms in western districts of the North Island
on the 31st.
EDWARD KIDSON, Director.
CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.
MEANS AND TOTALS FROM CHIEF STATIONS.
October, 1934.

Altitude above Name of Station and Mean Temp. Extremes. Altitude above Name of Station and Mean Temp. Extremes.
Sea-level. Observer. Air in Shade. Mean Mean Total Rainfall (100 Points to the Days with Rain (1 Point or more). | Sea-level. | Observer. | Air in Shade. | Mean | Mean | Total Rainfall | (100 Points to the | Days with Rain | (1 Point or more).
Max.Temp. Min.Temp. (Inch.) Pointa. (1 Point or more). | Max.Temp. | Min.Temp. | (Inch.) | Pointa. | (1 Point or more).
Ft. NORTH ISLAND. Deg. Deg. Deg. Points. Ft. SOUTH ISLAND. | Deg. | Deg. | Deg. | Points. |
200 Te Paki, Te Hapua . . 55.6 62.2 49.1 489 14 24 NELSON | 54.0 | 61.0 | 46.9 | 620 | 13
R. J. Harrison O. B. Pemberton | | | | |
225 Waipoua, Donnelly's 55.7 63.6 47.8 365 17 57 Appleby, Nelson . . | 54.0 | 60.8 | 47.2 | 559 | 13
Crossing A. D. McKinnon, B.Sc. 60 BLENHEIM . . . . | 54.8 | 63.8 | 45.9 | 437 | 15
110 Riverhead . . . . . 54.6 65.3 44.0 104 11 P. J. Galliers | | | | |
J. Johnson 860 Waihopai, Blenheim . . | 52.4 | 60.8 | 43.9 | 834 | 14
160 Auckland . . . . . 57.9 64.1 51.7 217 14 J. Stanwell | | | | |
S. M. Yallop 800 Golden Downs, Nelson | 51.0 | 60.2 | 41.7 | 529 | 10
404 Waihi . . . . . . 55.6 63.9 47.3 347 9 Forest Ranger | | | | |
M. F. Haszard 1225 Hanmer Springs . . . | 50.2 | 62.1 | 38.3 | 502 | 10
46 Te Aroha . . . . . 57.9 67.0 48.8 344 18 H. Roche | | | | |
C. E. Christensen 743 Balmoral, Culverden . . | 52.0 | 62.3 | 41.8 | 335 | 10
100 Tauranga . . . . . 55.8 65.1 46.4 323 13 12 J. E. Fletcher | | | | |
Miss K. L. Butcher Hokitika . . . . . | 52.6 | 58.9 | 46.2 | 1062 | 19
131 Ruakura Farm, 54.8 66.2 43.4 318 17 J. A. Chesney | | | | |
Hamilton East 1220 Lake Coleridge . . . | 52.1 | 60.8 | 43.4 | 332 | 12
G. K. McPherson H. E. M. Hart | | | | |
230 Cambridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1200 " Rudstone," Methven | 50.8 | 58.7 | 42.8 | 290 | 11
W. A. Wilkinson James Carr | | | | |
925 Rotorua . . . . . 54.3 63.4 45.2 442 17 22 Christchurch . . . . | 52.2 | 60.3 | 44.1 | 96 | 10
W. E. Penno H. F. Skey | | | | |
1000 Rotorua Nursery, Wha- 53.4 63.5 43.4 469 15 36 Lincoln . . . . . . | 52.4 | 61.8 | 43.1 | 90 | 6
karewarewa W. T. Morrison M. C. Franklin, M.Sc., | | | | |
A.I.C., Ph.D. | | | | |
60 New Plymouth . . . . 55.5 61.7 49.3 694 17 2510 THE HERMITAGE, MOUNT | 45.8 | 55.3 | 36.3 | 2553 | 16
G. H. Dolby Cook | | | | |
3670 Chateau Tongariro, . . . . . . . . . . 323 Ashburton . . . . . | 50.8 | 60.5 | 41.2 | 219 | 12
National Park H. P. Clayton | | | | |
W. J. Stevens 2350 LAKE TEKAPO . . . . | 49.3 | 58.1 | 40.5 | 451 | 10
2125 Kariori . . . . . . 48.0 58.7 37.3 420 15 2000 Miss D. C. Trott | | | | |
L. H. Bailey Fairlie . . . . . . | 49.6 | 62.0 | 37.3 | 423 | 12
5 Napier . . . . . . 56.0 64.3 47.7 167 13 1000 C. Searle | | | | |
T. R. Hutton Timaru . . . . . . | 51.4 | 60.1 | 42.6 | 292 | 10
45 Hastings . . . . . 55.2 67.1 43.3 154 13 56 A. W. Anderson | | | | |
H. N. Fowler 200 Waimate . . . . . . | 49.9 | 59.4 | 40.4 | 295 | 12
2157 Taihape . . . . . . 50.8 59.0 42.5 239 17 F. Akhurst | | | | |
A. R. Fannin 1110 Queenstown . . . . . | 50.1 | 60.0 | 40.2 | 236 | 7
8 Tangimoana . . . . . 54.2 62.3 46.2 444 15 F. W. Bailey | | | | |
G. W. Braddell 1000 Ophir . . . . . . . | 50.1 | 62.0 | 38.2 | 183 | 7
100 Palmerston North . . . 55.3 63.4 47.2 309 19 H. J. Sandle | | | | |
E. J. Werry 1550 Sanatorium, Waiplata . . | 49.1 | 59.6 | 38.6 | 207 | 10
110 Massey Agri. Col., Pal- 54.9 62.9 46.9 314 17 Dr. A. Kidd | | | | |
merston North 520 Alexandra . . . . . | 51.8 | 63.1 | 40.5 | 72 | 5
Meteorological Observer Geo. Smith | | | | |
384 Pahiatua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2448 Manorburn Dam . . . | 44.4 | 53.9 | 34.9 | 112 | 10
A. W. Hamilton S. Wragge | | | | |
44 Kapiti Island . . . . 55.2 60.3 50.1 769 16 240 Dunedin . . . . . . | 51.7 | 60.7 | 42.7 | 183 | 12
R. J. Wilkinson D. Tannock | | | | |
387 Masterton . . . . . . 54.0 65.3 42.7 204 10 245 Gore . . . . . . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . .
Miss R. Robinson A. T. Newman | | | | |
415 Wellington . . . . . . 53.4 59.6 47.1 685 14 12 Invercargill . . . . . | 50.4 | 59.5 | 41.4 | 179 | 17
L. Lennie | | | | |


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🏗️ Meteorological Observations for October 1933 (continued from previous page)

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Weather, Temperature, Humidity, Wind, Rainfall, Sunshine, Wellington
  • Edward Kidson, Director

🏗️ Climatological Table for October 1934

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Climate, Temperature, Rainfall, Weather Stations, New Zealand
43 names identified
  • R. J. Harrison, Observer at Te Paki, Te Hapua
  • A. D. 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
  • W. A. Wilkinson, 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 Kariori
  • 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 Agri. Col., Palmerston North
  • A. W. Hamilton, Observer at Pahiatua
  • R. J. Wilkinson, Observer at Kapiti Island
  • R. Robinson (Miss), Observer at Masterton
  • O. B. Pemberton, 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
  • M. C. Franklin (M.Sc., A.I.C., Ph.D.), Observer at Lincoln
  • D. C. Trott (Miss), Observer at The Hermitage, Mount Cook
  • H. P. Clayton, Observer at Ashburton
  • H. J. Sandle, Observer at Sanatorium, Waiplata
  • A. Kidd (Dr.), Observer at Sanatorium, Waiplata
  • 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