New Zealand Gazette – 1935 – No. 20

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 20

A second and rather similar series of depressions in the middle of the month caused heavy rains over most of the North Island, especially on the 15th. On this day a very sudden and severe flood occurred in Auckland City.

The wettest period in the month commenced in a similar way on the 19th and continued till the 24th. On the 22nd the rains were general and the greater part of the country recorded very heavy falls. Portions of the eastern districts of the South Island, however, again escaped lightly. On the 19th Hokitika had the worst flood it had ever recorded. The same fate was experienced by Taranaki and parts of North Auckland on the 22nd. The heavy rains during this period were associated with a strong invasion of cold air from the south which forced up the warm and damp air over the Dominion, causing it to drop a large part of its moisture.

High pressures again ruled to the east of the Dominion throughout most of the month, but there was a considerable fall on the 15th and again on the 23rd in association with the disturbances which produced the most rainfall.

From the 8th to the 12th the Cook Islands experienced continuous gales which frequently rose to hurricane force. These were associated with two tropical cyclones of which the second was the more violent. The storms were unusually extensive, and this accounted for the persistence of the gales. Very serious damage resulted.

EDWARD KIDSON, Director.

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.
MEANS AND TOTALS FROM CHIEF STATIONS.
February, 1935.

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.
Deg. Mean Max. Temp. Mean Min. Temp. Total Rainfall (100 Points to the Inch.) Days with Rain (1 Point or more). Deg. Mean Max. Temp. Mean Min. Temp. Total Rainfall (100 Points to the Inch.) Days with Rain (1 Point or more).
Ft. NORTH ISLAND. Ft. SOUTH ISLAND.
200 TE PAKI, TE HAPUA .. R. J. Harrison 68·2 76·1 60·4 683 16 24 NELSON .. O. B. Pemberton 67·2 75·0 59·4 296 9
225 WAIPOUA STATE FOREST A. D. McKinnon, B.Sc. 68·2 76·9 59·6 1156 18 57 APPLEBY, NELSON W. J. Biggar 66·7 75·0 58·4 281 8
110 RIVERHEAD J. Johnson 67·8 76·7 59·0 810 14 60 BLENHEIM .. P. J. Galliers 67·8 78·0 57·5 48 7
160 AUCKLAND S. M. Yallop 70·4 76·6 64·2 982 11 860 WAHOPAI, BLENHEIM J. Stanwell 65·5 75·9 55·1 251 12
404 WAIHI M. F. Haszard 66·8 75·3 58·2 928 12 800 GOLDEN DOWNS, NELSON Forest Ranger 63·8 75·7 51·9 297 9
46 TE AROHA .. C. E. Christensen 70·7 81·4 60·0 709 14 1225 HANMER SPRINGS H. Roche 63·0 75·8 50·3 385 15
100 TAURANGA Miss K. L. Butcher 68·4 77·4 59·3 369 13 743 BALMORAL, CULVERDEN .. J. E. Fletcher
131 R U A K U R A F A R M, HAMILTON EAST E. H. Arnold 69·8 81·3 58·4 429 14 1220 HOKITIKA .. J. A. Cheeney 65·3 73·9 56·7 1116 9
230 CAMBRIDGE .. E. McDonnell 69·8 80·6 58·9 785 15 1200 LAKE COLEBIDGE H. E. M. Hart 63·3 73·4 53·2 282 10
925 ROTORUA .. W. E. Penno 67·8 76·7 58·8 596 16 1200 “ RUDSTONE,” METFVEN James Carr 62·8 71·8 53·7 452 14
1000 ROTORUA NURSERY, WHAKAREWAREWA W. T. Morrison 66·4 75·4 57·3 613 14 22 CHRISTCHURCH .. H. F. Skey 63·5 70·3 56·7 104 12
60 NEW PLYMOUTH G. H. Dolby 68·6 76·7 60·5 947 9 36 LINCOLN .. D. J. Sidey 63·8 71·8 55·8 109 12
3670 C H A T E A U TONGARIRO, NATIONAL PARK W. J. Stevens 2510 THE HERMITAGE, MOUNT COOK C. Elms 61·4 72·5 50·2 1143 7
2125 KABIOI L. H. Bailey 60·6 72·3 48·9 619 14 323 ASHBURTON .. A. W. Anderson 63·2 71·8 54·5 246 11
5 NAPIER T. R. Hutton 67·6 73·8 61·5 587 12 2350 H. P. Clayton LAKE TEKAPO .. Miss D. C. Trott 62·3 75·6 49·1 144 7
46 HASTINGS H. N. Fowler 67·8 77·0 58·7 428 16 1000 FAIRLIE C. Searle 61·6 72·1 51·0 242 8
2157 TAIHAPE A. R. Fannin 63·0 71·9 54·1 550 12 56 TIMARU .. 63·2 70·7 55·8 230 10
8 TANGIMOANA G. W. Braddell 67·1 76·3 57·9 417 5 200 WAIMATE .. F. Akhurst 62·8 72·3 53·4 175 12
100 PALMERSTON NORTH E. J. Werry 68·8 78·2 59·4 600 8 20 MILFORD SOUND J. B. Cormack 62·8 71·7 53·9 799 9
110 MASSEY AGRIL. COL., PALMERSTON NORTH Meteorological Observer 77·2 575 9 1110 QUEENSTOWN .. F. W. Bailey 65·2 76·6 53·7 192 6
384 PAHIATUA A. W. Hamilton 66·5 77·0 56·0 364 12 1000 OPHIR H. J. Sandis 64·6 78·2 51·1 252 9
44 KAPITI ISLAND R. J. Wilkinson 67·4 74·1 60·6 290 8 1550 SANATORIUM, WAIPIATA .. Dr. A. Kidd 62·4 74·4 50·5 208 9
387 MASTERSTON Miss R. Robinson 66·6 76·6 56·6 368 14 520 ALEXANDRA Geo. Smith 66·2 77·9 54·6 140 7
415 WELLINGTON .. 65·7 72·4 59·0 340 9 2448 MANORBURN DAM S. Wragge 59·8 71·1 48·4 81 8
240 DUNEDIN .. D. Tannock 61·1 69·1 53·1 240 11
245 GORE .. A. T. Newman
12 INVERCARGILL .. L. Lennie 61·6 71·8 51·4 153 10

LATE RETURNS.

| 230 | CAMBRIDGE, Dec., 1934 | 62·8 | 79·2 | 46·4 | 255 | 6 |
| | ,, Jan., 1935 | 66·6 | 82·1 | 51·2 | 124 | 8 |



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🏗️ Meteorological Observations for February 1935 (continued from previous page)

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

🏗️ Climatological Table for February 1935

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Climatology, Temperature, Rainfall, Weather Stations
48 names identified
  • R. J. Harrison, Observer at TE PAKI, TE HAPUA
  • A. D. McKinnon (B.Sc.), Observer at WAIPOUA STATE FOREST
  • 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
  • E. H. Arnold, Observer at RUAKURA FARM, HAMILTON EAST
  • E. McDonnell, 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 KABIOI
  • 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 PAHIATUA
  • R. J. Wilkinson, Observer at KAPITI ISLAND
  • R. Robinson (Miss), Observer at MASTERSTON
  • 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 HANMER SPRINGS
  • J. E. Fletcher, Observer at BALMORAL, CULVERDEN
  • J. A. Cheeney, Observer at HOKITIKA
  • H. E. M. Hart, Observer at LAKE COLEBIDGE
  • James Carr, Observer at RUDSTONE, METFVEN
  • H. F. Skey, Observer at CHRISTCHURCH
  • D. J. Sidey, Observer at LINCOLN
  • C. Elms, Observer at THE HERMITAGE, MOUNT COOK
  • A. W. Anderson, Observer at ASHBURTON
  • H. P. Clayton, Observer at LAKE TEKAPO
  • D. C. Trott (Miss), Observer at LAKE TEKAPO
  • C. Searle, Observer at FAIRLIE
  • J. B. Cormack, Observer at MILFORD SOUND
  • F. W. Bailey, Observer at QUEENSTOWN
  • H. J. Sandis, Observer at OPHIR
  • A. Kidd (Dr.), Observer at SANATORIUM, WAIPIATA
  • 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