New Zealand Gazette – 1935 – No. 48

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✨ Meteorological Observations

JULY 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1839

From the 16th to the 21st a series of intense westerly depressions crossed the Dominion and strong and squally north to west winds prevailed. Rainfall at this time was confined chiefly to western districts where some heavy falls caused floods in the rivers, particularly in Westland on the 18th and 19th. On the morning of the 20th a violent north-westerly gale which swept Canterbury caused widespread damage to fences and trees and in places even telegraph poles were blown over.

During the night of the 21st the last of this series of depressions crossed the Dominion and another southerly storm swept the country, accompanied by bitterly cold weather. Severe thunderstorms occurred in the Taranaki and Wellington districts on the 21st, and heavy rain and floods were experienced in many parts of these areas. The southerly continued to be strong in the central districts during the 22nd and 23rd. The Wanganui district experienced a severe gale on the morning of the latter day, which caused much damage to trees, fences, power lines, &c.

At Raglan on the evening of the 21st a man was struck by lightning and received serious injuries.

From the 24th until the 28th the weather was fine and quiet, with high pressure ruling. A cyclonic depression was, however, moving from the north down the west coast, and from the latter date until the end of the month dull, misty weather prevailed. Fairly general rain fell during the night of the 28th, and on the 29th some heavy downpours occurred in the Nelson district, Motueka having as much as 5·50 in. at this time.

EDWARD KIDSON, Director.

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.

SUMMARY OF THE RECORDS OF TEMPERATURE, RAINFALL, AND SUNSHINE FOR MAY, 1935.

Station.	Height of Station above M.S.L.	Air Temperatures in Degrees (Fahrenheit).							Rainfall in Inches.					Bright Sunshine (Hours).
		Means of	Mean of A and B.	Difference from Normal.	Absolute Maximum and Minimum.				Total Fall.	No. of Wet Days.	Difference from Normal.	Most in a Day.
		A Max.	B Min.		Maximum.	Date.	Minimum.	Date.				Amount.	Date.
	Ft.	°F	°F	°F	°F		°F		In.		In.	In.
Te Paki, Te Hapua	200	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Waipoua State Forest	225	63·2	47·0	55·1	(+0·8)	70·0	1	38·0	25, 26	10·09	20	..	2·01	21
Riverhead	105	62·5	41·2	51·8	(—1·3)	68·4	1	29·1	27	5·90	19	..	1·09	16, 21
Auckland	160	61·4	49·4	55·4	—1·2	69·0	1	40·0	6, 27	4·24	15	—0·91	0·75	16
Waihi	404	58·8	41·2	50·0	—2·5	68·0	30	26·2	27	5·58	13	—2·95	1·55	29
Te Aroha	46	61·6	42·5	52·0	—1·3	69·0	30	29·0	27	3·13	18	—2·47	0·73	16
Tauranga	100	61·6	42·4	52·0	—1·5	66·4	1	32·9	6	4·88	17	—0·22	1·49	29
Ruakura Farm, Hamilton	131	62·7	39·2	51·0	—1·0	70·6	30	24·4	27	3·91	16	—1·24	0·81	29
Cambridge	230	61·2	40·9	51·0	(—1·4)	68·6	30	28·2	27	3·97	17	..	1·05	29
Rotorua	925	59·6	39·6	49·6	—1·2	64·5	1	29·6	26	4·03	19	—1·66	0·93	16
Whakarewarewa	1,000	58·3	38·6	48·4	(—1·9)	63·3	2	28·5	26	3·37	19	—1·98	0·88	16
New Plymouth	60	60·4	47·0	53·7	—0·2	67·2	1	32·7	6	7·55	17	+1·35	1·59	17
Chateau Tongariro	3,670	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Karioi	2,125	53·0	34·1	43·6	(—0·9)	62·5	30	20·1	26	7·21	18	..	1·79	22
Napier	5	58·9	43·8	51·4	—1·4	70·2	2	33·0	26	2·55	14	—0·63	1·50	22
Hastings	45	59·7	42·2	51·0	(+0·4)	69·8	30	28·4	26	1·84	15	..	1·03	22
Taihape	2,157	51·6	38·7	45·2	—1·4	61·8	30	28·0	26	4·68	19	+1·22	1·34	22
Tangimoana	8	58·6	41·6	50·1	—1·2	68·0	30	31·2	26	4·50	14	+1·24	1·20	21
Palmerston North	100	58·1	42·5	50·3	—1·1	68·0	30	28·0	26	5·54	18	+2·27	1·95	22
Massey College, P.N.	110	57·1	41·7	49·4	(—1·5)	65·2	1	30·0	26	6·43	23	(+2·74)	1·78	22
Pahiatua	384	56·4	41·0	48·7	(—1·0)	66·0	30	25·0	26	6·32	19	(+1·44)	1·70	22
Kapiti Island	44	56·9	47·4	52·2	±0·1	64·0	1	40·0	12	3·83	16	+0·35	1·15	22
Masterton	387	57·1	42·1	49·6	—0·3	68·4	31	25·6	26	6·71	22	+2·67	3·40	22
Wellington	415	55·6	45·4	50·5	—1·4	63·7	14	37·3	26	3·50	19	(+0·60)	0·61	22
Nelson	24	58·7	41·6	50·2	—0·5	64·1	18	30·8	6	3·66	14	+0·40	1·96	29
Appleby, Nelson	57	57·9	41·0	49·4	(—0·8)	64·5	17	34·5	6, 24, 26	6·05	13	..	3·85	29
Blenheim	30	58·8	38·1	48·4	(—1·5)	69·0	31	27·5	6	2·93	11	(+0·31)	1·14	29
Golden Downs	900	55·3	34·6	45·0	(—1·3)	62·5	31	23·4	12	7·09	12	..	2·60	29
Waihopai	860	56·0	36·9	46·4	(—1·7)	63·0	31	28·9	24	3·81	11	..	2·21	29
Hanmer Springs	1,225	54·2	34·4	44·3	—0·3	68·8	15	22·0	28	4·92	15	+0·38	0·73	18
Balmoral	743	55·0	37·6	46·3	(+0·0)	68·5	15	26·7	25	1·53	12	..	0·32	19
Hokitika	12	57·2	40·1	48·6	—0·8	63·0	29	31·0	6, 23	13·87	16	+4·29	2·44	29
Lake Coleridge	1,220	52·6	35·1	43·8	—1·7	66·0	15	21·0	11	4·17	13	+1·42	0·78	20
Methven	1,200	52·5	39·2	45·8	(—1·1)	66·0	15	32·0	4	2·18	10	—1·02	0·60	21
Christchurch	22	54·5	39·8	47·2	—0·9	66·2	31	29·5	25	4·01	14	+1·39	1·49	21
Lincoln	36	55·3	39·4	47·4	—0·9	67·8	15	27·0	26	3·81	13	+1·53	1·30	21
Hermitage, Mount Cook	2,510	45·9	28·5	37·2	(—2·3)	66·0	18	20·0	23, 25	30·57	14	+19·90	8·90	19
Ashburton	323	54·0	36·3	45·2	(—0·7)	66·3	31	26·6	26	2·56	19	+0·17	1·02	21
Lake Tekapo	2,350	47·2	32·3	39·8	(—1·3)	67·5	18	18·8	22	3·26	12	..	0·63	30
Fairlie	1,000	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Timaru	56	53·4	38·3	45·8	—0·9	62·8	31	30·0	26	0·95	8	—0·53	0·37	9
Waimate	200	54·4	38·1	46·2	—0·5	66·7	15	30·0	25	1·49	13	—0·12	0·39	9
Milford Sound	23	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Queenstown	1,110	49·8	35·8	42·8	(—0·7)	61·2	17	29·8	26	3·42	16	+0·83	0·98	1
Ophir	1,000	49·1	31·6	40·4	±0·0	63·6	1	22·8	13	1·05	13	+0·11	0·39	4
Waipiata	1,550	50·7	32·7	41·7	—0·5	61·4	15	23·4	11	1·28	17	..	0·22	4
Alexandra	520	49·9	34·2	42·0	(—0·4)	62·5	1	27·5	12	1·23	10	(+0·32)	0·48	4
Manorburn Dam	2,448	45·8	30·7	38·2	(+0·3)	56·2	2	22·5	13	2·17	18	+0·24	0·50	4
Dunedin	240	52·7	41·0	46·8	—1·0	61·0	31	32·5	5	4·01	18	+0·86	0·66	1
Gore	245	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Invercargill	12	53·0	38·8	45·9	—0·2	66·0	2	31·0	27, 28	4·73	21	+0·37	1·14	19

LATE RETURNS.

| Balmoral, April, 1935 | 743 | 64·3 | 43·0 | 53·6 | (+0·5) | 80·5 | 9 | 34·0 | 28 | 2·35 | 9 | .. | 1·60 | 11 | .. |
| Gore, January, 1935 | 245 | 73·2 | 47·9 | 60·6 | +2·7 | 88·0 | 13 | 39·0 | 5 | 5·03 | 19 | —1·97 | 0·90 | 16 | 222·0 |
| Gore, February, 1935 | 245 | 77·0 | 50·3 | 63·6 | +6·1 | 91·0 | 4 | 36·0 | 17 | 1·91 | 9 | —0·82 | 0·58 | 22 | 204·5 |
| Gore, April, 1935 | 245 | 63·1 | 42·5 | 52·8 | +2·6 | 76·0 | 16 | 32·0 | 30 | 3·52 | 14 | +0·42 | 1·06 | 10 | 122·5 |

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