New Zealand Gazette – 1936 – No. 49

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✨ Meteorological Observations



1414 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 49

On the 27th there began the passage of another set of complicated depressions, and, commencing in the western districts
of the South Island, unsettled weather with general rain persisted from then onwards to the end of the month. During the
28th and the following night a cyclone crossed the central portion of the Dominion. Gale winds were associated with it and
there was heavy precipitation in the central provinces and South Canterbury with snow on the mountains. Some flooding
occurred at Nelson.

The storm systems of the month were of unusual type, and the situation was seldom simple while depressions were
passing. At this time of year one expects a rather regular eastward progression of alternate high- and low-pressure areas,
but during June these conditions failed to materialize.

EDWARD KIDSON, Director.

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.

SUMMARY OF THE RECORDS OF TEMPERATURE, RAINFALL, AND SUNSHINE FOR JUNE, 1936.

Station. Height of Station above M.S.L. Air Temperatures in Degrees (Fahrenheit). Rainfall in Inches. Bright Sunshine (Hours).
Means of Absolute Maximum and Minimum. Total Fall. No. of Wet Days. Difference from Normal. Most in a Day.
A Max. B Min. Mean of A and B. Difference from Normal. Maximum. Date. Minimum. Date.
Ft. °F °F °F °F °F °F In. In.
Te Paki, Te Hapua 200 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Waipoua State Forest 225 59.6 41.4 50.5 (-0.5) 67.0 14 31.0 12 4.61 17 ..
Riverhead 105 58.2 37.3 47.8 (-2.0) 62.1 15 21.7 12 4.55 15 ..
Auckland 160 57.9 46.0 52.0 -1.3 64.0 14 38.2 7 2.75 16 -2.69
Waihi 404 56.0 37.6 46.8 -2.0 60.8 7 25.3 12 4.74 11 -3.82
Te Aroha 46 57.4 37.8 47.6 -2.7 64.0 28 25.2 12 2.32 10 -2.97
Morrinsville 87 57.7 34.4 46.0 .. 63.4 9 21.8 12 2.19 10 ..
Tauranga 100 55.9 39.4 47.6 -2.1 61.4 18 30.0 12 3.17 9 -2.18
Ruakura Farm, Hamilton 131 57.1 34.0 45.6 -2.9 61.8 9 22.0 6 1.89 11 -2.85
Rotorua 925 53.4 36.3 44.8 -2.4 61.2 2 28.1 13 3.93 10 -1.32
Whakarewarewa 1,000 56.1 34.6 45.4 (-1.3) 62.2 5 26.6 13 3.86 10 -1.12
Onepoto, Lake Waikaremoana 2,110 48.6 38.6 43.6 .. 58.7 7 32.8 19 4.79 11 ..
New Plymouth 60 57.8 43.4 50.6 +0.5 61.2 7 34.7 5 3.26 16 -2.69
Chateau Tongariro 3,670 45.2 31.3 38.2 (+0.9) 54.0 6 23.0 12 8.45 14 ..
Karioi 2,125 51.3 30.4 40.8 (+0.2) 62.5 28 21.0 5 3.76 14 ..
Napier .. 55.7 37.6 46.6 -2.1 64.0 18 29.8 13 5.85 11 +2.93
Hastings 45 57.8 34.7 46.2 (-0.1) 63.5 9, 23 28.0 13 4.70 6 ..
Taihape 2,157 49.3 36.5 42.9 ±0.0 60.2 28 29.0 12 3.14 15 -0.24
Tangimoana 8 56.0 37.0 46.5 -1.1 61.8 9 27.8 6 1.91 10 -1.17
Palmerston North 100 56.5 37.7 47.1 -0.8 61.0 9 27.0 12, 13 2.78 11 -0.73
Massey College, P.N. 110 54.8 36.9 45.8 (-1.6) 60.0 5 25.3 12 2.90 8 (-1.06)
Pahiatua 384 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Kapiti Island 44 53.2 45.1 49.2 +0.1 60.0 28 38.0 12 1.97 11 -2.26
Masterton 387 55.2 33.4 44.3 -1.9 66.2 8 25.2 5, 6 2.84 9 -0.75
Wellington 415 53.1 42.6 47.8 -0.8 58.4 29 35.6 5 3.33 13 (-0.98)
Nelson 24 55.4 37.8 46.6 -0.2 58.2 15 31.9 19 3.97 7 +0.46
Appleby, Nelson 57 54.9 36.7 45.8 (-0.1) 58.2 23 30.1 3 3.47 8 ..
Blenheim 30 56.3 33.8 45.0 (+0.2) 66.8 8 26.0 2, 12 1.62 8 (-0.93)
Golden Downs 900 52.4 29.9 41.2 (-0.4) 57.2 24 20.0 12 3.52 7 ..
Waihopai 860 54.3 33.1 43.7 (-0.3) 62.8 8 27.5 19 1.78 6 ..
Hanmer Springs 1,225 54.4 28.8 41.6 +0.9 65.8 8 19.4 19 1.57 8 -1.82
Balmoral 743 54.0 32.8 43.4 (+1.0) 65.5 7 21.5 12 0.97 5 ..
Hokitika 12 54.0 37.4 45.7 -0.2 59.0 16 31.0 2 8.13 15 -1.09
Lake Coleridge 1,220 52.8 31.8 42.3 +0.9 63.0 8 20.0 22 1.19 8 -1.02
Rudstone, Methven 1,217 52.6 38.8 45.7 (+3.7) 64.0 6 29.0 19 1.85 8 -0.52
Christchurch 22 51.4 35.8 43.6 +0.2 59.1 9 26.0 22 0.82 12 -1.71
Lincoln 36 52.4 36.3 44.4 +0.2 60.8 23 26.8 19 0.82 9 -1.66
Hermitage, Mount Cook 2,510 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Ashburton 323 52.1 32.1 42.1 +0.7 60.3 27 25.2 2 1.34 9 -1.02
Lake Tekapo 2,350 48.7 30.6 39.6 (+3.2) 58.5 28 23.0 19 0.51 5 ..
Fairlie 1,000 51.8 28.2 40.0 (+1.1) 67.3 6 19.0 11 2.12 7 ..
Timaru 56 50.1 34.5 42.3 -0.4 58.2 23 27.6 2 2.29 5 +0.54
Waimate 200 52.0 32.9 42.5 -0.4 61.3 8 26.5 12 1.34 11 -0.45
Milford Sound 23 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Queenstown 1,110 48.8 34.4 41.6 (+3.2) 57.4 13 28.0 19 0.48 10 -1.74
Ophir 1,000 48.3 28.5 38.4 +4.0 60.0 8 20.1 22 0.87 6 +0.09
Waipiata 1,550 48.4 30.7 39.6 +2.7 65.6 8 21.0 17 0.69 9 ..
Alexandra 520 47.0 30.6 38.8 (+2.3) 59.2 13 23.5 25 0.96 5 (+0.26)
Manorburn Dam 2,448 44.1 27.8 36.0 (+3.1) 57.0 6 16.0 19 0.93 9 -0.48
Dunedin 240 51.2 38.7 45.0 (+0.4) 59.0 27 31.9 2 1.21 14 -1.93
Gore 245 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Invercargill 12 50.5 36.6 43.6 +1.2 62.0 9 27.0 16 2.86 19 -0.78

NOTE.—At stations where departures from normal are in parentheses the record has been maintained for less than ten years
in the case of temperatures and for less than twenty years in the case of rainfall, and the normals are partly interpolated.



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