New Zealand Gazette – 1936 – No. 56

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✨ Meteorological Observations

After strong southerly winds on the 7th, which in places reached gale force, fine weather ruled in most places until the 16th. Pressure over the Dominion was generally high.

Another rather severe storm approached from the Tasman Sea on the 16th, and by the time the disturbance had finally passed on the 21st heavy rains had fallen everywhere. A certain amount of flooding occurred at Whakatane, and in Taranaki, Marlborough, and Otago. Northerly gales blew on the 18th and 19th about and north of Cook Strait. Otherwise, from the 19th till the end of the month, there was a strong prevalence of southerly winds.

On the 27th a cyclone approached from the west, and in the following days, as it passed, caused heavy and general rains. On the 30th southerly gales set in and continued till the 1st August. On the 31st snow was falling in eastern districts of the South Island, with hail and sleet in many other parts.

EDWARD KIDSON, Director.

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.

SUMMARY OF THE RECORDS OF TEMPERATURE, RAINFALL, AND SUNSHINE FOR JULY, 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.
Mean Max.	Difference from Normal.	Maximum.	Date.	Minimum.
Te Paki, Te Hapua	200	44·5	...	...
Waipoua State Forest	225	57·6	41·9	49·8
Riverhead	105	56·8	38·0	47·4
Auckland	160	56·1	44·8	50·4
Waihi	404	55·4	38·2	46·8
Te Aroha	46	56·7	39·3	48·0
Morrinsville	87	56·3	35·6	46·0
Tauranga	100	56·8	38·2	47·5
Ruakura Farm, Hamilton	131	55·1	35·4	45·2
Rotorua	925	53·9	35·8	44·8
Whakarewarewa	1,000	53·5	34·3	43·9
Onekoto, Lake Waikare-moana	2,110	47·6	36·9	42·2
New Plymouth	60	55·1	42·1	48·6
Chateau Tongariro	3,670	39·6	28·4	34·0
Karioi	2,125	47·1	30·5	38·8
Napier	5	54·1	38·4	46·2
Hastings	45	56·4	35·8	46·1
Taihape	2,157	45·9	34·7	40·3
Tangimoana	8	53·4	37·1	45·2
Palmerston North	100	53·8	38·8	46·3
Massey College, P.N.	110	52·6	37·8	45·2
Pahiatua	384	51·9	35·6	43·8
Kapiti Island*	44	...	...	...
Masterton	387	51·6	35·4	43·5
Wellington	415	50·2	41·1	45·6
Nelson	24	53·8	36·3	45·0
Appleby, Nelson	57	53·3	36·7	45·0
Blenheim	30	53·3	33·4	43·4
Golden Downs	900	51·0	30·4	40·7
Waihopai	860	51·5	32·7	42·1
Hanmer Springs	1,225	46·0	28·0	37·0
Balmoral	743	49·3	31·6	40·4
Hokitika	12	53·2	35·8	44·5
Lake Coleridge	1,220	47·5	31·2	39·4
Rudstone, Methven	1,217	45·8	34·1	40·0
Christchurch	22	48·5	34·5	41·5
Lincoln	36	49·3	34·0	41·6
Hermitage, Mount Cook	2,510	...	26·9	...
Ashburton	323	47·9	31·2	39·6
Lake Tekapo	2,350	41·3	27·5	34·4
Fairlie	1,000	46·9	27·4	37·2
Timaru	56	48·7	33·8	41·2
Waimate	200	49·8	33·0	41·4
Milford Sound	23	...	...	...
Queenstown	1,110	44·2	31·2	37·7
Ophir	1,000	43·9	28·5	36·2
Waipiata	1,550	43·0	28·7	35·8
Alexandra	520	45·0	30·4	37·7
Manorburn Dam	2,448	38·5	22·9	30·7
Dunedin	240	48·2	36·2	42·2
Gore	245	...	...	...
Invercargill	12	48·5	34·4	41·4

LATE RETURNS.

| Te Paki, Te Hapua†, May, 1936 | 200 | 62·6 | 49·9 | 56·2 | (-1·0) | 67·0 | 21 | 37·0 | 14, 17 | 3·70 | 16 | ... | 1·37 | 24 | 112·8 |
| Te Paki, Te Hapua, June, 1936 | 200 | ... | 44·8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 31·3 | 3 | 2·62 | 16 | ... | 1·10 | 9 | ... |
| Pahiatua, June, 1936 | 384 | 54·3 | 35·0 | 44·6 | (-1·4) | 61·0 | 14 | 23·8 | 5 | 4·77 | 11 | (-0·12) | 1·74 | 16 | ... |
| Milford Sound, May, 1936 | 23 | 51·4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 58·0 | 5 | ... | ... | 20·95 | 17 | ... | 7·84 | 4 | ... |
| Milford Sound, June, 1936 | 23 | 48·6 | ... | ... | ... | 57·5 | 12 | ... | ... | 9·83 | 12 | ... | 2·02 | 22 | ... |

*Incomplete.
†Te Paki, Te Hapua, maximum for 22 days only.

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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