New Zealand Gazette – 1936 – No. 70

Page 1967

✨ Climatological Data



OCT. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1967

There was some variation in the type of weather from the 21st to the 25th. An intense anticyclone was centred near
Chatham Islands from the 22nd to the 24th. This brought northerly winds and warmer weather over New Zealand.
A shallow cyclone developed just to the north-west of the Dominion and moved in an east-south-easterly direction across
the Bay of Plenty. By the 26th, however, the westerly type of weather was again fully restored.
Thunder and hailstorms were rather numerous during the month, especially in western districts, and a tornado occurred
near Tauranga on the 10th. In addition to that mentioned in reference to the 3rd and 4th, snow fell on the high country
on the 6th, 18th, 26th, and 27th. At the end of the month the ranges were well coated.
EDWARD KIDSON, Director.

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.
SUMMARY OF THE RECORDS OF TEMPERATURE, RAINFALL, AND SUNSHINE FOR SEPTEMBER, 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 & B. Difference from Normal. Maximum. Date. Minimum. Date.
Ft. °F °F °F °F °F °F In.
Te Paki, Te Hapua 200 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Waipoua State Forest 225 59.9 45.2 52.6 (+0.6) 66.0 22 34.0 8 5.32 21
Riverhead 105 58.8 44.1 51.4 (+0.7) 64.0 10 27.0 8 3.90 21
Auckland 160 59.1 48.1 53.6 -0.8 64.4 25 38.4 8 3.69 19
Waihi 404 59.2 42.4 50.8 -1.1 67.0 25 27.8 8 7.44 14
Te Aroha 46 60.9 44.1 52.5 -1.1 69.7 25 29.0 8 3.52 20
Morrinsville 87 60.5 40.4 50.4 .. 68.4 25 27.0 8 3.20 18
Tauranga 100 61.7 41.9 51.8 -0.5 72.8 25 29.2 5 3.11 18
Ruakura Farm, Hamilton 131 59.2 41.3 50.2 -1.5 66.4 25 27.2 8 4.12 21
Rotorua 925 59.1 40.4 49.8 -0.5 69.8 25 28.8 9 3.63 9
Whakarewarewa 1,000 59.6 39.1 49.4 (-0.4) 70.6 25 27.7 8 2.91 13
Onepoto, Lake Waikaremoana 2,110 52.1 39.2 45.6 .. 63.4 16 30.8 4 3.56 16
New Plymouth 60 57.9 45.4 51.6 -0.2 66.8 23 31.8 8 6.32 25
Chateau Tongariro 3,670 42.8 31.6 37.2 (-3.0) 53.8 24 20.0 8 14.20 20
Karioi 2,125 52.4 33.4 42.9 (-0.5) 63.2 25 22.5 8 5.48 19
Napier 5 60.3 42.2 51.2 -0.6 70.0 17 30.6 8 1.67 8
Hastings 45 62.6 37.7 50.2 (-0.4) 73.0 17 27.6 5 1.23 10
Taihape 2,157 51.1 37.0 44.0 -1.7 61.8 25 28.0 8 4.07 19
Tangimoana 8 58.2 42.4 50.3 -0.4 64.2 23 28.0 8 3.15 12
Palmerston North 100 58.7 42.7 50.7 -0.1 71.0 23 28.0 8 3.86 13
Massey College, P.N. 110 57.9 40.2 49.0 (-1.3) 69.3 16 25.0 8 3.28 14
Pahiatua 384 57.5 41.2 49.4 (-0.5) 66.2 25 26.8 8 4.85 18
Kapiti Island 44 56.7 46.6 51.6 +0.3 65.0 24 37.0 4 2.48 14
Masterton 387 60.8 38.8 49.8 -0.3 71.1 25 28.8 30 1.81 13
Wellington 415 56.6 43.6 50.1 -0.6 65.7 24 34.8 8 2.44 16
Nelson 24 58.6 40.3 49.4 -0.9 63.0 11, 23 32.8 8 3.37 12
Appleby, Nelson 57 58.0 40.9 49.4 (-0.3) 64.1 11 30.3 8 2.94 11
Blenheim 30 62.0 39.1 50.6 (+0.7) 74.0 15 26.2 8 2.00 12
Golden Downs 900 56.0 35.6 45.8 (-1.2) 65.0 16 23.0 8 5.24 12
Waihopai 860 58.1 37.9 48.0 (-0.9) 70.1 15 27.2 5 2.98 9
Hanmer Springs 1,225 57.0 35.3 46.2 -0.2 68.7 16 23.4 4 3.82 14
Balmoral 743 59.4 37.1 48.2 (+0.1) 68.5 16 24.0 4, 8 1.28 9
Hokitika 12 55.1 41.1 48.1 -1.3 62.0 23 29.0 4 11.25 23
Lake Coleridge 1,220 56.2 39.3 47.8 +0.2 66.2 15 26.0 4 3.14 14
Rudstone, Methven 1,217 55.7 39.5 47.6 (+0.7) 67.0 25 27.0 4 1.83 12
Christchurch 22 57.6 39.6 48.6 (+0.2) 68.5 15 30.9 8 2.07 11
Lincoln 36 58.6 39.9 49.2 +-0.0 69.8 15 30.6 28 2.08 12
Hermitage, Mount Cook 2,510 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Ashburton 323 57.9 35.7 46.8 (±0.0) 70.3 15 25.5 8 1.58 11
Lake Tekapo 2,350 52.1 34.7 43.4 (+1.3) 63.4 16 23.2 4 2.29 8
Fairlie 1,000 57.6 34.7 46.2 (+1.0) 70.7 15 22.3 8 1.95 10
Timaru 56 56.9 38.6 47.8 -0.2 69.8 30 28.8 8 0.96 7
Waimate 200 59.6 38.4 49.0 +1.4 71.9 15 29.2 8 1.29 7
Milford Sound 23 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Queenstown 1,110 53.5 37.6 45.6 (-0.4) 62.8 24 29.8 4 3.96 18
Ophir 1,000 55.3 36.5 45.9 +0.8 65.1 16 24.0 4 1.00 13
Waipiata 1,550 54.1 35.5 44.8 +0.8 64.0 24 24.6 4 1.02 11
Alexandra 520 57.6 38.3 48.0 (+1.4) 67.5 24 27.5 4 1.14 10
Manorburn Dam 2,448 47.5 31.2 39.4 +0.2 56.0 16, 23, 24 22.0 4 1.85 15
Dunedin 240 56.6 39.2 47.9 -0.9 70.5 15 29.5 4 2.90 19
Gore 245 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Invercargill 12 54.6 39.7 47.2 -0.4 65.0 13 32.0 26 5.27 24

LATE RETURN.

| Milford Sound, August, 1936 | 23 | .. | 37.9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 26.5 | 2 | 28.05 | 22 | .. | 4.83 | 5 | .. |

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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