New Zealand Gazette – 1937 – No. 43

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✨ Meteorological Observations

JUNE 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1535

On the 11th an anticyclone moved on to the Dominion and fine weather prevailed. By the 13th the anticyclone was centred to the eastward and had become rather intense. Strong north-easterly winds set in over the northern part of the North Island. A cyclone gradually formed near Norfolk Island and travelled southward across New Zealand before dying out on the 17th. It was responsible for dull and misty conditions and widespread rain. Auckland and Hawke’s Bay experienced a boisterous week-end from the 14th to the 16th, with north-easterly gales. There was flooding over much of the Auckland Province and also in parts of Nelson and Marlborough.

Depressions of minor intensity passing on the 19th and 23rd brought heavy rain to a few districts, and a shallow cyclone centred to the west caused rather stormy weather in North Auckland on the 27th. Generally speaking, however, quiet conditions prevailed from the 17th onwards.

Small tornadoes occurred respectively at Greymouth on the 3rd and Whananaki, North Auckland, on the 27th.

EDWARD KIDSON, Director.

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.

SUMMARY OF THE RECORDS OF TEMPERATURE, RAINFALL, AND SUNSHINE FOR MAY, 1937.

Station.	Height of Station above M.S.L.	Means of	Mean of A	Difference from Normal.	Absolute Maximum and Minimum.	Total Fall.	No. of Wet Days.	Difference from Normal.	Most in a Day.	Bright Sunshine (Hours)
			Max.	Min.		Maximum.	Date.	Minimum.	Date.
Te Paki, Te Hapua	200	64·2	50·0	57·1	(-0·1)	68·0	1	40·0	12	5·52
Waipoua State Forest	225	63·0	48·3	55·6	(+1·3)	70·0	18, 19	39·0	12	8·78
Riverhead	105	61·5	47·7	54·6	(+1·5)	66·0	18, 19	32·0	12	8·30
Auckland	160	61·6	52·2	56·9	+0·3	67·4	1	43·8	7	7·04
Waihi	404	60·2	46·9	53·6	+1·1	72·0	2	35·0	7	12·02
Te Aroha	46	62·2	47·5	54·8	+1·5	68·4	18	33·6	7	12·21
Tauranga	100	61·7	46·3	54·0	+0·5	68·6	31	34·0	7	5·22
Ruakura Farm, Hamilton	131	61·1	43·8	52·4	+0·4	66·6	15	30·8	7, 12	5·81
Rotorua	925	59·6	44·5	52·0	+1·2	69·2	31	32·6	7	8·98
Whakarewarewa	1,000	58·8	43·4	51·1	(+0·8)	65·7	31	30·6	7	6·97
Gisborne	25	61·9	44·1	53·0		69·4	15	33·0	7	0·97
Onepoto, Lake Waikaremoana	2,110	53·3	43·1	48·2		61·5	29	35·5	7	2·44
New Plymouth	60	61·3	48·0	54·6	+0·7	69·7	15	35·1	7	4·72
Chateau Tongariro	3,670	48·0	32·4	40·2	(-0·4)	57·4	15	19·0	6, 23	13·70
Karioi	2,125	54·3	36·3	45·3	(+0·8)	65·5	15	23·2	7	5·33
Napier	5	62·0	44·8	53·4	+0·6	73·5	2	32·2	7	1·34
Hastings	45	64·4	42·7	53·6	+3·0	74·8	2	28·6	7	1·08
Taihape	2,157	53·8	41·8	47·8	+1·2	63·8	15	31·5	7	3·67
Wanganui	72	59·8	47·2	53·5		68·2	19	37·2	7	3·78
Tangimoana	8	59·8	43·9	51·8	+0·5	69·0	15	31·5	7	3·95
Palmerston North	100	60·3	44·0	52·2	+0·8	69·0	15	33·0	7	5·97
Massey College, P.N.	110	58·9	44·4	51·6	(+0·7)	68·0	17	31·5	22	4·48
Pahiatua	384	59·2	41·8	50·5	(+0·8)	67·6	17	28·6	7	7·27
Kapiti Island	44	57·8	48·8	53·3	+1·2	64·0	16	42·0	7, 12	4·70
Masterton	387	60·2	41·7	51·0	+1·1	71·1	19	29·5	8	3·01
Wellington	415	58·9	46·3	52·6	+0·7	61·8	31	38·5	6	3·41
Nelson	24	58·8	42·5	50·6	-0·1	64·9	15	33·2	7	5·44

Appleby, Nelson	57	58·8	41·9	50·4	(+0·2)	69·1	7	33·1	7	5·32
Blenheim	30	60·2	39·9	50·0	(+0·1)	70·8	2	29·5	7	5·26
Golden Downs	900	55·5	37·4	46·4	(+0·1)	62·4	31	29·5	28	5·80
Waihopai	860	56·9	39·3	48·1	( 0·0)	63·7	30	32·0	6, 7	4·37
Hanmer Springs	1,225	55·5	33·5	44·5	-0·1	65·5	8	23·7	7	3·08
Balmoral	743	56·2	36·0	46·1	-0·2	67·0	9	26·5	26, 28	1·65
Westport	23	56·4	45·5	50·9		64·0	15	38·0	7	5·29
Hokitika	12	56·2	43·2	49·7	+0·3	61·0	14, 16	32·5	6	10·77
Lake Coleridge	1,220	54·7	35·0	44·8	-0·7	64·0	16	27·5	7	3·29
Rudstone, Methven	1,217	53·1	39·3	46·2	(-0·7)	63·0	14	32·0	6, 12	2·89
Christchurch	22	54·8	40·8	47·8	-0·3	68·2	30	32·3	7	2·94
Lincoln	36	55·8	39·8	47·8	-0·5	69·1	18	30·4	7	2·85
Onawe, Duvauchelle’s Bay	150	56·4	43·5	50·0		67·0	30	33·0	26	6·03
Hermitage, Mount Cook	2,510	...	...	...		...	...	...	...	...
Ashburton	323	54·5	38·2	46·4	(+0·5)	67·1	30	28·9	26	2·49
Lake Tekapo	2,350	50·0	34·0	42·0	(+0·9)	60·0	30	23·0	13	2·62
Fairlie	1,000	54·4	33·7	44·0	(+0·5)	66·5	8	21·0	13	2·38
Timaru	56	56·0	39·2	47·6	+0·9	66·0	30	31·4	13	2·37
Waimate	200	56·4	40·2	48·3	+1·6	66·0	30	31·0	13, 26	2·72
Milford Sound	23	51·4	39·5	45·4		58·2	14	31·8	5, 12, 17	93
Queenstown	1,110	50·5	37·5	44·0	+0·5	56·2	2	30·6	12, 13	3·33
Ophir	1,000	51·8	33·4	42·6	+2·2	59·9	7, 29,	19·2	13	2·10
						30
Waipiata	1,550	52·2	35·5	43·8	+1·6	62·0	14	24·0	12, 13	1·86
Alexandra	520	52·4	35·5	44·0	(+1·6)	60·0	7, 30	22·2	13	1·51
Manorburn Dam	2,448	46·3	32·4	39·4	(+1·5)	54·0	18	21·8	12	2·33
Dunedin	240	54·3	41·7	48·0	+0·2	64·5	8	32·0	12	4·33
Gore	245	...	...	...		...	...	...	...	...
Invercargill	12	52·5	40·0	46·2	+0·1	63·0	14	26·0	12	3·37

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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