New Zealand Gazette – 1938 – No. 26

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 26]

From the 15th to the 19th pressure continued high to the South and low to the North, while the atmosphere was very humid and unstable. Sudden heavy rains were numerous in the North Island with much flooding, though there was usually no storm centre very near. On the 18th a slight disturbance of an unusual type caused torrential rains between Hawke's Bay and East Cape and heavy falls southward to Cook Strait. Much damage was done by floods and grave loss of life occurred at a workmen's camp in the Wairoa district.

From the 20th the weather improved in the north, but from the 24th to the 27th a series of vigorous depressions were responsible for much rain and some north-westerly gales from Wellington southwards.

EDWARD KIDSON, Director.

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.

SUMMARY OF THE RECORDS OF TEMPERATURE, RAINFALL, AND SUNSHINE FOR FEBRUARY, 1938.

Station. Height of Station above M.S.L. Air Temperatures in Degrees (Fahrenheit). Absolute Maximum and Minimum. Rainfall in Inches. Most in a Day.
Means of A Max. B Min. Mean of A and B. Difference from Normal. Maximum Date. Minimum Date.
Te Paki, Te Hapua 200 76.7 65.2 71.0 (+6.1) 80.0 27
Waipoua State Forest 225 77.9 61.4 69.6 (+6.3) 83.0 6, 12
Riverhead 105 75.9 61.0 68.4 (+6.0) 82.0 6
Hobsonville 40 76.6 64.9 70.8 ... 83.0 14
Auckland 160 76.0 66.0 71.0 +4.4 82.0 13
Waihi 404 76.0 62.6 69.3 +5.1 85.0 13
Te Aroha 46 79.7 63.1 71.4 +5.6 86.0 19
Tauranga 100 77.1 62.1 69.6 +5.0 84.2 26
Ruakura Farm, Hamilton 131 78.8 60.2 69.5 +5.6 89.6 13
Rotoehu Plantation 235 76.4 61.5 69.0 ... 85.0 26
Rotorua 925 77.9 61.4 69.6 +6.0 85.3 26
Whakarewarewa 1,000 75.0 60.1 67.6 (+4.5) 85.2 26
Gisborne* 25 78.6 61.9 70.2 ... 86.0 14, 28
Onepoto, Lake Waikare-moana 2,110 69.6 58.3 64.0 ... 88.0 26
New Plymouth 60 75.7 62.1 68.9 +7.4 82.0 1, 19,
Chateau Tongariro 3,670 67.3 52.0 59.6 (+7.8) 76.7 8
Karioi 2,125 72.9 53.8 63.4 (+7.0) 77.9 14
Napier 5 76.9 65.2 71.0 +6.1 88.5 6
Hastings 45 79.6 62.1 70.8 (+7.3) 90.0 26
Taihape 2,157 72.9 58.0 65.4 +6.7 79.2 20
Wanganui 72 76.7 61.7 69.2 ... 83.2 5
Tangimoana 8 77.4 59.9 68.6 +6.2 84.0 11
Palmerston North 100 79.4 61.5 70.4 +7.6 88.0 9, 10,
Massey College, P.N. 110 76.6 62.0 69.3 (+7.0) 84.0 20
Pahiataua 384 75.4 60.0 67.7 (+5.7) 83.2 20
Kapiti Island 44 72.9 62.0 67.4 +5.8 79.0 18
Masterton 387 78.0 58.7 68.4 +6.0 88.9 26
Wellington 415 71.1 59.5 65.3 +3.6 78.9 5
Nelson 24 74.5 60.1 67.3 +4.6 81.1 1
Appleby, Nelson 57 ... ... ... ...
Blenheim 30 75.5 58.8 67.2 (+2.6) 85.2 28
Golden Downs 900 73.5 53.4 63.4 (+4.6) 79.2 21
Waihopai 860 74.7 55.2 65.0 (+3.1) 82.8 26
Westport 23 71.1 60.7 65.9 ... 79.0 18
Hanmer Springs 1,225 75.1 52.7 63.9 +4.9 85.9 26
Balmoral 743 75.9 55.0 65.4 (+4.7) 86.0 27
Hokitika 12 71.8 57.9 64.8 +5.0 80.5 18
Lake Coleridge 1,220 73.2 54.2 63.7 +3.6 84.0 26
Rudstone, Methven 1,217 71.9 55.5 63.7 (+5.0) 83.0 25, 26
Christchurch 22 72.3 58.1 65.2 +4.5 87.9 25
Lincoln 36 74.7 56.6 65.6 +4.2 90.3 25
Onawe, Duvauchelle's Bay 150 73.9 59.3 66.6 ... 90.5 25
Hermitage, Mount Cook† 2,510 70.9 50.6 60.8 (+6.1) 83.0 23
Ashburton 323 73.1 56.2 64.6 (+4.7) 88.0 25
Lake Tekapo 2,350 73.6 51.4 62.5 (+6.2) 84.5 25
Jacksons Bay 22 70.4 57.5 64.0 ... 77.9 18
Fairlie 1,000 72.6 53.8 63.2 (+4.8) 88.2 25
Timaru 56 73.1 57.4 65.2 +5.1 84.8 25
Waimate 200 72.5 57.4 65.0 +6.1 85.7 25
Milford Sound 23 64.6 54.6 59.6 ... 73.5 27
Queenstown 1,110 ... ... ... ...
Ophir 1,000 81.0 51.7 66.4 +6.4 88.0 3
Waipiata 1,550 78.0 52.2 65.1 +7.3 88.6 25
Alexandra 520 81.3 55.5 68.4 (+7.3) 88.7 23
Manorburn Dam 2,448 73.3 48.2 60.8 (+7.5) 82.2 25
Dunedin 240 72.6 55.4 64.0 +6.1 84.0 13
Gore 245 ... ... ... ...
Invercargill 12 73.2 53.6 63.4 +6.4 86.0 24

LATE RETURNS.

| Pahiataua, Jan., 1938 | 384 | 75.5 54.9 | 65.2 | (+3.0) | 91.0 16 | 43.0 21 | 2.80 7 | -0.94 | 0.75 8 |
| Queenstown, Jan., 1938 | 1,110 | 75.1 51.8 | 63.4 | (+4.5) | 89.2 16 | 39.8 10 | 3.34 9 | +0.47 | 0.88 4 |

  • Gisborne minimum temperature for 27 days only. † Hermitage, Mt. Cook, maximum temperature for 26 days, minimum temperature for 24 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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🏗️ Meteorological Observations at Kelburn, Wellington for February 1938 (continued from previous page)

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Weather, Temperature, Rainfall, Wind, Humidity, Wellington
  • Edward Kidson, Director

🏗️ Climatological Table for February 1938

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Temperature, Rainfall, Sunshine, Climatological Data