New Zealand Gazette – 1938 – No. 32

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✨ Climatological Data



APRIL 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1037

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.

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

Station. Height of Station above M.S.L. Air Temperatures in Degrees (Fahrenheit). Rainfall in Inches. Bright Sunshine (Hours).
Means of Mean of A and B. Difference from Normal.
A Max. B Min.
Ft. °F. °F. °F.
Te Paki, Te Hapua .. 200 75.7 60.6 68.2
Waipoua State Forest.. 225 75.7 55.9 65.8
Riverhead .... 105 74.2 52.3 63.2
Hobsonville .... 40 75.8 59.6 67.7
Auckland .... 160 75.2 63.4 69.3
Waihi .. 404 74.9 56.2 65.6
Wharekawa Nursery, Whangamate 50 76.1 57.7 66.9
Te Aroha .... 46 78.8 57.2 68.0
Tauranga .... 100 76.1 57.0 66.6
Ruakura Farm, Hamilton 131 76.5 53.0 64.8
Rotoehu Plantation .. 235 75.1 55.0 65.0
Rotorua.. 925 78.2 56.3 67.2
Whakarewarewa .. 1,000 75.1 54.8 65.0
Gisborne*.. .. 25 75.4 56.0 65.7
Onepoto, Lake Waikaremoana 2,110 69.2 55.0 62.1
New Plymouth .. 60 74.0 57.4 65.7
Chateau Tongariro 3,670 64.3 46.6 55.4
Karioi .. 2,125 70.4 47.8 59.1
Napier .. 5 74.2 57.2 65.7
Hastings .. 45 77.0 53.5 65.2
Taihape .. 2,157 70.5 52.6 61.6
Wanganui .. 72 73.9 58.2 66.0
Tangimoana 8 73.8 54.7 64.2
Palmerston North 100 76.2 55.9 66.0
Massey College, P.N. 110 74.7 56.0 65.4
Pahiatua .. 384 73.0 54.5 63.8
Kapiti Island 44 71.1 60.2 65.6
Masterton .. 387 77.3 51.7 64.5
Wellington .. 415 69.9 57.8 63.8
Nelson .. 24 72.1 56.3 64.2
Appleby, Nelson 57 72.5 56.3 64.4
Blenheim .. 30 74.9 54.0 64.4
Golden Downs 900 70.1 51.9 61.0
Waihopai .... 860 73.0 50.9 62.0
Westport .... 23 68.6 56.8 62.7
Hanmer Springs .. 1,225 71.2 46.6 58.9
Balmoral .... 743 72.3 48.6 60.4
Hokitika .. 12 68.0 55.1 61.6
Lake Coleridge .. 1,220 71.0 50.5 60.8
Christchurch 22 68.7 53.6 61.2
Wigram Aerodrome, Sockburn 74 69.9 51.5 60.7
Rudstone, Methven .. 1,217 69.0 52.0 60.5
Lincoln .. .. 36 71.3 51.7 61.5
Onawe, Duvauchelle's Bay 150 71.2 54.1 62.6
Hermitage, Mount Cook† 2,510 66.7 46.5 56.6
Ashburton .... 323 69.4 50.2 59.8
Lake Tekapo .. 2,350 69.7 46.6 58.2
Jacksons Bay .. 22 65.7 55.1 60.4
Fairlie .... 1,000 69.9 46.5 58.2
Timaru .... 56 68.7 53.1 60.9
Waimate .... 200 69.1 52.0 60.6
Milford Sound .. 23 60.5 51.9 56.2
Queenstown .... 1,110 69.4 50.5 59.9
Ophir ..... 1,000 73.6 48.7 61.2
Waipiata .... 1,550 71.5 47.8 59.6
Alexandra .... 520 73.0 50.3 61.6
Manorburn Dam .. 2,448 65.2 42.9 54.0
Dunedin .... 240 66.6 50.5 58.6
Gore .... 245 .. .. ..
Invercargill .. 12 65.9 48.4 57.2

LATE RETURNS.

| Appleby, Nelson, Feb., 1938 | 57 | 74.3 | 59.1 | 66.7 | (+4.4) | 81.6 | 18 | 52.0 | 2 | 5.43 | 10 | .. | 1.68 | 4 | .. |
| Queenstown, Feb., 1938 | 1,110 | 77.9 | 54.9 | 66.4 | (+7.4) | 87.0 | 25 | 41.8 | 16 | 1.47 | 5 | -0.50 | 0.71 | 6 | 237.6 |

  • Gisborne minimum temperature for 30 days only. † Hermitage, Mt. Cook, temperature observations for 25 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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