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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 4
Conditions improved during the next day or two but by the morning of the 8th a very deep depression, the first of a new series, had moved on to the South Island giving rain in central districts and the south, accompanied by the thunderstorms already mentioned. There were severe north-westerly gales in the South Island, a tree being blown on to a train at Styx in North Canterbury. This depression moved off the country fairly rapidly, giving general rain in the North on the 9th. The 10th was a fine day generally, but a phenomenally deep and vigorous cyclone formed over New South Wales causing many severe northerly gales the next day in the Dominion, a 75-ton crane being overturned at Greymouth. Rain occurred in all western districts, but fortunately the centre of the storm passed to the south of New Zealand.
Apart from an intense one which gave general rain in central districts on the 20th the depressions in the next ten days, although frequent, were fairly weak, the weather being changeable with scattered rains and intervals of fair weather. This was the period in which the majority of the thunderstorms occurred.
Conditions were better on the 22nd to 24th, but the anticyclone which was approaching moved north, and an intense disturbance crossed the Dominion over Christmas, strong and unpleasantly cold south-westerly winds prevailing on the 26th.
From then on the weather in the North Island was relatively good but remained changeable and unsettled in the South Island.
EDWARD KIDSON, Director.
CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE.
SUMMARY OF THE RECORDS OF TEMPERATURE, RAINFALL, AND SUNSHINE FOR DECEMBER, 1938.
| 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. | |||
| A Max. | B Min. | Mean of A and B. | ||
| Ft. | °F. | °F. | °F. | |
| Te Paki, Te Hapua | 200 | 69·1 | 56·0 | 62·6 |
| “Ramote,” Kerikeri | 400 | .. | .. | .. |
| Waipoua State Forest | 225 | 67·5 | 53·4 | 60·4 |
| Riverhead | 105 | 67·0 | 50·6 | 58·8 |
| Auckland | 160 | 68·8 | 57·2 | 63·0 |
| Waihi | 404 | 68·3 | 52·1 | 60·2 |
| Wharekawa Nursery, Whangamata | 50 | 71·4 | 51·9 | 61·6 |
| Te Aroha | 46 | 70·6 | 54·1 | 62·4 |
| Tauranga | 100 | 69·7 | 50·7 | 60·2 |
| Ruakura Farm, Hamilton | 131 | 68·0 | 50·1 | 59·0 |
| Rotoehu Plantation | 235 | 70·3 | 47·2 | 58·8 |
| Rotorua | 925 | 70·0 | 50·0 | 60·0 |
| Whakarewarewa | 1,000 | 70·1 | 48·3 | 59·2 |
| Gisborne | 25 | 72·8 | 51·8 | 62·3 |
| Onepoto, Lake Waikaremoana | 2,110 | 62·1 | 47·5 | 54·8 |
| New Plymouth | 190 | 64·0 | 52·0 | 58·0 |
| Chateau Tongariro | 3,670 | .. | .. | .. |
| Dawson Falls | 3,100 | 55·4 | 42·0 | 48·7 |
| Karioi | 2,125 | 60·6 | 42·6 | 51·6 |
| Napier | 5 | 70·8 | 53·6 | 62·2 |
| Hastings | 45 | 72·8 | 49·4 | 61·1 |
| Taihape | 2,157 | 60·6 | 45·1 | 52·8 |
| Wanganui | 72 | 66·6 | 52·7 | 59·6 |
| Tangimoara | 8 | 65·4 | 51·0 | 58·2 |
| Palmerston North | 100 | .. | .. | .. |
| Massey College, P.N. | 110 | .. | .. | .. |
| Pahiatua | 384 | 64·3 | 48·5 | 56·4 |
| Kapiti Island | 44 | 64·2 | 53·0 | 58·6 |
| Masterton | 387 | 67·6 | 47·6 | 57·6 |
| Wellington | 415 | 62·9 | 50·4 | 56·6 |
| Nelson | 24 | 67·8 | 49·6 | 58·7 |
| Appleby, Nelson | 57 | .. | .. | .. |
| Blenheim | 30 | 71·2 | 49·5 | 60·4 |
| Golden Downs | 900 | 65·2 | 43·8 | 54·5 |
| Waihopai | 860 | 67·1 | 46·7 | 56·9 |
| Westport | 23 | 61·0 | 51·0 | 56·0 |
| Hanmer Springs | 1,225 | 65·5 | 43·8 | 54·6 |
| Balmoral | 743 | 66·1 | 46·0 | 56·0 |
| Hokitika | 12 | 62·5 | 48·2 | 55·4 |
| Lake Coleridge | 1,220 | 65·3 | 45·8 | 55·6 |
| Christchurch | 22 | 66·9 | 49·5 | 58·2 |
| Wigram Aerodrome, Sockburn | 74 | 67·2 | 48·1 | 57·6 |
| Rudstone, Methven | 1,217 | 63·6 | 45·9 | 54·8 |
| Lincoln | 36 | 66·8 | 48·0 | 57·4 |
| Onawe, Duvauchelle’s Bay | 150 | 67·9 | 49·8 | 58·8 |
| Hermitage, Mount Cook | 2,510 | 57·7 | 40·5 | 49·1 |
| Ashburton | 323 | 67·2 | 47·1 | 57·2 |
| Lake Tekapo | 2,350 | 60·5 | 42·0 | 51·2 |
| Jacksons Bay | 22 | 62·4 | 47·1 | 54·8 |
| Fairlie | 1,000 | 65·6 | 43·9 | 54·8 |
| Timaru | 56 | .. | 48·0 | .. |
| Waimate | 200 | 65·6 | 48·1 | 56·8 |
| Milford Sound | 23 | 60·5 | 47·5 | 54·0 |
| Queenstown | 1,110 | 63·7 | 44·7 | 54·2 |
| Ophir | 1,000 | 64·3 | 45·7 | 55·0 |
| Waipiata | 1,550 | 62·3 | 42·8 | 52·6 |
| Alexandra | 520 | 66·6 | 47·6 | 57·1 |
| Manorburn Dam | 2,448 | 56·8 | 39·4 | 48·1 |
| Dunedin | 240 | 62·0 | 47·1 | 54·6 |
| Invercargill | 12 | 62·3 | 46·9 | 54·6 |
LATE RETURNS.
| Massey College, P.N., November, 1938 | 110 | 65·9 | 52·6 | 59·2 | (+3·3) | 76·1 | 7 | 41·5 | 16 | 2·87 | 15 | (—0·85) | 0·64 | 2 | 167·3 |
| Ashburton, November, 1938 | 323 | 64·8 | 46·9 | 55·8 | +0·8 | 78·2 | 11 | 37·5 | 4 | 3·52 | 11 | +1·19 | 1·48 | 28 | .. |
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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