New Zealand Gazette – 1953 – No. 54

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✨ Climatological Data



CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE--continued

Summary of the Records of Temperature, Rainfall, and Sunshine for August 1953--continued

Station Height of Station Above M.S.L. Means of A Max. B Min. Mean of A and B Difference From Normal Absolute Maximum and Minimum Air Temperatures in Degrees (Fahrenheit) Total Fall No. of Rain Days Difference From Normal Maximum Fall Bright Sunshine
Rudstone, Methven 1,217 53.3 37.5 45.4 +1.8 65.2 29 30.0 1 4.61 12
Akaroa 150 54.1 40.1 47.1 +0.7 64.5 30 33.8 20 5.55 10
Lincoln 36 52.8 36.3 44.6 +1.5 62.8 30 26.1 11 3.35 14
The Hermitage 2,510 46.2 32.2 39.2 +1.2 57.0 31 25.0 20 8.69 13
Winchmore 525 52.8 34.9 43.8 (+1.5) 64.2 31 24.0 22 2.97 11
Haast 15 53.6 41.8 47.7 (+1.8) 61.3 26 32.6 9 11.46 22
Ashburton 323 54.9 35.2 45.0 +1.3 67.4 8 26.8 20 3.23 12
Fairlie 1,004 52.4 28.3 40.4 +0.2 65.0 30 19.0 1 2.74 12
Timaru 56 51.6 36.1 43.8 +0.0 64.6 30 27.8 20 2.94 9
Adair 200 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Tara Hills 1,600 48.9 30.4 39.6 (+0.6) 59.8 30 22.8 1 0.85 9
Milford Sound 20 52.1 37.6 44.8 +1.6 60.9 24,26 32.3 23 17.98 18
Waimate 200 53.2 35.2 44.2 -0.2 67.0 8 26.0 1 2.06 19
Frankton Airfield 1,144 50.8 32.4 41.6 ... 62.2 7 26.8 22 1.62 9
Queenstown 1,100 51.1 35.4 43.2 +1.6 59.9 7 30.2 1,22 2.02 10
Cromwell 720 52.2 33.1 42.6 (+1.7) 61.4 7 24.6 1 0.54 8
Ophir 1,000 51.3 30.3 40.8 +1.2 62.0 7 21.3 1 1.18 7
Earnscleugh 500 51.5 30.7 41.1 (+0.4) 63.6 30 23.0 1 0.67 6
Waipiata 1,550 47.8 31.6 39.7 +0.0 59.0 31 25.4 22 1.28 5
Alexandra 520 51.7 31.8 41.8 +0.4 63.3 30 25.8 5,6 0.64 6
Roxburgh Hydro 350 53.4 36.2 44.8 ... 64.1 7 24.0 22 1.18 8
Mid Dome 1,252 49.5 33.3 41.4 ... 60.2 17 26.9 19 3.33 8
Moa Flat, West Otago 1,345 48.5 34.5 41.5 ... 58.2 7 29.2 23 2.13 13
Manorburn Dam 2,448 44.2 29.0 36.6 +2.6 57.5 7 19.5 1 0.86 7
Taieri 80 54.4 33.5 44.0 (+0.3) 67.8 31 25.7 22 1.72 12
Musselburgh, Dunedin 5 52.1 38.7 45.4 (-0.1) 64.0 8 31.3 22 2.74 11
East Gore 245 52.8 34.6 43.7 +1.0 65.0 7 27.0 21 2.10 13
Gore 240 53.5 34.7 44.1 (+1.1) 64.0 7 26.0 21 2.01 13
Otautau 180 52.1 33.8 43.0 +0.0 62.6 7 25.8 12 2.94 12
Pebbly Hills 150 52.6 35.1 43.8 ... 62.0 7 25.0 22 2.69 13
Invercargill South 8 53.9 35.8 44.8 +0.8 63.9 7 28.2 22 2.40 13
Invercargill Airfield 0 52.8 33.2 43.0 (+0.0) 62.8 7 25.7 22 2.37 12

LATE RETURNS

Station Height of Station Above M.S.L. Means of A Max. B Min. Mean of A and B Difference From Normal Absolute Maximum and Minimum Air Temperatures in Degrees (Fahrenheit) Total Fall No. of Rain Days Difference From Normal Maximum Fall Bright Sunshine
Adair, July 1953 200 49.7 35.6 42.6 (+0.7) 62.3 23 31.0 16 1.11 8
Roxburgh Hydro, July 1953 350 47.3 30.6 39.0 ... 58.0 23 24.5 20 0.61 5
Gore, July 1953 240 48.4 32.3 40.4 (+0.7) 61.0 23 25.0 17 1.24 11

NOTE.--At stations where departures from normal are in parentheses, the temperature record has been maintained for less than ten years, the rainfall record for less than twenty years. Rainfall normals have been revised and now refer to the standard period 1921-50. Where observations are not available for the whole period, or where the site of the rain-gauge has been changed, the normals are partly interpolated.

NOTES ON THE WEATHER FOR AUGUST 1953

Following the formation of a very shallow depression west of Nelson on the 3rd, considerable rain occurred in northern districts of both islands. There were several particularly heavy falls in the far north, and some roads were flooded. On the 5th and 6th scattered light rain persisted in Northland, but elsewhere the weather was fair.

For the next five days westerly conditions prevailed. Eastern districts received very little rain, and there were some fair intervals elsewhere, except on the West Coast, where the weather continued unsettled with frequent rain throughout this period.

During the passage of a depression across the North Island on the 13th and 14th rain became general, except in the far south-west. There were substantial falls in northern and eastern districts of both Islands, accompanied in most of these areas with winds of gale force. A temporary return to westerly conditions caused a clearance in eastern districts on the 15th and in most other areas on the 16th.

Rain became general again as a depression moved across the country on the 17th and 18th, and a north-easterly gale caused some damage in Auckland. Two weak troughs of low pressure then brought rain, mainly to the central provinces and the far south. By the 21st an anticyclone covered the whole country. Showers persisted in parts of Westland and Northland, but elsewhere fair weather predominated until the 25th.

A complex depression which had formed in the south Tasman Sea then moved north-eastward. During its slow passage across Northland from the 25th to the 28th, there were heavy rains in the eastern part of this district, and also in Auckland. The easterly winds associated with the depression also brought heavy rain to parts of Canterbury and to Marlborough. Elsewhere rain was confined mainly to coastal districts, and the far south was not affected.

With an anticyclone centred to the east, fair or fine weather prevailed in many districts for the last three days of the month. Over the northern half of the North Island, however, there was further rain associated with the approach of a depression from the Queensland coast, and some heavy falls were again reported in Northland and Coromandel. In Westland, too, the weather remained unsettled on account of the passage of a deep depression far to the south-west.

M. A. F. BARNETT, Director.

(N.Z. Met. S. Misc. Pub. 107)



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