New Zealand Gazette – 1969 – No. 31

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✨ Climatological Table



972 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 31

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE—Summary of the Records of Temperature, Rainfall, and Sunshine for April 1969—continued

Station Height of Station Above M.S.L. Air Temperatures in Degrees (Fahrenheit) Rainfall in Inches Bright Sunshine
Ft. Means of Absolute Maximum and Minimum
A Max. B Min. Mean of A and B
Mount John 3,367 55.0 36.6 45.8
Craigieburn, Ski Basin 5,100 45.9 32.3 39.1
Craigieburn Forest 3,000 55.1 36.6 45.8
Craigieburn, Camp Stream 4,700 46.8 35.7 41.2
Lake Coleridge 1,195 60.8 39.8 50.3
Highbank, Methven 1,102 59.7 44.0 51.8
Hororata 631 63.7 42.0 52.8
Winchmore 526 62.3 41.7 52.0
Ashburton 330 63.0 42.2 52.6
Ashley Forest 350 62.6 45.4 54.0
Rangiora 150 64.1 43.0 53.6
Darfield 640 62.5 42.8 52.6
Eyrewell 520 63.1 41.2 52.2
Christchurch Airport 97 62.4 44.7 53.6
Christchurch 22 62.3 44.5 53.4
Bromley 31
Mt. Pleasant, Christchurch 450 60.5 47.8 54.2
Lincoln 36 62.7 43.6 53.2
Onawe, Akaroa 150 62.0 46.8 54.4
Lake Tekapo 2,240 58.8 39.1 49.0
Glentanner 2,800 51.5 35.8 43.6
Lake Pukaki 1,660 59.0 38.5 48.8
Fairlie 1,004 62.5 38.8 50.6
Temuka 80 62.2 40.6 51.4
Timaru Aerodrome 75 61.3 40.7 51.0
Adair 280 60.9 43.9 52.4
Timaru 56 61.1 43.0 52.0
Waimate 200 62.5 43.1 52.8
Otematata 920 62.2 42.3 52.2
Oamaru Aerodrome 99 59.1 42.1 50.6
Tara Hills, Omarama 1,600 59.4 36.6 48.0
Lake Hawea 1,147 59.9 42.1 51.0
Naseby Forest 2,000 56.7 36.2 46.4
Herbert Forest 200 61.7 40.0 50.8
Palmerston 70 59.2 40.1 49.6
Cherry Farm, Waikouaiti 21 58.9 41.8 50.4
Taieri 80 59.3 41.5 50.4
Berwick Forest 60 58.0 40.8 49.4
Dunedin Airport 4 59.1 39.8 49.4
Musselburgh, Dunedin 5 57.0 45.0 51.0
Oamaru 99 61.2 42.4 51.8
West Arm, Lake Manapouri 590 54.0 39.7 46.8
Queenstown 1,080 58.7 41.5 50.1
Queenstown Aerodrome 1,154 57.1 40.3 48.7
Mid Dome 1,252 57.1 39.4 48.2
Cromwell 698 61.5 38.5 50.0
Ophir 1,000 60.3 35.2 47.8
Moa Creek 1,400 58.7 34.6 46.6
Earnscleugh 500 62.9 36.1 49.5
Alexandra 461 61.5 39.7 50.6
Roxburgh Hydro 350 60.1 40.5 50.3
Moa Flat, West Otago 1,345 54.4 39.5 47.0
Mahinerangi Dam 1,300 53.9 38.7 46.3
Tapanui 740 56.5 41.1 48.8
Rankleburn Forest 835 55.3 41.4 48.4
Taieri Mouth 50 56.0 43.0 49.5
Otatau 180 58.0 40.3 49.2
Winton 145 57.8 41.8 49.8
Gore 235 58.0 41.8 49.9
Pebby Hills 150 58.5 41.2 49.8
Invercargill Airport 1 57.2 41.3 49.2
Milton 60 57.8 41.5 49.6
Balclutha 20 57.6 41.9 49.8
Rarotonga 15 83.4 72.4 77.9
Raoul Island 126 72.3 61.9 67.1
Chatham Islands 157 57.2 47.4 52.3
Campbell Island 49 47.8 39.8 43.8
Scott Base, Antarctica 45 .. .. —13.4
Lake Vanda, Antarctica 51

LATE RETURNS

| Te Paki, Te Hapua, Mar 1969 | 190 | 69.6 | 43.2 | 56.4 | —1.5 | 77.2 | 11 | 31.1 | 25 | 1.14 | 3 | +2.0 | 0.94 | 1 | .. |
| Wairapukao, March 1969 | 1,435| 68.9 | 51.6 | 60.2 | —2.0 | 77.8 | 14 | 40.9 | 26 | 0.92 | 7 | —3.0 | 0.52 | 1 | 196 |
| Whatawhata, March 1969 | 340 | 65.7 | 43.2 | 54.4 | .. | 71.9 | 13 | 37.1 | 4 | 2.51 | 8 | .. | 1.70 | 1 | .. |
| Taurewa Forest, March 1969 | 2,545| 67.2 | 40.8 | 54.0 | +1.4 | 77.3 | 12 | 29.5 | 24 | 1.77 | .. | +0.5 | 0.87 | 20 | .. |
| Moa Creek, March 1969 | 1,400| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Errata | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Appleby, March 1969 | 57 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 0.07 | 2 | —1.5 | 0.05 | 1 | .. |

The “normal” refers to the present site of the instruments. The standard periods for normals are: for temperature 1931–60, for rainfall 1921–59, and for sunshine 1935–60. No normals are available for stations with only short records.

*The sunshine recorder is not located at the station but is in the near vicinity.



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🎓 Errata for March 1969 Climatological Data

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