CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE—Summary of the Records of Temperature, Rainfall, and Sunshine for May 1971—continued

| Station | Height Above M.S.L. (Ft.) | Means of Air Temperatures in Degrees (Fahrenheit)
| Mean Max. | Mean Min. | Difference From Normal
| Absolute Maximum and Minimum
| Maximum | Date | Minimum | Date
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Berwick Forest | 60 | 56.2 | 40.0 | 48.1 | +2.8 | 66.1 | 3 | 27.8 | 30 |
| Dunedin Airport | 4 | 56.5 | 39.0 | 47.8 | +2.9 | 66.9 | 3 | 25.9 | 26 |
| Musselburgh, Dunedin | 5 | 56.0 | 46.2 | 51.1 | +3.2 | 63.0 | 10 | 36.5 | 26 |
| Oamaru | 99 | 58.0 | 43.8 | 50.9 | +2.5 | 65.0 | 10 | 33.5 | 30 |
| West Arm, Lake Manapouri | 590 | 50.4 | 41.0 | 45.7 | +2.5 | 61.7 | 2 | 32.0 | 17 |
| Borland Saddle | 3,250 | 48.1 | 37.8 | 43.0 | … | 58.0 | 14 | 27.6 | 29 |
| Queenstown | 1,080 | 53.0 | 39.1 | 46.0 | +1.8 | 62.5 | 3 | 31.1 | 25 |
| Queenstown Aerodrome | 1,154 | 52.7 | 37.0 | 44.8 | … | 63.3 | 3 | 29.1 | 23 |
| Mid Dome | 1,268 | 54.5 | 37.8 | 46.1 | +2.0 | 68.9 | 3 | 26.8 | 24 |
| Cromwell | 698 | 54.3 | 35.6 | 45.0 | +1.5 | 64.7 | 3 | 27.0 | 21 |
| Ophir | 1,000 | 52.4 | 34.3 | 43.4 | +2.4 | 68.0 | 3 | 22.5 | 23 |
| Moa Creek | 1,400 | 52.6 | 29.4 | 41.0 | +2.3 | 67.0 | 3 | 17.0 | 22 |
| Earnscleugh | 500 | 54.5 | 34.0 | 44.2 | +1.8 | 66.7 | 5 | 24.5 | 22 |
| Alexandra | 461 | 54.0 | 35.8 | 44.9 | +1.8 | 66.4 | 3 | 25.5 | 21 |
| Roxburgh, (Power Station) | 360 | 55.4 | 40.8 | 48.1 | +2.5 | 66.0 | 5 | 31.5 | 21 |
| Moa Flat, West Otago | 1,345 | 51.8 | 39.0 | 45.4 | +2.9 | 64.1 | 3 | 28.9 | 26 |
| Mahinerangi Dam | 1,500 | 52.9 | 39.4 | 46.2 | … | 63.3 | 3 | 29.0 | 26 |
| Tapanui | 740 | 55.2 | 41.5 | 48.4 | +3.3 | 70.0 | 3 | 31.5 | 25 |
| Rankleburn Forest | 835 | 52.9 | 40.5 | 46.7 | +3.0 | 62.6 | 3 | 30.2 | 30 |
| Taieri Mouth | 50 | 55.1 | 42.8 | 49.0 | … | 60.7 | 12 | 31.5 | 30 |
| Otautau | 180 | 55.6 | 38.2 | 46.9 | +1.9 | 68.7 | 3 | 26.2 | 30 |
| Winton | 145 | 56.8 | 40.6 | 48.7 | … | 70.2 | 3 | 29.5 | 30 |
| Gore | 235 | 55.2 | 42.6 | 48.9 | +3.7 | 69.2 | 3 | 31.2 | 25 |
| Hokonui Forest | 150 | 56.5 | 40.0 | 48.2 | +2.4 | 69.0 | 3 | 27.0 | 26 |
| Woodlands | 155 | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … |
| Invercargill Airport | 1 | 55.8 | 38.7 | 47.2 | +2.1 | 67.5 | 3 | 27.1 | 25 |
| Tiwai Point | 15 | 55.4 | 43.5 | 49.4 | … | 64.0 | 1 | 30.4 | 30 |
| Milton | 60 | 55.1 | 39.0 | 47.0 | +1.1 | 64.1 | 5 | 26.4 | 30 |
| Finegand, Balclutha | 20 | 55.4 | 40.2 | 47.8 | +2.3 | 69.5 | 1 | 27.4 | 30 |
| Nugget Point | 430 | 53.1 | 44.4 | 48.8 | … | 59.9 | 3 | 36.9 | 30 |
| Rarotonga, Cook Islands | 15 | 81.5 | 70.5 | 76.0 | +2.3 | 84.9 | 3 | 59.2 | 24 |
| Raoul Island | 126 | 71.1 | 61.3 | 66.2 | +0.3 | 74.8 | 16 | 55.2 | 20 |
| Chatham Islands | 157 | 55.9 | 46.8 | 51.4 | +0.7 | 62.6 | 6 | 36.7 | 21 |
| Campbell Island | 49 | 48.7 | 40.8 | 44.8 | +2.0 | 54.3 | 1 | 34.3 | 29 |
| Scott Base, Antarctica | 58 | … | … | -12.8 | +10.8 | 32.4 | 8 | -40.4 | 22 |
| Lake Vanda, Antarctica | 510 | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … |

Rainfall in Inches

Bright Sun-shine

LATE RETURNS

Whatawahata, Mar. 1971…
340 72.6 51.7 62.2 0.0 76.9 23 41.0 29 2.63 8 -1.3 1.93 11 211
Whatawahata, April 1971…
340 68.2 50.8 59.5 +1.9 72.5 13 41.3 4 3.15 12 -2.1 1.10 15 129
Otutira, April 1971…
1,900 62.4 49.5 56.0 … 69.1 7 44.8 12 1.52 9 … 0.61 19 …
Taumarunui, April 1971…
562 69.9 45.4 57.6 +1.1 75.4 3 33.2 30 1.74 12 -3.1 0.64 20 135
Lower Retaruke, Feb. 1971…
730 76.6 55.6 66.1 … 86.4 11 39.7 28 6.17 12 … 1.92 24 …
Lower Retaruke, Mar. 1971…
730 72.6 47.1 60.0 … 78.1 23 32.7 29 1.55 8 … 0.55 3 …
Lower Retaruke, April 1971…
730 69.2 44.6 57.0 … 74.3 13 33.2 30 1.42 9 … 0.59 20 …
Flock House, Bulls, April 1971…
30 68.3 48.7 58.5 +2.5 76.0 20 37.0 5 0.17 4 -2.6 0.06 20 …
Whitemans Valley April 1971…
770 62.6 43.6 53.1 … 71.2 13 31.9 3 0.75 8 … 0.38 21 …
Greymouth, April 1971…
14 65.5 51.6 58.6 +3.5 71.6 19 45.0 19 6.91 11 -0.9 4.26 12 164
The Jordan, Awatere, Feb. 1971…
1,000 78.4 53.2 65.8 +3.8 94.3 14 42.2 18 1.73 5 -0.9 0.65 22 …
The Jordan, Awatere, Mar. 1971…
1,000 72.8 47.9 60.4 +0.7 91.2 31 39.0 28 0.52 4 -1.4 0.29 26 …
The Jordan, Awatere, April 1971…
1,000 67.3 45.1 56.2 +1.2 77.0 6 35.3 11 1.87 6 -0.7 1.10 20 …
Wither Hills, April 1971…
105 66.2 47.1 56.6 +0.8 76.4 6 39.5 11 1.42 6 -0.7 0.84 20 …
Vernon Lagoon, April 1971…
5 65.2 44.9 55.1 … 76.0 6 37.0 26 0.85 6 … 0.47 20 173
Black Birch Range, April 1971…
4,580 48.6 37.4 43.0 … 59.5 30 28.2 11 2.55 … … … … …
Bromley, Christchurch Mar. 1971…
31 69.2 52.9 61.0 +2.9 83.4 16 41.0 28 0.48 6 -1.1 0.28 25 …
Bromley, Christchurch, April 1971…
31 63.0 47.8 55.4 +1.8 77.0 6 38.0 11 0.63 10 -1.1 0.19 6 …
Lake Pukaki, No. 2, Mar. 1971…
1,825 70.0 48.6 59.3 … 77.9 2 39.5 28 3.55 7 … 1.04 25 …
Lake Pukaki, April 1971…
1,825 59.1 42.1 50.6 … 68.7 6 34.3 11 0.98 5 … 0.54 12 …
Adair, April 1971…
280 61.0 45.5 53.2 +0.6 74.0 6 38.3 11 0.51 7 -1.2 0.15 9 …
Woodlands, April 1971…
155 60.8 40.5 50.6 … 68.5 26 29.2 16 1.39 15 … 0.48 12 …

The “normal” refers to the present site of the instruments. The standard periods for normals are: for temperature 1931–60, for rainfall 1921–50, 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.