New Zealand Gazette – 1972 – No. 6

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✨ Climatological Table and Weather Notes

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No. 6

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

Station	Height of Station Above M.S.L.	Air Temperatures in Degrees (Celsius)							Rainfall in Millimetres					Bright Sunshine
		Means of		Mean of A and B	Difference From Normal	Absolute Maximum and Minimum			Total Fall	No. of Rain Days	Difference From Normal	Maximum Fall
		A Max.	B Min.			Maximum	Date	Minimum				Amount	Date
	Metres	°C	°C	°C		°C		°C	mm			mm		Hrs.
Dunedin Airport ..	1	20.0	9.5	14.8	+1.3	29.2	18	2.5	23	52	13	−14	19	20
Musselburgh, Dunedin ..	2	19.1	11.3	15.2	+1.3	31.0	19	7.0	21	56	12	−18	19	26
Oamaru ..	30	19.2	10.8	15.0	+0.6	26.5	18	4.2	8	54	8	−10	17	26
West Arm, Lake Manapouri	180	19.4	9.8	14.6	+1.5	25.9	14	4.0	2	378	17	+58	95	25
Borland Saddle ..	991	..	..	..	+1.5	28.2	14	4.2	8	43	8	−18	20	19
Queenstown ..	329	21.8	10.3	16.1	+1.5	28.2	14	4.0	2	46	8	..	22	19
Queenstown Aerodrome ..	352	21.2	9.3	15.3	..	26.5	14	4.0	2	78	..	−6	34	19
Mid Dome ..	387	20.7	8.1	14.4	+1.1	27.5	18	1.6	2	33	10	−3	13	26
Cromwell ..	213	24.1	10.5	17.3	+1.0	30.9	14	4.4	8	38	9	−5	9	19
Moa Creek ..	427	22.8	7.3	15.1	+1.8	28.7	15	−0.5	9	17	7	−16	9	19
Earnscleugh ..	152	23.8	9.7	16.8	+1.8	31.6	14	3.1	5	34	12	−1	11	19
Alexandra ..	141	23.6	11.0	17.3	+1.4	30.0	14	5.0	1	47	10	−1	15	19
Roxburgh (Power Station)	110	23.1	10.8	17.0	+1.9	30.0	11	2.5	1	73	12	−6	23	19
Moa Flat ..	410	19.5	8.6	14.1	+2.1	26.3	11	2.7	1	67	12	−32	19	20
Mahinerangi Dam ..	396	17.5	8.6	13.1	+1.3	24.5	12	2.5	23	72	15	−7	19	19
Tapanui ..	226	20.2	9.4	14.8	+1.4	28.0	18	4.5	5	71	10	−5	19	19
Rankleburn Forest ..	255	19.3	8.8	14.1	+1.1	28.2	18	3.0	5	49	9	..	19	20
Taieri Mouth ..	15	17.7	9.0	13.4	..	26.5	19	3.2	5	71	9	−20	20	19
Otatau ..	55	19.2	7.8	13.5	+0.3	26.6	15	1.2	4	79	12	..	24	19
Winton ..	44	19.8	8.8	14.3	+0.7	28.0	17	1.2	4	61	17	..	23	19
Gore ..	124	19.6	9.7	14.7	..	28.7	18	4.2	23	73	14	−16	36	19
Hokonui Forest ..	46	20.2	9.1	14.7	+1.1	27.0	17	2.0	4	81	16	..	22	19
Woodlands ..	47	20.2	8.5	14.4	..	26.6	12	2.2	4	96	15	+5	22	25
Invercargill Aerodrome ..	0	19.8	9.1	14.1	+1.8	26.5	18	3.0	5	90	13	..	32	25
Tiwai Point, Bluff ..	5	18.5	10.4	14.5	..	28.2	17	4.9	2	45	12	..	19	19
Milton ..	18	20.0	9.5	14.8	+0.9	29.9	18	1.6	5	35	9	..	20	19
Finegand, Balclutha ..	6	19.2	9.0	14.1	+0.7	26.6	18	2.0	6	58	22	..	16	19
Nugget Point ..	131	16.8	10.0	13.4	..	23.6	25	6.5	8	135	15	−104	54	20
Rarotonga Airport, Cook Is.	5	28.4	22.8	25.6	+0.7	29.6	10	20.4	13	41	13	−55	12	4
Raoul Island, Kermadec Is.	38	22.2	18.1	20.2	−0.3	25.6	3	16.1	6	26	10	−32	5	3
Waitangi, Chatham Islands	48	16.2	9.4	12.8	−0.2	20.7	31	3.9	12	151	..	..	32	18
Campbell Island ..	15	11.9	6.3	9.1	+0.6	17.2	30	−0.9	5	..	..	..	..	..
Scott Base, Antarctica ..	18	−2.3	−8.7	−5.5	−0.1	2.4	21	−12.5	13	..	..	..	..	..
Lake Vanda, Antarctica ..	104	2.9	−3.1	−0.1	..	8.6	26	−7.4	10	..	..	..	..	..

LATE RETURNS

| Te Paki Station, Te Hapua, November 1971 | 58 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 93 | .. | +17 | 34 | 16 | 231 |
| Woodhill Forest, November 1971 | 31 | 19.9 | 10.5 | 15.2 | +0.3 | 22.0 | 12 | 3.8 | 3 | 137 | 16 | +51 | 44 | 16 | .. |
| Tairua Forest, November 1971 .. | 3 | 20.5 | 10.6 | 15.6 | −0.1 | 23.4 | 14 | 7.2 | 12 | 127 | 12 | +10 | 38 | 15 | .. |
| Pukekohe, November 1971 | 82 | 19.6 | 11.0 | 15.3 | .. | 21.0 | 9 | 7.5 | 2 | 135 | 17 | .. | 34 | 8 | 186 |
| Makahu Spur, November 1971 .. | 1,479 | 9.6 | 2.2 | 5.9 | .. | 16.0 | 29 | −2.0 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Ruatoria, November 1971 | 61 | 20.8 | 10.8 | 15.8 | +0.9 | 24.8 | 30 | 6.1 | 3 | 159 | 16 | +62 | 52 | 16 | .. |
| Mangatu Forest, November 1971 .. | 174 | 20.5 | 9.4 | 15.0 | +0.5 | 26.0 | 29 | 5.5 | 2 | 91 | 12 | +7 | 21 | 16 | .. |
| Kahui, Taihape, October 1971 .. | 518 | 14.5 | 6.7 | 10.6 | .. | 18.6 | 17 | 3.0 | 1 | 130 | 19 | .. | 27 | 18 | .. |
| Kahui, Taihape, November 1971 .. | 518 | 18.1 | 8.0 | 13.1 | .. | 20.4 | 17 | 1.3 | 22 | 71 | 15 | .. | 15 | 26 | .. |
| Whitemans Valley, November 1971 .. | 235 | 16.7 | 7.5 | 12.1 | .. | 20.5 | 6 | 3.0 | 22 | 78 | 8 | .. | 33 | 19 | .. |
| Christchurch, November 1971 .. | 7 | 19.0 | 8.9 | 14.0 | +0.2 | 24.9 | 30 | 6.0 | 22 | 29 | 7 | −22 | 13 | 14 | .. |
| Ikawai, November 1971 .. | 70 | 17.6 | 6.7 | 12.2 | .. | 23.0 | 29 | 2.0 | 23 | 34 | 6 | .. | 19 | 15 | .. |
| Temuka, November 1971 .. | 24 | 17.8 | 6.8 | 12.3 | +0.1 | 26.0 | 29 | 2.5 | 12 | 50 | 8 | .. | 17 | 13 | .. |
| Moa Creek, November 1971 .. | 427 | 17.8 | 4.3 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 24.2 | 10 | 0.1 | 16 | 39 | 9 | +9 | 14 | 15 | .. |
| Ngaumu Forest, November 1971 .. | 244 | 18.8 | 7.2 | 13.0 | +0.6 | 23.4 | 12 | 2.4 | 2 | 59 | 11 | −17 | 14 | 16 | .. |
| Makaretu, November 1971 | 335 | 19.9 | 8.1 | 13.6 | .. | 23.4 | 12 | 1.1 | 22 | 93 | 14 | .. | 13 | 20 | .. |

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.

NOTES ON THE WEATHER FOR DECEMBER 1971

General—December was a warm month, and dry in the South Island. It was a good month for stock, and there was plenty of growth except in parts of Marlborough and Canterbury, where it was too dry. As in most previous months of 1971, there was an unusually high frequency of north-easterly winds.

Rainfall—In the South Island rainfall was below normal, except in Western Southland. In Marlborough, Canterbury, and parts of Central Otago it was from a tenth to a half of the normal value.

In the North Island rainfall was mainly within 50 percent of the normal value. However, in parts of Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, and Northern Hawke’s Bay it was more than 50 percent above; while in Wellington it was more than 50 percent below normal.

Very little rain was recorded anywhere in the country from the 10th to the 18th, and most places had none during this period.

Temperatures—Temperatures were above normal, mainly by 1–1½°C.

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