New Zealand Gazette – 1976 – No. 34

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✨ Climatological Summary

722 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 34

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE—Summary of the Records of Temperature, Rainfall, and Sunshine for February 1976—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	Differ-ence From Normal	Absolute Maximum and Minimum		Total Fall	No. of Rain Days	Differ-ence From Normal	Maximum Fall
		A Max.	B Min.			Maximum	Date	Minimum	Date			Amount \| Date \|
	Metres	°C	°C	°C	°C	°C		°C		mm		mm \| mm \| \| Hrs
Oamaru Aerodrome	30	17.7	7.6	12.7	-2.0	29.6	19	2.5	27	28	4	-25 \| 18 \| 9 \| 205
Tara Hills, Omarama	488	21.3	5.7	13.5	-1.9	27.3	29	-2.6	27	12	3	-44 \| 8 \| 7 \| 237
Lake Hawea	350	20.0	8.4	14.2	-2.5	24.7	17	0.8	27	6	2	-55 \| 6 \| 7 \| ..
Wanaka	296	22.0	7.7	14.9	-1.7	26.2	4	0.2	27	23	4	-30 \| 15 \| 6 \| ..
Naseby Forest	610	18.4	3.4	10.9	-2.5	25.5	29	-3.0	27	36	4	-25 \| 20 \| 7 \| ..
Ranfurly	427	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. \| .. \| .. \| ..
Herbert Forest	61	18.0	6.5	12.3	-2.0	30.2	19	2.3	28	57	9	+5 \| 22 \| 6 \| ..
Palmerston	21	18.0	5.8	11.9	-2.0	29.0	19	0.8	1	52	8	.. \| 18 \| 9 \| 201
Cherry Farm Hospital	6	17.4	6.6	12.0	-2.2	26.0	19	2.0	27	47	10	+4 \| 21 \| 6 \| ..
Taiaroa Head	72	15.0	9.5	12.3	-1.6	20.0	2	5.0	27	36	11	-10 \| 13 \| 6 \| ..
Invermay, Taieri	24	18.7	6.9	12.8	-1.7	28.3	19	0.6	17	46	8	-7 \| 19 \| 6 \| ..
Berwick Forest	18	19.1	6.4	12.8	-1.6	25.7	2	0.6	27	42	8	-19 \| 23 \| 6 \| ..
Dunedin Airport	1	19.1	6.0	12.6	-1.8	27.1	19	-0.1	17	40	10	-8 \| 20 \| 6 \| 180
Musselburgh, Dunedin	2	17.6	9.1	13.4	-1.6	22.5	19	5.0	27	51	12	-10 \| 22 \| 6 \| 184
Takahe Valley	762	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. \| .. \| .. \| ..
Te Anau	215	..	6.7	..	..	..	..	-0.7	27	12	4	-72 \| 9 \| 19 \| 214
West Arm, Manapouri	232	16.9	7.4	12.2	-1.7	24.2	9	2.5	27	140	16	.. \| 46 \| 19 \| ..
Borland Burn	183	19.2	4.1	11.7	..	23.6	29	-3.5	27	36	12	.. \| 14 \| 19 \| ..
Queenstown	329	21.1	8.5	14.8	-0.8	26.3	23	2.3	27	4	4	-62 \| 3 \| 6 \| 234
Queenstown Aerodrome	349	20.4	7.0	13.7	-0.9	25.9	23	0.6	27	0	0	-57 \| 0 \| .. \| ..
Mid Dome	386	19.9	4.7	12.3	-2.2	26.7	29	-1.2	27	39	8	-47 \| 12 \| 7 \| ..
Cromwell	213	23.0	7.6	15.3	-1.9	28.4	29	-0.4	27	10	3	-26 \| 5 \| 6 \| ..
Clyde	183	22.5	5.9	14.2	..	27.0	5	0.5	27	17	3	.. \| 15 \| 6 \| ..
Ophir	305	20.7	5.3	13.0	-2.5	26.7	29	-2.0	27	34	6	-9 \| 23 \| 6 \| ..
Moa Creek	427	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. \| .. \| .. \| ..
Earnscleugh	152	22.2	5.5	13.9	-2.0	29.0	29	-1.2	27	11	7	-27 \| 9 \| 6 \| ..
Alexandra	141	21.7	6.9	14.3	-2.5	29.1	29	0.5	27	9	5	-29 \| 7 \| 6 \| 223
Roxburgh Power Station	110	21.0	6.5	13.8	-2.2	26.0	19	0.0	27	11	5	-32 \| 5 \| 19 \| ..
Moa Flat	410	18.1	4.7	11.4	-1.8	25.0	29	-0.5	27	35	8	-34 \| 9 \| 7 \| ..
Mahinerangi Dam	396	16.4	5.4	10.9	-2.0	24.4	19	-0.8	27	52	13	-27 \| 22 \| 6 \| ..
Tapanui	226	17.9	5.4	11.7	-2.6	22.7	29	0.0	27	36	10	-35 \| 9 \| 6 \| ..
Rankleburn Forest	255	17.5	6.0	11.8	-1.6	23.8	28	1.6	27	39	12	-37 \| 11 \| 25 \| ..
Taieri Mouth	15	16.9	7.6	12.3	-1.1	22.6	3	2.9	1	56	10	-10 \| 31 \| 6 \| ..
Otautau	55	18.1	5.8	12.0	-1.9	25.0	29	-1.0	27	31	11	-50 \| 8 \| 19 \| 202
Winton	44	18.0	5.5	11.8	-2.6	26.1	29	0.0	27	19	7	-42 \| 6 \| 5 \| 189
Gore, D.S.I.R.	123	17.2	6.0	11.6	-2.8	26.0	29	0.3	27	25	13	.. \| 8 \| 19 \| 187
Hokonui Forest	46	18.2	6.0	12.1	-2.4	25.6	29	-1.5	27	32	12	-49 \| 7 \| 19 \| ..
Woodlands	47	17.3	6.1	11.7	-2.4	24.7	29	-0.9	27	35	16	.. \| 7 \| 6 \| ..
Invercargill Aerodrome	0	16.9	6.8	11.9	-1.6	24.7	29	-1.3	27	29	14	-50 \| 6 \| 19 \| 188
Tiwai Point, Bluff	5	16.4	9.0	12.7	-1.8	19.9	28	2.0	27	29	16	.. \| 8 \| 19 \| ..
Stewart Island	3	15.2	7.5	11.4	..	20.6	28	1.2	27	86	22	.. \| 16 \| 19 \| ..
Milton	18	18.3	7.2	12.8	-1.7	24.7	29	-0.4	27	44	13	-14 \| 17 \| 6 \| ..
Finegand, Balclutha	6	18.2	7.6	12.9	-1.4	24.4	2	2.6	27	19	14	.. \| 5 \| 6 \| 175
Owaka	5	17.1	7.0	12.1	..	23.0	28	-0.3	17	31	13	.. \| 15 \| 6 \| ..
Nugget Point	129	15.5	8.2	11.9	-1.3	19.1	20	5.2	26	46	18	-20 \| 18 \| 6 \| ..
Rarotonga Airport	7	28.8	23.2	26.0	+0.0	30.6	2	21.2	5	388	24	+180 \| 72 \| 7 \| 220
Raoul Island	38	24.8	21.0	22.9	+0.5	27.3	8	17.4	18	277	21	+122 \| 70 \| 11 \| 105
Waitangi, Chatham Islands	44	15.5	10.3	12.9	-1.9	19.8	12	4.7	27	210	16	+146 \| 96 \| 10 \| 124
Campbell Island	15	10.7	5.5	8.1	-1.1	12.6	29	2.5	26	79	22	-35 \| 17 \| 19 \| 89
Nandi Airport, Fiji	15	31.3	22.4	26.9	..	33.4	5	20.7	28	217	26	.. \| 34 \| 8 \| 169
Totokoitu, Rarotonga	9	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. \| .. \| .. \| ..
Scott Base, Antarctica	16	-7.0	-14.5	-10.7	-0.1	-0.3	1	-23.8	28	..	..	.. \| .. \| .. \| ..

LATE RETURNS AND CORRECTIONS


Waipoua Forest, January 1976	88	23.2	14.5	18.9	+1.3	29.0	26	8.0	5	169	14	+90	48	12	..
Oratia, Auckland, January 1976	41	23.3	14.7	19.0	+1.1	26.7	16	8.1	5	215	16	+134	104	12	..
Opotiki, January 1976	6	22.1	15.7	18.9	+0.7	25.1	27	8.2	31	150	14	+61	33	14	165
Ardmore, Auckland, January 1976	30	23.0	14.7	18.9	+0.7	26.3	16	8.8	5	171	15	+95	58	12	..
Ballantrae No. 1, Woodville, December 1975	347	17.1	10.2	13.7	-0.3	20.7	18	3.0	26	114	16	..	21	26	..
Ballantrae No. 2, Woodville, December 1975	171	18.6	9.8	14.2	-0.9	22.7	18	2.6	29	138	17	..	34	18	..
Ballantrae No. 2, Woodville, January 1976	171	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	147	..	..	30	10	..
Esk Forest, January 1976	427	..	12.3	..	..	..	..	5.7	21	198	18	+81	82	1	..
Mohaka Forest, January 1976	286	21.7	13.1	17.4	+0.3	29.1	6	6.0	21	131	14	+31	27	18	..
Portland Island, January 1976	78	21.0	15.1	18.1	+0.0	28.3	6	11.0	21	61	13	+3	13	8	..
Stratford, January 1976	311	19.8	11.9	15.9	+0.4	24.3	7	6.6	4	294	16	+159	81	26	173
Kahui, Taihape, December 1975	518	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	61	10	..	13	25	..
Kahui, Taihape, January 1976	518	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	91	13	..	..	..	..
Murchison, January 1976	158	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	221	13	..	83	26	..

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