New Zealand Gazette – 1976 – No. 76

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✨ Climatological Data



CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE—Summary of the Records of Temperature, Rainfall, and Sunshine for May 1976—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 Maximum Date Total Fall mm No. of Rain Days Difference From Normal Maximum Fall Amount Date Bright Sunshine Hrs
Cherry Farm Hospital 6 14.3 3.5 8.9 +0.8 20.5 29 -1.6 11 44 11 -14 28 19 ..
Taiaroa Head 72 12.2 6.9 9.6 +0.9 18.7 29 1.7 1 53 13 -16 22 19 ..
Invermay, Taieri 24 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Taieri Invermay No. 2 30 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Berwick Forest 18 14.0 3.9 9.0 +1.5 20.0 29 -1.7 23 77 17 +13 23 19 ..
Dunedin Airport 1 14.0 3.3 8.7 +1.3 19.8 29 -3.7 17 68 15 +12 29 19 118
Musselburgh, Dunedin 2 13.6 6.0 9.8 +0.9 19.7 29 3.0 9 67 13 -4 35 19 122
Te Anau 215 11.6 3.2 7.4 +0.9 15.3 4 -2.5 11 123 14 +24 30 8 84
West Arm, Manapouri 232 9.5 4.4 7.0 +0.6 12.9 4 0.0 11 458 24 .. 112 28 ..
Borland Burn 183 11.6 0.6 6.1 .. 16.2 5 -4.9 16 100 22 .. 22 18 ..
Queenstown 329 11.1 3.3 7.2 +0.3 16.4 4 -0.7 11 117 16 +38 29 8 85
Queenstown Aerodrome 349 11.0 1.6 6.3 +0.2 16.0 4 -2.2 11 102 14 +41 36 19 ..
Mid Dome 386 12.3 2.7 7.5 +0.7 17.7 24 -2.5 22 162 14 +78 57 19 ..
Cromwell 213 12.1 2.1 7.1 +0.6 17.9 29 -4.0 11 57 9 +21 23 25 ..
Clyde 183 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Ophir 305 12.4 0.7 6.6 +1.4 16.5 29 -5.4 11 63 9 +33 34 19 ..
Moa Creek 427 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Earnscleugh 152 12.9 0.9 6.9 +1.1 18.6 31 -5.3 11 62 19 +34 25 25 ..
Alexandra 141 12.5 1.6 7.1 +0.8 18.4 29 -3.3 11 59 14 +31 22 25 114
Roxburgh Power Station 110 13.2 3.8 8.5 +1.0 18.6 29 -1.0 11 65 11 +27 22 25 ..
Moa Flat 410 10.7 2.5 6.6 +0.5 16.4 6 -2.5 11 96 18 +38 24 19 ..
Mahinerangi Dam 396 10.7 2.6 6.7 +0.9 17.2 6 -1.4 11 131 16 +50 32 19 ..
Tapanui 226 12.0 3.1 7.6 +0.0 16.3 5 -0.6 13 122 .. +38 27 19 ..
Rankleburn Forest 255 11.5 3.7 7.6 +0.7 16.4 29 -1.8 23 116 20 +25 19 19 ..
Taieri Mouth 15 13.3 4.6 9.0 +1.1 19.5 29 -1.0 23 76 13 +2 27 19 ..
Otautau 55 12.2 3.5 7.9 +0.7 17.6 4 .. .. 132 22 +35 21 19 80
Winton 44 12.4 4.2 8.3 +0.9 17.4 6 -0.1 11 102 21 +36 22 19 76
Gore D.S.I.R. 123 11.7 3.4 7.6 +0.8 16.1 4 -1.4 22 72 23 .. 13 19 102
Hokonui Forest 46 12.7 4.0 8.4 +0.9 17.4 6 -0.5 17 112 23 +26 23 19 ..
Woodlands 47 12.2 4.4 8.3 +1.3 16.6 6 -0.1 22 137 26 .. 18 8 ..
Invercargill Aerodrome 0 12.1 4.1 8.1 +0.9 16.5 6 -0.7 22 142 27 +51 27 8 70
Tiwai Point, Bluff 5 12.0 6.2 9.1 +0.7 15.8 6 1.6 17 131 24 .. 38 8 ..
Stewart Island 3 11.9 5.4 8.7 .. 15.6 24 0.5 22 196 .. .. 55 28 ..
Milton 18 13.0 3.6 8.3 +1.1 18.4 29 -2.0 23 76 15 +10 32 19 ..
Finegand, Balclutha 6 12.6 4.0 8.3 +0.7 17.8 4 -1.7 8 47 21 .. 17 19 97
Owaka 5 12.7 3.8 8.3 .. 17.5 6 -2.0 23 73 18 .. 15 19 ..
Nugget Point 129 11.4 5.4 8.4 +0.5 16.6 6 1.5 23 93 24 +17 21 19 ..
Tautuku 61 12.1 5.2 8.7 .. 16.5 28 -0.2 23 125 24 .. 17 19 ..
Rarotonga Airport 7 26.9 21.5 24.2 +0.8 29.6 10 19.3 1 151 20 -32 30 30 125
Raoul Island 38 20.9 15.1 18.0 -0.8 22.9 1 12.0 31 74 17 -71 26 9 167
Waitangi, Chatham Islands 44 11.8 7.0 9.4 -1.0 15.8 9 1.4 14 100 22 -17 16 9 89
Campbell Island 15 8.3 3.4 5.9 -0.2 11.2 17 -0.9 1 148 31 +8 14 26 15
Nandi Airport, Fiji 15 30.3 20.4 25.4 +0.6 33.1 21 16.8 17 23 5 .. 17 4 239
Totokoitu, Rarotonga 9 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Scott Base, Antarctica 16 -26.0 -37.7 -31.9 -3.5 -14.9 7 -49.0 25 .. .. .. .. ..

LATE RETURNS AND CORRECTIONS

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 Maximum Date Total Fall mm No. of Rain Days Difference From Normal Maximum Fall Amount Date Bright Sunshine Hrs
Waipoua Forest, April 1976 88 20.3 11.7 16.0 +0.6 24.5 5 6.5 5 164 17 +14 36 10 ..
Whatawahata, April 1976 104 19.6 10.2 14.9 +0.5 23.5 10 4.5 16 139 15 +4 41 10 140
Wharite T.V. Station, April 1976 914 11.1 5.5 8.3 +0.3 16.0 8 2.2 30 172 23 +22 61 29 ..
Haast, April 1976 4 17.5 8.2 12.9 1.1 21.3 9 5.1 13 257 9 -20 72 28 147
Black Birch Range, October 1975 1,396 8.1 0.5 4.3 -0.2 15.7 8 -7.4 20 160 .. .. .. ..
Black Birch Range, January 1976 1,396 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 48 .. .. .. ..
Black Birch Range, February 1976 1,396 12.0 3.9 8.0 -3.1 20.0 19 -2.5 14 45 .. .. .. ..
Black Birch Range, March 1976 1,396 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 110 .. .. .. ..
Te Anau, April 1976 215 15.8 5.0 10.4 +0.9 19.5 2 -0.5 21 70 7 -29 33 28 145
Totokoitu, Rarotonga, April 1976 9 27.9 22.3 25.1 .. 30.6 3 19.2 26 472 18 .. 126 20 ..

The “normal” refers to the present site of the instruments. Standard period for normals is 1941–70. No normals are available for stations with only short records.

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

A rain day is a day with rainfall equal to or greater than 0.1 mm.

Where the extremes of temperature and rainfall have occurred more than once during the month, the date of the first occurrence is given.



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🎓 Climatological Summary for May 1976 (continued from previous page)

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