New Zealand Gazette – 1976 – No. 96

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✨ Climatological Summary



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 96

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE—Summary of the Records of Temperature, Rainfall, and Sunshine for July 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 Difference From Normal Absolute Maximum and Minimum Total Fall No. of Rain Days Difference From Normal Maximum Fall
A Max. B Min. Maxi-mum Date Mini-mum Date Amount Date |
Metres °C °C °C °C °C °C mm mm mm | Hrs
Dunedin Airport 1 10.0 1.1 5.6 +1.2 16.6 26 -5.8 6 41 17 -5 8 20 | 107
Musselburgh, Dunedin 2 10.6 3.1 6.9 +0.6 15.2 14 -1.0 13 74 15 +18 11 17 | 107
Te Anau 215 8.4 0.6 4.5 +0.6 12.4 26 -5.6 17 145 19 +56 35 15 | 83
West Arm, Manapouri 232 5.9 2.1 4.0 +0.8 9.5 25 -1.0 17 288 23 .. 70 14 | ..
Borland Burn 183 7.7 -1.8 3.0 .. 13.6 28 -7.2 6 97 21 .. 14 20 | ..
Queenstown 329 8.0 0.1 4.1 +0.4 14.6 28 -3.8 17 60 15 -4 14 14 | 85
Queenstown Aerodrome 349 7.8 -1.0 3.4 +0.6 14.7 28 -5.1 1 60 14 +10 13 20 | ..
Mid Dome 386 8.5 -1.3 3.6 +0.1 14.1 26 -7.2 19 194 18 +143 41 29 | ..
Cromwell Substation 213 8.0 -1.1 3.5 .. 14.6 28 -5.4 6 26 6 .. 9 14 | ..
Cromwell 213 8.1 -1.3 3.4 +0.5 14.7 20 -6.0 6 30 11 +7 10 14 | ..
Clyde 183 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. | ..
Ophir 305 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. | ..
Moa Creek 427 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 35 12 +20 11 14 | ..
Earnscleugh 152 8.9 -1.0 4.0 +1.7 17.1 20 -7.3 6 24 16 +6 5 14 | ..
Alexandra 141 8.3 -0.6 3.9 +1.3 16.1 20 -6.4 6 23 11 +8 4 7 | 100
Roxburgh Power Station 110 9.1 1.1 5.1 +0.8 15.0 20 -3.5 17 34 12 +9 9 14 | ..
Moa Flat 410 6.8 -0.2 3.3 +0.3 12.0 26 -4.6 17 80 19 +39 15 20 | ..
Mahinerangi Dam 396 7.2 0.0 3.6 +0.3 13.3 26 .. .. 110 19 +49 18 20 | ..
Tapanui 226 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. | ..
Rankleburn Forest 255 8.0 1.4 4.7 +0.4 13.7 27 -2.7 17 103 20 +34 24 20 | ..
Taieri Mouth 15 9.8 2.1 6.0 +0.5 14.1 26 -1.6 6 81 16 +28 15 1 | ..
Otautau 55 9.2 1.1 5.2 +0.5 14.1 26 -3.0 7 162 21 +86 18 20 | 95
Winton 44 9.3 1.5 5.4 +0.2 14.6 26 -2.3 6 100 21 +52 14 20 | 96
Gore D.S.I.R. 123 8.1 0.9 4.5 +0.5 11.8 27 -3.0 17 83 21 .. 14 14 | 88
Hokonui Forest 46 9.4 1.4 5.4 +0.5 14.4 26 -3.5 6 108 21 +42 14 14 | ..
Woodlands 47 9.0 1.7 5.4 +0.3 13.2 31 -1.2 6 97 20 .. 12 14 | ..
Invercargill Aerodrome 0 9.3 1.9 5.6 +0.7 13.2 25 -1.9 6 116 25 +47 17 20 | 73
Tiwai Point, Bluff 5 9.6 3.7 6.7 +0.9 12.8 25 -0.8 6 129 24 .. 25 20 | ..
Stewart Island 3 9.4 2.9 6.2 .. 13.1 26 -1.6 6 148 28 .. 24 20 | ..
Milton 18 8.7 1.2 5.0 +0.7 13.0 20 -3.6 6 70 20 +19 9 29 | ..
Finegand, Balclutha 6 8.9 1.7 5.3 +0.7 13.1 20 -2.7 6 78 24 .. 16 20 | 90
Owaka 5 9.6 1.9 5.8 .. 15.2 27 -5.1 6 109 23 .. 17 28 | ..
Nugget Point 129 8.3 2.9 5.6 +0.0 12.8 27 -0.2 19 128 23 +67 14 28 | ..
Tautuku 61 9.3 2.8 6.1 .. 14.9 27 -1.1 17 218 24 .. 28 21 | ..
Rarotonga Airport 7 24.5 16.7 20.6 -1.1 27.4 6 12.0 28 43 14 -54 14 12 | 182
Raoul Island 38 18.5 12.8 15.7 -0.5 21.7 8 9.7 15 132 26 -31 41 6 | 138
Waitangi, Chatham Island 44 10.4 5.8 8.1 +0.4 13.4 30 1.2 23 82 22 +3 18 17 | 105
Campbell Island 15 6.4 1.7 4.1 -0.5 8.9 26 -5.2 23 147 28 +40 32 28 | 10
Nandi Airport, Fiji 15 29.0 18.5 23.8 +0.2 32.0 23 14.3 20 7 4 .. 4 17 | 233
Totokoitu, Rarotonga 9 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. | ..
Scott Base, Antarctica 16 -20.0 -33.5 -26.8 +3.0 -10.1 6 -48.5 14 .. .. .. .. .. | ..

LATE RETURNS AND CORRECTIONS
Woodhill Forest, May 1976 30 16.8 8.7 12.8 -0.4 18.9 6 -1.5 24 126 18 -11 26 12 ..
Woodhill Forest, June 1976 30 14.5 7.5 11.0 -0.1 17.8 1 -1.3 24 149 21 +4 24 29 ..
Riverhead Forest, June 1976 28 14.6 4.9 9.8 -0.7 18.1 3 -3.0 14 62 12 -101 16 29 ..
Minginui Forest, May 1976 366 15.1 0.5 7.8 -0.9 19.8 6 -6.8 24 90 5 -65 63 25 ..
Palmerston North Aerodrome, May 1976 45 14.4 5.0 9.7 -0.8 17.4 6 -2.8 23 92 12 +13 28 12 ..
Kahui, Taihape, June 1976 518 9.3 3.0 6.2 -0.6 16.1 3 -2.7 7 109 .. .. 26 18 ..
Wither Hills, Blenheim, June 1976 32 12.6 1.9 7.3 -0.4 20.4 2 -2.5 7 35 9 -26 16 8 ..
Molesworth, June 1976 893 6.1 -3.2 1.5 -0.8 17.0 2 -10.2 26 32 7 -16 12 2 ..
Ski Basin, June 1976 1,554 0.5 -4.8 -2.2 -1.9 7.3 1 -10.0 21 236 .. .. 85 14 ..
Craigieburn Forest, June 1976 914 5.6 -2.5 1.6 -0.8 14.4 1 -6.5 7 174 10 +62 63 2 ..
Eyrewell Forest, June 1976 158 10.0 -0.6 4.7 -0.6 21.7 2 -7.2 14 66 16 +8 25 21 ..
Clyde, May 1976 183 12.5 2.5 7.5 .. 18.1 29 -2.4 11 73 5 .. 24 25 ..
Ophir, June 1976 305 6.5 -2.1 2.2 -0.1 18.1 2 -8.2 30 35 11 +10 14 3 ..
Woodlands, June 1976 47 8.4 1.1 4.8 -0.9 16.2 1 -3.5 16 150 21 .. 33 2 ..
Raoul Island, June 1976 38 19.0 13.6 16.3 -1.0 21.3 4 10.3 27 69 17 -81 32 18 150

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.

NOTES ON THE WEATHER FOR JULY 1976

General—July was marked by a greater frequency of south-westerly winds than normal, with cloudy weather in the west but unusually sunny conditions in most eastern districts. In Southland and parts of Otago and also in some southern and western districts of the North Island farmers have been finding the ground too wet. On the other hand, parts of South Canterbury have had comparatively little rain for the last six months and are finding conditions too dry. A small intense local disturbance around Kaikoura on the 15th caused winds averaging 60 kt with gusts to 91 kt.

Rainfall—Rainfall was above normal over the greater part of the country, mainly by about 50 percent. Over a considerable area of western Southland it was more than double the normal value. The main areas with rainfall below normal were: northern Northland; Hawke's Bay with eastern Bay of Plenty and parts of Taupo; Westland and Fiordland with Central and South Canterbury.



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

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Climatology, Weather, Temperature, Rainfall, Sunshine, July 1976

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Climatology, Weather, Temperature, Rainfall, Sunshine, Corrections, May 1976, June 1976

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