New Zealand Gazette – 1978 – No. 17

Page 567

✨ Climatological Data and Weather Notes



16 MARCH

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

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CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE—Summary of the Records of Temperature, Rainfall, and Sunshine for January 1978—continued
LATE RETURNS AND CORRECTIONS—continued

Station Height (m) A Max °C B Min °C Mean °C Diff Norm °C Abs Max °C Date Abs Min °C Date Total mm Rain Days Diff Norm mm Max Fall mm Date Sun Hrs
Kaweka Forest, December 1977 414 20.2 10.5 15.4 -0.1 27.5 6 6.5 11 110 12 .. 42 14 ..
Kairanga, D.S.I.R., December 1977 15 19.3 9.3 14.3 -1.5 23.1 5 3.2 24 91 13 .. 25 30 227
Palmerston North D.S.I.R., December 1977 34 19.5 10.9 15.2 -0.9 23.6 28 6.4 24 94 14 -10 19 9 197
Foxton, December 1977 3 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 60 16 -21 15 31 223
Pauatahanui, December 1977 30 17.8 11.3 14.6 -0.8 21.2 28 6.5 11 136 .. +66 29 11 ..
Manaia Dem. Farm, December 1977 98 18.0 9.3 13.7 -1.2 23.4 19 4.4 27 67 14 -32 17 30 248
Normanby, December 1977 122 18.4 9.1 13.8 .. 22.3 5 4.5 26 46 14 .. 11 30 ..
Kahui, Taihape, December 1977 518 18.3 7.9 13.1 -1.2 25.2 5 4.6 25 104 .. .. 37 31 ..
Franz Josef, November 1977 122 14.4 6.5 10.5 -1.2 17.6 3 2.0 2 314 20 -199 54 23 ..
Franz Josef, December 1977 122 16.7 8.0 12.4 -1.3 24.4 14 2.7 13 320 26 -135 44 8 ..
Ski Basin, December 1977 1554 .. 1.9 .. .. .. .. -3.1 25 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Craigieburn Forest, December 1977 914 17.1 5.0 11.1 -0.5 26.2 3 -0.8 11 121 18 +2 28 11 ..
Highbank Power Station, December 1977 336 18.9 8.4 13.7 -0.2 28.2 3 4.0 15 112 12 +18 23 12 208
Winchmore, December 1977 160 20.5 8.6 14.6 +0.4 29.2 4 4.3 15 73 12 -3 12 30 ..
Ashley Forest, December 1977 107 20.2 9.2 14.7 -0.1 29.8 4 3.8 11 54 9 -32 18 21 220
Darfield, December 1977 195 22.0 8.3 15.2 +0.1 30.7 4 3.0 11 127 10 +51 58 12 ..
Christchurch, December 1977 7 20.8 9.8 15.3 -0.2 30.6 4 5.4 24 68 8 +12 30 30 ..
Taieri, Invermay, December 1977 30 18.2 7.8 13.0 .. 26.8 28 4.0 1 120 .. .. 22 19 ..
Moa Creek, December 1977 427 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 37 .. -4 8 19 ..
Moa Flat, December 1977 410 17.5 6.4 12.0 -0.1 24.4 18 1.7 11 106 16 +32 21 19 ..
Winton, December 1977 44 18.0 6.6 12.3 -1.1 26.1 28 1.0 1 94 14 +28 22 30 197
Woodlands, December 1977 47 18.0 7.4 12.7 -0.4 25.4 28 2.5 11 77 24 .. 17 19 ..
Tautuku, December 1977 61 17.4 8.0 12.7 .. 26.7 27 3.7 11 99 12 .. 31 30 ..
Waitangi, Chatham Islands, December 1977 44 16.5 10.9 13.7 +0.3 19.6 8 6.6 1 91 15 +25 22 31 114
Campbell Island, September 1977 15 8.0 3.1 5.6 +0.1 10.1 13 -2.5 5 76 26 -26 13 22 61
Campbell Island, October 1977 15 8.3 3.3 5.8 -0.4 11.4 21 -1.2 17 84 29 -33 11 3 67
Campbell Island, November 1977 15 10.3 4.9 7.6 +0.4 13.9 11 0.2 1 138 24 +31 23 23 101
Nandi Airport, Fiji, December 1977 15 32.7 22.7 27.7 +1.1 35.4 25 20.4 11 46 13 .. 14 8 275
Totokoitu, Rarotonga, December 1977 9 27.4 22.5 25.0 .. 30.6 30 19.5 20 55 19 .. 13 29 ..
Scott Base, Antarctica, November 1977 16 -10.2 -18.7 -14.5 -2.5 -5.3 30 -26.0 3 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Scott Base, Antarctica, December 1977 16 -4.0 -11.0 -7.5 -2.2 -0.2 15 -15.6 1 .. .. .. .. .. ..

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 JANUARY 1978

General—Pressures were unusually high over the whole of New Zealand during January, with a predominance of westerly winds over most of the country. Rainfall was below normal over most of the country with the exception of Northland and the West Coast. In most areas this was a sunny, warm month. The only appreciably cold spell was the 1st/2nd of the month, when some areas had daily maximum temperatures well below normal. The longest fine dry spell was from the 21st to the 29th. Farmers throughout the country reported that pastures had become very dry with negligible grass growth. Stock in some areas had started to lose condition, and on some farms milk production was down by 20 percent.

Rainfall—The only areas with rainfall above normal for the month were the extreme north of Northland and the West Coast. Parts of Bay of Plenty, Hawke's Bay, Wairarapa, Manawatu, Taranaki, Nelson and Marlborough, had less than 10 percent of their normal months total. Blenheim Aerodrome recorded no rainfall at all during the month, and this has never happened before in any January since the station began in 1941. At Motueka only

0.1 mm was recorded during the month. Although 86 mm was recorded at Kaitaia Aerodrome for the month, 84 mm of this was recorded in 36 hours on the 8th/10th during the passage of cyclone "Bob" across Northland. Many areas in the North and South Islands had less than 20 percent of their normal January totals. Parts of Westland were above normal by more than 50 percent.

Temperatures—Temperatures were above normal over the whole of New Zealand. In Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki, Wairarapa and the majority of the South Island, apart from the West Coast, temperatures were at least 1.0°C above normal. Some areas in the central North Island and Otago were above normal by almost 2.0°C.

Sunshine—The only area that had below or near normal sunshine for the month was Westland, the rest of the country having at least 10 percent more than usual. Many places had at least 20 hours more sunshine, and in some areas of both islands more than 40 hours greater than normal. A total of 305 hours of sunshine was recorded at Manaia, Taranaki, during the month and this is the highest recorded in any month since the station began in 1968.



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