New Zealand Gazette – 1979 – No. 30

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✨ Climatological Data



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CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE—Summary of the Records of Temperature, Rainfall, and Sunshine for February 1979—continued
LATE RETURNS AND CORRECTIONS—continued

Station Height of Station Above M.S.L. Air Temperatures in Degrees (Celsius) Rainfall in Millimetres Bright Sunshine Hrs
Metres Means of A Max. °C B Min. °C Mean of A and B °C
Hamilton Aerodrome, January 1979 50 25.1 10.7 17.9
Lower Retaruke, May 1978 223 15.1 3.8 9.5
Lower Retaruke, June 1978 223 12.0 2.1 7.1
Lower Retaruke, July 1978 223 11.8 2.5 7.2
Lower Retaruke, August 1978 223 13.2 3.1 8.2
Lower Retaruke, September 1978 223 15.5 4.1 10.0
Lower Retaruke, October 1978 223 17.5 4.5 10.8
Lower Retaruke, November 1978 223 20.5 8.6 16.3
Lower Retaruke, December 1978 223 22.0 10.5 18.0
Wharerata Forest, January 1979 439 23.4 12.5 18.0
Makaretu, January 1979 335 25.1 11.2 18.2
Wharite Peak, December 1978 914 13.6 6.8 10.2
Ohakune Junction, January 1979 629 21.4 9.9 15.7
Arapito, November 1978 20 17.1 8.9 13.0
Arapito, December 1978 20 18.5 10.8 14.7
Arapito, January 1979 20 19.8 11.0 15.4
Lake Rotoroa, January 1979 443 20.6 9.2 14.9
Greymouth, January 1979 4 18.0 11.9 15.0
Appleby, December 1978 17 20.1 11.2 15.7
Appleby, January 1979 17 23.6 13.1 18.4
Hanmer Forest, January 1979 387 24.4 9.2 16.8
Craigieburn Forest, January 1979 914 21.6 7.4 14.5
Bromley, Christchurch, January 1979 61 20.9 9.2 15.1
Herbert Forest, January 1979 30 20.0 8.3 14.2
Taieri Invermay, January 1979 2 19.1 10.3 14.7
Musselburgh, Dunedin, January 1979 215 19.1 8.2 13.7
Te Anau, January 1979 183 19.6 7.9 13.8
Borland Burn, January 1979 213 24.9 9.5 17.2
Cromwell, January 1979 305 24.1 6.6 15.4
Ophir, January 1979 427 21.0 7.8 14.4
Moa Creek, December 1978 152 22.8 5.6 14.2
Moa Creek, January 1979 152 24.5 7.9 16.2
Eamscleugh, January 1979 141 23.8 9.1 16.5
Alexandra, January 1979 396 17.6 7.1 12.4
Mahinerangi Dam, January 1979 38 21.3 16.0 18.7
Gore, January 1979 123 18.4 8.0 13.2
Woodlands, January 1979 47 18.2 8.5 13.4
Tautuku, January 1979 61 17.8 8.9 13.4
Raoul Island, November 1978 38 23.7 18.2 21.0
Raoul Island, December 1978 38 24.3 19.4 21.9
Raoul Island, January 1979 38 11.2 6.3 8.8
Campbell Island, January 1979 15 30.9 22.7 26.8
Nandi Airport, Fiji, January 1979 15 30.9 22.7 26.8

The “normal” refers to the present site of the instruments. Standard period for normals is 1941–1970. 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 temperatures and rainfall have occurred more than once during the month, the date of the first occurrence is given.



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