New Zealand Gazette – 1979 – No. 50

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✨ Climatological Table and Weather Sequence



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CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE—Summary of the Records of Temperature, Rainfall, and Sunshine for April 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
Metres 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. °C °C Date °C Date mm
Te Wera Forest, March 1979 180 21.6 12.6 17.1 +2.4 26.0 9 4.3 1 131
Lower Rotorua, January 1979 223 24.6 11.4 18.0 +1.1 29.8 20 3.0 6 37
Lower Rotorua, February 1979 223 22.6 10.9 16.8 -0.2 29.4 2 5.0 24 146
Lower Rotorua, March 1979 223 23.2 13.2 18.2 +2.6 28.7 8 7.5 1 144
Pakaraka, January 1979 152 23.6 13.9 18.8 31.5 10 8.4 6 16
Pakaraka, February 1979 152 22.4 13.1 17.8 31.4 3 7.6 21 52
Gladstone, Ararhua, March 1979 116 21.5 12.1 16.8 +1.4 27.0 7 4.5 1 224
Ruatoria, March 1979 61 23.7 15.0 19.4 +1.9 27.8 7 6.9 2 386
Wharerata Forest, March 1979 439 19.8 13.2 16.5 24.7 18 8.6 21 438
Makaretu, February 1979 335 23.4 9.9 16.7 -0.1 29.4 3 4.8 21 65
Makaretu, March 1979 335 21.0 12.0 16.5 +1.3 27.7 7 7.8 3 295
Kapiti Island, February 1979 16 20.7 14.4 17.6 +0.5 25.2 4 10.7 21 90
Kapiti Island, March 1979 16 19.9 14.6 17.3 +1.0 24.4 22 9.7 1 118
Foxton, March 1979 3 18.3 .. .. 25.2 3 .. 83
Waiouru, February 1979 823 18.5 10.2 14.4 +2.3 23.4 8 3.1 1 131
Waiouru, March 1979 823 20.9 12.1 16.5 +1.6 28.4 8 5.6 31 135
Kahui, Taihape, March 1979 518 18.8 8.9 13.9 23.0 8 0.4 12 45
Lake Rotoroa, March 1979 443 18.7 10.1 14.4 26.0 12 2.6 29 55
Hari Hari, March 1979 45 20.2 12.3 16.3 +2.1 27.1 20 3.4 31 80
Rai Valley, March 1979 79 20.9 .. .. 28.6 10 2.3 18 157
Waihopai Power Station, March 1979 262 21.3 .. .. 23.1 9 0.6 29 115
Molesworth, March 1979 893 19.4 7.1 13.3 +1.4 27.0 9 3.3 12 105
Hawarden, March 1979 244 19.4 10.6 15.0 28.4 9 5.4 1 184
Craigieburn Forest, March 1979 914 15.9 6.8 11.4 -0.1 23.1 9 3.3 12 187
Lake Coleridge, March 1979 364 18.1 .. .. 28.0 6 .. 133
Darfield, March 1979 195 18.5 10.1 14.3 -0.2 28.4 9 3.3 12 161
Christchurch, March 1979 7 18.3 11.6 15.0 +0.0 28.1 3 4.0 24 48
Lincoln, February 1979 11 23.4 10.2 16.8 -0.4 32.5 3 4.5 12 161
Lincoln, March 1979 11 18.6 10.4 14.8 +0.4 28.4 6 6.0 18 147
Akaroa, March 1979 85 19.5 11.6 15.6 27.5 6 5.4 1 82
Oamaru Aerodrome, March 1979 30 16.6 10.5 13.6 +0.2 28.0 6 .. 73
Herbert Forest, March 1979 61 16.8 9.2 13.0 -0.2 28.0 3 4.4 3 35
Te Anau, March 1979 215 18.8 8.6 13.7 -0.9 35.4 13 2.4 17 45
Queenstown Aerodrome, March 1979 349 18.4 9.0 13.7 +0.1 24.9 8 3.7 30 36
Alexandra, February 1979 141 22.5 10.2 16.4 -0.6 32.0 3 3.2 10 14
Alexandra, March 1979 141 20.5 9.8 15.2 -0.6 26.7 6 4.5 12 45
Roxburgh Power Station, March 1979 110 19.8 8.8 14.3 +0.1 29.0 6 2.0 30 358
Tautuku, March 1979 61 15.7 9.1 12.4 24.2 6 4.7 12 36
Nandi Airport, Fiji, March 1979 15 31.6 22.5 27.1 +0.3 33.3 23 20.5 14 301
Totokaitu, Rarotonga, March 1979 9 28.8 23.2 26.0 30.6 23 20.8 21

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

WEATHER SEQUENCE APRIL 1979

The depression and cold front that crossed the North Island at the end of March continued to move north-east, and an anticyclone had moved onto New Zealand by the morning of the 1st. This anticyclone persisted until the 4th when it began to move eastwards, but a ridge of high pressure covered most of the country until the morning of the 5th. A cold front associated with a depression to the south of the country moved onto the West Coast early on the 5th and brought heavy rain to Fiordland, Westland, and parts of Buller, with light showers being recorded west of the main ranges in other parts of both Islands. Temperatures were above or near normal in most eastern districts of New Zealand.

On the morning of the 6th a depression which had formed near Tasmania began to move eastwards towards New Zealand, and by the 7th was lying to the west of the South Island. As the cold front ahead of this depression moved north-east across the country heavy rain was recorded in Westland, with light to moderate falls throughout most of the South Island and parts of the North Island. Some areas on the West Coast had more than 200 mm in 48 hours and many stations in Westland and Buller had between 50 mm and 150 mm in this period. The only areas without rainfall were east of the main ranges in the North Island.

By the 10th a cold front had moved onto the South Island, and a small wave depression had formed on a front in the North



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