New Zealand Gazette – 1980 – No. 10

Page 335

✨ Climatological Table



334

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 10

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE—Summary of the Records of Temperature, Rainfall, and Sunshine for December 1979—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 Differ-ence From Normal Absolute Maximum and Minimum Total Fall No. of Rain Days Differ-ence 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
Lake Pukaki 556 17.5 7.7 12.6 -0.9 24.7 16 1.0 8 118 23 .. 40 24 ..
Fairlie 304 20.5 7.0 13.8 .. 27.8 17 0.0 8 71 11 .. 33 24 ..
Twizel 457 18.7 6.4 12.6 -1.5 27.2 16 -0.5 8 117 20 .. 48 24 ..
Ikawai 70 20.2 7.0 13.6 +0.0 27.5 18 0.0 8 38 9 .. 10 24 ..
Geraldine 119 20.9 8.6 14.8 .. 28.5 17 2.5 8 83 14 .. 29 12 ..
Orari Estate 81 20.8 8.2 14.5 +0.4 29.2 17 1.0 8 84 11 +3 25 12 ..
Temuka 24 20.1 7.8 14.0 -0.3 26.8 6 2.5 8 57 8 -12 19 24 ..
Timaru Airport 26 20.2 7.8 14.0 +0.0 27.6 22 0.7 8 49 11 -17 17 24 ..
Adair 85 .. 9.4 .. .. .. .. 3.4 8 54 9 -15 17 24 ..
Timaru 17 20.7 10.0 15.4 +0.7 27.3 22 3.7 8 37 10 -32 16 24 236
Waimate 61 20.9 9.3 15.1 +0.5 26.8 22 4.6 8 34 10 -37 9 2 ..
Oamaru Airport 30 19.3 8.5 13.9 +0.4 26.7 6 1.9 8 32 14 -26 9 24 199
Tara Hills, Omarama 488 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Lake Hawea 350 18.0 8.5 13.3 -2.1 27.6 31 2.8 8 148 18 +90 39 2 ..
Wanaka 296 19.6 8.1 13.9 -1.5 29.8 31 0.6 8 137 19 +86 36 2 ..
Queensberry 277 19.4 8.6 14.0 .. 27.9 31 0.6 8 162 20 .. 51 2 ..
Bendigo 200 20.7 8.5 14.6 .. 29.2 31 0.5 8 99 18 .. 38 2 ..
Naseby Forest 610 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Ranfurly 427 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Herbert Forest 61 19.7 7.9 13.8 +0.7 25.1 22 3.0 8 68 13 +2 22 24 ..
Palmerston 21 19.9 8.0 14.0 +0.9 25.1 17 1.2 4 78 14 .. 32 24 191
Cherry Farm Hospital 6 19.0 8.0 13.5 +0.4 25.0 22 1.6 4 112 17 +56 35 24 ..
Taiaroa Head 72 16.8 10.3 13.6 +1.2 23.1 18 5.7 8 81 16 +20 25 24 ..
Invermay, Taieri 30 19.1 8.1 13.6 .. 29.5 17 2.0 8 77 16 .. 24 24 159
Berwick Forest 18 19.7 8.0 13.9 +0.7 29.9 17 2.0 8 110 17 +39 29 24 ..
Dunedin Airport 1 19.9 8.1 14.0 +0.7 29.4 17 1.1 8 90 16 +34 27 24 172
Musselburgh, Dunedin 2 17.9 10.5 14.2 +0.4 24.6 2 5.0 8 92 18 +21 20 24 167
Te Anau 215 17.9 8.0 13.0 +0.2 27.0 31 -0.1 8 160 18 +71 35 2 180
West Arm, Manapouri 232 16.0 8.2 12.1 -0.4 25.5 31 1.6 20 485 20 .. 116 1 ..
Borland Burn 183 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Queenstown 329 18.9 7.9 13.4 -0.9 27.3 31 1.4 8 159 20 +95 37 2 195
Queenstown Airport 349 17.9 6.2 12.1 -1.6 25.4 16 -1.0 8 126 19 +71 32 2 ..
Cromwell 213 20.5 7.9 14.2 -1.8 29.4 16 0.3 8 83 16 +47 26 2 202
Northburn 210 20.2 8.3 14.3 .. 28.5 16 0.5 8 89 18 .. 33 2 ..
Clyde Dam 160 20.8 9.5 15.2 .. 28.2 16 2.5 8 107 16 .. 32 2 ..
Ophir 305 20.2 6.4 13.3 -1.1 28.3 16 -3.2 8 94 14 +48 31 2 ..
Moa Creek 427 19.5 4.6 12.1 -1.2 27.0 16 -3.6 8 95 .. +54 23 12 ..
Earnscleugh 152 21.4 8.1 14.8 -0.2 28.8 16 -0.3 8 106 16 +73 33 2 ..
Alexandra 141 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Roxburgh Power Station 110 20.1 8.6 14.4 -0.6 28.0 16 2.0 4 126 12 +80 39 2 ..
Moa Flat 410 17.8 6.7 12.3 +0.2 24.9 16 0.4 8 124 18 +50 35 2 ..
Mahinerangi Dam 396 17.1 6.9 12.0 +0.4 24.8 17 0.0 8 119 19 +28 31 24 ..
Tapanui 226 18.4 7.9 13.2 -0.3 25.4 16 1.4 8 140 17 +61 42 2 ..
Rankleburn Forest 255 18.2 7.6 12.9 +0.4 25.2 17 1.2 8 133 17 +42 41 2 ..
Taieri Mouth 15 17.9 8.4 13.2 +1.0 25.1 22 3.0 8 103 15 +42 26 24 ..
Otautau 55 18.3 7.9 13.1 +0.1 24.3 23 2.0 8 112 18 +28 17 24 178
Winton 44 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Gore 123 18.1 8.4 13.3 +0.0 23.8 23 0.9 8 141 22 .. 44 2 172
Hokonui Forest 46 19.0 8.2 13.6 +0.1 24.6 30 2.3 8 114 16 +25 34 2 ..
Woodlands 47 18.1 8.1 13.1 +0.0 23.2 17 1.1 8 82 21 .. 27 2 ..
Invercargill Airport 0 17.5 8.4 13.0 +0.4 24.0 22 1.5 8 112 19 +23 27 2 186
Tiwai Point, Bluff 5 17.0 9.8 13.4 +0.1 23.1 22 4.9 8 123 18 .. 33 1 ..
Stewart Island 3 16.0 8.4 12.2 .. 21.8 31 2.4 8 154 26 .. 43 1 ..
Milton 18 19.2 7.9 13.6 +0.3 28.5 17 1.7 8 100 18 +31 24 24 ..
Finegand, Balclutha 6 19.1 8.5 13.8 +0.6 24.7 22 3.4 8 100 .. .. 34 2 161
Owaka 5 17.8 8.3 13.1 .. 25.6 17 2.3 31 76 14 .. 23 2 ..
Nugget Point 129 16.0 8.7 12.4 +0.4 21.4 22 4.4 5 113 19 +37 26 3 ..
Tautuku 61 17.9 8.6 13.3 .. 24.0 22 3.0 9 105 .. .. 31 2 ..
Rarotonga Airport 7 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Raoul Island 38 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Waitangi, Chatham Islands 44 17.9 12.1 15.0 +1.6 20.9 27 5.8 18 73 14 +7 31 15 183
Campbell Island 15 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Nandi Airport, Fiji 15 31.9 20.8 26.4 -0.2 33.5 22 18.0 29 38 7 .. 26 26 290
Totokoitu, Rarotonga 9 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Scott Base, Antarctica 16 -1.9 -7.8 -4.9 +0.4 1.8 25 -12.8 23 .. .. .. .. .. ..

LATE RETURNS AND CORRECTIONS

Station Height A Max. B Min. Mean Diff. Maxi-mum Date Mini-mum Date Total Fall No. of Rain Diff. Amount Date Sun
Riverhead Forest, November 1979 28 20.4 10.2 15.3 +0.6 24.2 22 5.2 7 116 12 +14 27 13 ..
Port Fitzroy, November 1979 4 20.2 12.9 16.6 +0.6 22.6 25 7.3 6 136 16 +9 41 14 ..
Thames, July 1979 3 14.3 .. .. .. 18.9 1 .. .. 223 18 +96 66 1 129
Thames, August 1979 3 15.1 .. .. .. 19.0 1 .. .. 118 18 -6 23 14 134
Thames, September 1979 3 16.2 .. .. .. 18.1 12 .. .. 94 19 -8 20 3 ..
Thames, October 1979 3 18.2 .. .. .. 21.0 30 .. .. 109 15 +0 23 30 165
Thames, November 1979 3 20.8 13.1 17.0 +0.7 23.5 21 9.0 3 79 14 -15 27 22 204
Opotiki, November 1979 6 19.6 12.2 15.9 +1.0 22.1 30 5.3 6 134 18 +45 23 9 200


Next Page →

PDF embedding disabled (Crown copyright)

View this page online at:


VUW Te Waharoa — PDF NZ Gazette 1980, No 10


NZLII — 🌐 NZ Gazette 1980, No 10




✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🎓 Climatological Table for December 1979 (continued from previous page)

🎓 Education, Culture & Science
Climatology, Temperature, Rainfall, Sunshine, December 1979