Climatological Data




82 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 3

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE—Summary of the Records of Temperature, Rainfall, and Sunshine for October 1980—continued

Station Height of Station Above M.S.L. Means of Difference From Normal Absolute Maximum and Minimum Rainfall in Millimetres Bright Sunshine
Metres A Max. B Min. Mean of A and B °C Maxi- mum Date Mini- mum Date Total Fall No. of Rain Days Difference From Normal Maximum Fall
°C °C °C °C °C mm mm Amount
Ashley Forest 09/1980 107 16.8 5.2 11.0 +1.8 22.0 30 0.0 14 7 6 -46 3
Geraldine 09/1980 119 17.3 3.6 10.5 .. 24.5 30 -1.0 14 7 4 .. 2
Moa Creek 08/1980 427 10.3 -1.2 4.6 +1.1 14.8 26 -6.5 9 55 9 +40 22
Moa Creek 09/1980 427 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 18 8 -5 11
Rarotonga Airport 09/1980 7 26.0 20.1 23.1 +1.0 27.5 10 16.7 16 42 11 -67 9
Totokoini, Rarotonga 09/1980 9 25.4 20.1 22.8 .. 28.4 15 18.0 14 79 16 .. 39
Scott Base, Antarctica 08/1980 16 -19.3 -32.3 -25.8 +5.4 -9.9 31 -45.1 7 .. .. .. ..
Scott Base, Antarctica 09/1980 16 -22.4 -32.9 -27.7 +0.5 -10.6 1 -42.4 17 .. .. .. ..

LATE RETURNS AND CORRECTIONS

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 rainday 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.



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