Climatological Data




3830 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 138

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE—Summary of the Records of Temperature, Rainfall, and Sunshine for August 1982—continued

Station Height of Station Above M.S.L. Air Temperature 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
°C Max. °C Min. °C °C Maxi- mum Date °C Mini- mum Date mm mm
Waiotemarama 04/1982 229 17.9 11.1 14.5 19.9 7 7.3 28 159 17 ..
Woodhill Forest 06/1982 30 14.9 4.4 9.7 -1.4 18.9 3 -1.5 19 82 13
Woodhill Forest 07/1982 30 14.2 4.1 9.2 -1.0 18.1 20 -3.4 11 128 14
Port Fitzroy 07/1982 4 14.7 7.2 11.0 -0.6 17.9 20 1.1 12 134 20
Little Barrier Island 06/1982 2 .. 8.6 .. .. .. .. 3.9 23 109 14
Thames 07/1982 3 13.2 5.9 9.6 -0.6 18.7 20 -2.2 10 121 14
Tairua Forest 07/1982 3 13.6 4.4 9.0 -0.7 18.4 31 -2.1 10 115 13
Te Kauwhata 07/1982 32 12.8 2.7 7.8 -1.3 17.7 31 -5.0 10 61 15
Huntly 07/1982 34 13.0 3.4 8.2 .. 17.4 31 -4.0 11 66 ..
Port Taharoa 07/1982 27 13.7 6.9 10.3 -0.6 16.3 29 1.8 11 74 ..
Lower Retaruke 07/1982 223 11.4 -0.4 5.5 -1.1 15.4 29 -6.5 2 111 13
Chateau, Mt Ruapehu 07/1982 1119 .. -2.4 .. .. .. .. -7.7 8 207 14
Wharerata Forest 07/1982 439 .. 2.6 .. .. .. .. -3.6 8 194 17
Esk Forest 07/1982 427 10.8 2.1 6.5 -0.3 16.0 31 -4.5 25 96 10
Makaretu 07/1982 78 11.7 7.3 9.5 -0.7 17.3 20 4.3 23 96 18
Portland Island 07/1982 187 10.7 7.0 8.9 .. 13.0 30 -0.9 5 33 13
Hari Hari 07/1982 7 10.9 0.4 5.7 -0.2 18.3 31 -3.2 24 58 11
Christchurch 07/1982 3 11.0 .. .. .. 17.5 31 .. .. 124 17
Akaroa 07/1982 610 5.1 -5.1 0.0 -1.6 10.2 30 -9.8 1 19 3
Naseby Forest 07/1982 88 9.8 1.0 5.4 .. 15.3 17 -2.4 21 2 2
Windsor 07/1982 5 10.9 2.1 6.5 .. 17.1 17 -3.0 25 3 4
Herbert Forest 07/1982 61 11.0 -1.1 5.0 +0.2 16.0 17 -3.8 25 11 8
Taiaroa Head 07/1982 72 9.0 4.0 6.5 -0.3 14.0 17 1.9 19 31 15
Borland Burn 07/1982 183 6.6 -1.6 2.5 .. 12.0 26 -4.0 16 121 ..
Otama 07/1982 427 7.3 -1.2 3.1 .. 12.7 31 -6.9 2 71 16
Moa Creek 07/1982 19 28.6 20.2 24.4 +0.8 31.5 29 16.4 15 127 12
Nandi Airport, Fiji 07/1982 9 25.0 19.5 22.3 .. 28.4 18 15.0 24 93 15
Totokaitu, Rarotonga 06/1982 38 19.2 14.3 16.8 -0.5 22.5 17 11.0 29 181 18
Raoul Island 06/1982 15 10.1 6.1 8.1 +1.0 11.9 27 0.4 8 79 24
Campbell Island 04/1982 15 9.2 5.3 7.3 +1.2 13.9 7 -0.9 20 239 28
Campbell Island 05/1982 15 7.9 3.9 5.9 +1.1 9.6 1 -0.1 27 57 28
Campbell Island 06/1982 15 6.9 3.4 5.2 +0.6 9.3 26 -3.0 16 93 28
Campbell Island 07/1982 15 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

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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