Climatological Table




316 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 8

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE—Summary of the Records of Temperature, Rainfall, and Sunshine for November 1981—continued

| Station | Height of Station Above M.S.L. | Air Temperature in Degrees Celsius | | | | | | Rainfall in Millimetres | | | | | Bright Sunshine |
| :--- | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: |
| | | Means of | | | Absolute Maximum and Minimum | | | | | | Maximum Fall | |
| | | A Max. | B Min. | Mean of A and B | Differ-ence From Normal | Maxi-mum | Date | Mini-mum | Date | Total Fall | No. of Rain Days | Differ-ence From Normal | Amount | Date | |
| | Metres | °C | °C | °C | °C | °C | | °C | | mm | | mm | mm | | Hrs |

LATE RETURNS AND CORRECTIONS

Chateau, Mt Ruapehu 10/1981 | 1119 | 11.5 | 1.7 | 6.6 | +0.2 | 16.2 | 30 | -4.6 | 29 | 172 | 14 | -107 | 41 | 16 | ..
Tauherenikau, Alloa 10/1981 | 43 | 17.2 | 6.7 | 12.0 | -0.2 | 21.5 | 3 | 0.3 | 29 | 151 | 15 | +62 | 68 | 24 | ..
Wharerata Forest 10/1981 | 439 | 15.8 | 6.8 | 11.3 | .. | 23.9 | 3 | 2.2 | 28 | 145 | 13 | .. | 69 | 17 | ..
Esk Forest 10/1981 | 427 | 16.1 | 6.8 | 11.5 | +0.1 | 21.7 | 31 | -0.2 | 30 | 223 | 15 | +111 | 124 | 17 | ..
Wanganui Airport 10/1981 | 9 | 16.3 | 8.5 | 12.4 | .. | 22.9 | 5 | 1.5 | 29 | 55 | 9 | .. | 16 | 17 | ..
Otira Substation 10/1981 | 383 | 13.9 | 4.8 | 9.4 | .. | 21.0 | 25 | 0.5 | 13 | 802 | 19 | +309 | 174 | 4 | ..
Franz Josef 10/1981 | 122 | 14.9 | 6.2 | 10.6 | +0.2 | 19.0 | 29 | 1.5 | 9 | 486 | 14 | -2 | 131 | 22 | ..
Waihopai Power Station 10/1981 | 262 | 17.9 | .. | .. | .. | 23.5 | 3 | .. | .. | 103 | 9 | +27 | 54 | 5 | ..
Molesworth 10/1981 | 893 | 15.5 | 2.6 | 9.1 | +0.9 | 22.6 | 3 | -2.0 | 7 | 72 | 5 | +14 | 49 | 5 | ..
Balmoral Forest 10/1981 | 198 | 18.0 | 6.4 | 12.2 | +1.4 | 25.0 | 7 | -0.4 | 7 | 60 | 9 | +7 | 23 | 5 | ..
Craigieburn Forest 10/1981 | 914 | .. | 2.9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | -2.0 | 9 | 217 | 16 | +82 | 59 | 4 | ..
Waipara 10/1981 | 64 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 58 | 9 | .. | 15 | 5 | ..
Temuka 10/1981 | 24 | 18.4 | 5.4 | 11.9 | +1.1 | 27.8 | 7 | 1.0 | 27 | 85 | 6 | +32 | 26 | 4 | ..
Tara Hills, Omarama 10/1981 | 488 | 17.7 | 3.3 | 10.5 | +0.7 | 23.4 | 3 | -2.0 | 18 | 32 | 9 | -16 | 20 | 23 | 196
Windsor 10/1981 | 88 | 15.5 | 6.1 | 10.8 | .. | 26.5 | 3 | 1.0 | 1 | 36 | 5 | .. | 19 | 23 | ..
Herbert Forest 10/1981 | 61 | 16.9 | 5.3 | 11.1 | +1.0 | 28.9 | 3 | 0.6 | 25 | 60 | 8 | +8 | 25 | 4 | ..
Cherry Farm Hospital 10/1981 | 6 | 16.5 | 6.1 | 11.3 | +1.0 | 27.1 | 3 | 1.5 | 13 | 44 | 13 | -2 | 17 | 23 | ..
Alexandra 10/1981 | 141 | 19.0 | 6.3 | 12.7 | +1.1 | 24.0 | 29 | 0.6 | 18 | 19 | 9 | -9 | 9 | 23 | 221
Winton 10/1981 | 44 | 15.3 | 5.6 | 10.5 | -0.1 | 23.4 | 3 | 0.6 | 17 | 49 | 11 | -12 | 8 | 26 | 170
Rarotonga Airport 10/1981 | 7 | 26.2 | 20.5 | 23.4 | +0.4 | 28.7 | 18 | 17.5 | 10 | 131 | 16 | +1 | 59 | 15 | 153
Totokoitu, Rarotonga 09/1981 | 9 | 26.1 | 19.8 | 23.0 | .. | 28.7 | 27 | 17.1 | 13 | 239 | 16 | .. | 70 | 9 | ..
Raoul Island 10/1981 | 38 | 19.5 | 14.1 | 16.8 | -0.7 | 21.4 | 25 | 10.9 | 29 | 52 | 20 | -34 | 22 | 24 | 157
Campbell Island 09/1981 | 15 | 7.9 | 2.5 | 5.2 | -0.3 | 9.6 | 27 | -2.6 | 6 | 170 | 29 | +68 | 28 | 4 | 39
Campbell Island 10/1981 | 15 | 9.0 | 4.4 | 6.7 | +0.5 | 11.4 | 29 | -0.2 | 27 | 159 | 27 | +42 | 46 | 7 | 74

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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