✨ Weather Statistics
SUMMARY OF THE WEATHER AT DUNEDIN, OTAGO, FOR THE YEAR ENDING 30TH JUNE 1858,
AND ITS RESULTS, AS COMPARED WITH THE SIX PRECEDING YEARS.
| YEAR, ENDING JUNE 30, 1858. | THERMOMETER. | BAROMETER. | TOTAL RAIN. | DAYS NO RAIN. | RAIN. Number of Days on which there fell parts of an Inch and under. | WINDS. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAX. | MIN. | MEAN. | MERCURY | ANEROID | .1 | .2 | .3 | .4 | .5 | 1. | 2. | 3. | N.E. | S.W. | N.W. | S.E. | S. | N. | E. | |||
| July | 45.5 | 37.8 | 41.7 | 30.26 | 30.14 | 2.77 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 50.1 | 38.9 | 44.5 | 30.18 | 30.10 | 1.20 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 54.1 | 43.7 | 48.9 | 29.94 | 29.92 | 0.79 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 54.5 | 45.9 | 50.1 | 29.79 | 29.80 | 3.02 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 57.2 | 48.8 | 53.3 | 29.68 | 29.75 | 3.07 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| December | 65.0 | 49.9 | 57.4 | 29.70 | 29.89 | 0.73 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| January | 64.0 | 47.8 | 55.9 | 29.55 | 29.73 | 2.24 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| February | 64.9 | 50.2 | 57.5 | 29.93 | 30.15 | 1.23 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 61.8 | 52.0 | 57.0 | 30.12 | 30.27 | 1.26 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| April | 53.6 | 44.8 | 49.2 | 29.98 | 29.90 | 2.62 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| May | 51.5 | 44.9 | 48.2 | 30.04 | 29.99 | 4.02 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 46.2 | 39.2 | 42.7 | 30.17 | 30.08 | 1.55 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Results of 1858 | 55.7 | 45.3 | 50.5 | 29.94 | 29.97 | 24.50 | 227 | 66 | 34 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 155 | 154 | 9 | 36 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 1857 | 57.5 | 46.5 | 52.0 | 29.86 | 29.94 | 27.74 | 220 | 70 | 37 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 178 | 134 | 15 | 28 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 1856 | 57.3 | 45.1 | 51.2 | 29.96 | 29.99 | 25.07 | 252 | 54 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 178 | 123 | 12 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 1855 | 57.4 | 44.0 | 50.7 | 29.93 | 29.66 | 22.15 | 261 | 46 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 168 | 131 | 13 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 1854 | 57.4 | 43.9 | 50.6 | 28.87 | 29.93 | 22.69 | 235 | 72 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 183 | 118 | 11 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| 1853 | 55.1 | 41.7 | 48.4 | 29.84 | 29.85 | 50.80 | 203 | 60 | 29 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 173 | 125 | 12 | 23 | 24 | 6 | 2 |
| 1852 | 50.5 | 29.85 | 29.33 | 228 | 60 | 30 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 165 | 146 | 16 | 24 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
THE FOLLOWING IS A COMPARATIVE RETURN OF THE FALL OF RAIN AT DUNEDIN AND THE BLUFF FOR THE YEAR ENDING 30TH JUNE 1858.
| 1857. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | Total Fall of Rain. | |
| Dunedin.. | 2.77 | 1.20 | 0.79 | 3.02 | 3.07 | 0.73 | 2.24 | 1.23 | 1.26 | 2.62 | 4.02 | 1.55 | 24.50 inches |
| Bluff..... | 2.48 | 0.59 | 1.15 | 1.79 | 1.83 | 2.01 | 2.22 | 0.83 | 2.12 | 1.50 | 3.11 | 1.99 | 21.62 inches. |
Printed for the Provincial Government by DANIEL AITKELL, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
Otago Provincial Gazette 1858, No 75
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