Otago Provincial Gazette – 1862 – No. 172

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✨ Weather Statistics



SUMMARY OF WEATHER AT DUNEDIN, FROM THE YEAR 1852 TO 1860.

TEMPERATURE* AND RAIN† AT DUNEDIN, FOR THE YEAR ENDING 30TH JUNE, 1861, AND ITS RESULTS, AS COMPARED WITH THE NINE PRECEDING YEARS.

Months Ending June 30th, 1861. Thermometer. Barometer. Total Rain. Days
Max. Min. Mean. Mercury. | | No Rain.
July ........................ 42.9 38.9 39.4 30.27 | 4.88 | 12
August ...................... 45.4 35.5 40.4 29.92 | 3.84 | 15
September ................... 48.6 36.9 42.8 30.23 | 1.65 | 21
October ..................... 54.2 43.4 48.8 29.92 | 2.10 | 18
November .................... 59.2 46.0 52.6 29.87 | 1.66 | 22
December .................... 63.9 49.7 56.8 29.89 | 2.50 | 23
January ..................... 60.6 49.3 54.9 29.98 | 1.89 | 20
February .................... 64.7 53.3 59.0 29.86 | 1.06 | 14
March ....................... 60.0 47.4 53.7 29.57 | 2.67 | 17
April ....................... 55.5 45.6 50.6 30.00 | 5.82 | 15
May ......................... 52.6 43.0 48.8 30.17 | 6.20 | 18
June ........................ 47.8 39.5 43.7 29.93 | 2.28 | 18
Year's Average Results ..... 54.6 43.9 49.2 29.96 | 36.55 | 230

WINDS AT DUNEDIN FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH, 1861, AND ITS RESULTS, AS COMPARED WITH THE NINE PRECEDING YEARS.

Months Ending June 30th, 1861. Winds.
N.E. | S.W. | N.W. | S.E. | S. | N. | E. | W.
July ........................ 9 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
August ...................... 5 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0
September ................... 16 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
October ..................... 18 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
November .................... 15 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
December .................... 12 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
January ..................... 6 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
February .................... 9 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0
March ....................... 11 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
April ....................... 11 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
May ......................... 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
June ........................ 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1
Year's Average Results ..... 123 | 115 | 30 | 51 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4

Yearly Average Temperature and Rainfall:

Years Thermometer. Barometer. Total Rain. Days No Rain
1860 ....................... 54.6 43.9 49.2 29.96 | 36.55 | 171
1859 ....................... 55.8 43.0 49.5 29.97 | 20.79 | 189
1858 ....................... 56.1 43.9 50.0 29.95 | 29.21 | 197
1857 ....................... 55.7 45.3 50.5 29.94 | 24.50 | 195
1856 ....................... 57.5 46.5 52.0 29.86 | 27.74 | 202
1855 ....................... 57.3 45.1 51.2 29.96 | 25.07 | 173
1854 ....................... 57.4 44.0 50.7 29.93 | 22.05 | 218
1853 ....................... 58.7 43.9 50.6 28.87 | 32.56 | 181
1852 ....................... 55.1 41.7 48.4 29.84 | 50.80 | 203
Average for 10 Years ....... 56.32 44.14 50.23 29.80 | 28.87 | 231.5
  • Mean Temperature of London, 49.6°; of Auckland (N.Z.), 59.1°; of Wellington (N.Z.), 55.2°; and of Otago (N.Z.), 50.2°.

† In Rome, 36 inches of rain fall annually; in Naples, 37; in Quebec, 40; in New York, 45; in Dublin, 31; in Plymouth, 40; in London, 24 in 178 days; in Auckland (N.Z.), 48 in 170 days; in Wellington (N.Z.), 46 in 154 days; and in Otago (N.Z.), 28 in 133 days.\n
Note.—This Table has been derived from the careful observations of the Rev. Thomas Burns, D.D., of Dunedin.



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  • Thomas Burns (Reverend, Doctor of Divinity), Provided weather observations