Otago Provincial Gazette – 1862 – No. 196

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✨ Meteorological Data and Maritime Notice



PROVINCE OF OTAGO, NEW ZEALAND.

METEOROLOGICAL TABLE.

JUNE 1862 THERMOMETER BAROMETER DEPTH OF RAIN DIRECTION OF THE WIND
MAX. MIN. MEAN. 8 A.M. 5 P.M.
1 47.00 35.00 41.00 29.240 29.554 0.15
2 47.00 37.50 42.25 29.826 29.350 ...
3 51.00 41.50 47.75 29.390 29.702 0.21
4 45.50 38.50 43.00 29.708 29.700 ...
5 46.50 36.00 40.75 29.606 29.666 0.11
6 42.00 29.00 40.00 29.720 29.606 0.31
7 43.00 30.50 36.25 29.548 29.062 ...
8 48.00 32.00 37.50 28.900 28.820 0.81
9 41.00 33.50 37.25 29.424 29.108 0.10
10 39.00 30.00 34.50 28.872 29.100 ...
11 48.00 32.50 40.25 29.210 29.408 0.08
12 41.00 37.00 39.00 29.292 29.334 0.31
13 42.00 31.50 36.75 29.516 29.516 ...
14 39.00 32.00 35.50 29.250 29.416 0.08
15 38.00 37.00 38.00 29.240 29.654 0.05
16 47.00 33.00 42.50 29.408 29.640 ...
17 46.00 42.50 44.75 29.244 29.240 ...
18 53.00 45.50 45.75 29.713 29.660 ...
19 56.50 45.25 48.00 29.482 29.740 ...
20 50.00 34.00 42.00 29.620 29.600 0.31
21 56.00 33.00 45.50 29.520 29.810 ...
22 50.00 36.50 39.00 29.726 30.020 ...
23 47.00 29.00 36.00 29.974 29.752 ...
24 43.00 33.00 38.00 29.354 29.278 0.08
25 40.00 35.00 35.50 29.355 29.370 0.11
26 39.50 32.00 35.75 29.320 29.257 ...
27 45.00 35.50 40.00 28.942 28.670 ...
28 49.00 31.00 40.25 28.860 28.890 ...
29 49.00 32.50 40.75 28.850 28.972 ...
30 51.00 32.50 41.75

| | 56.50 | 29.00 | 42.75 | 29.000 | 28.850 | 1.80 | |

The height of the Barometer is reduced to the Sea level at a temperature of 32° Fahrenheit. The observatory is about 3 miles from the centre of Dunedin.

A. H. ROSS,
Registrar.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

INNER BAR, OTAGO HARBOUR, N.Z.

THE Channel across the Inner Bar being of a shifting nature, a sand bank is forming in mid-channel, and on such there is at present only a depth of (9½) nine and a-half feet at low water, spring tides; the channel on either side of the bank, although considerably narrowed, has still the usual depth of (17½) seventeen and a-half feet at low water. A chequered buoy has been moored upon the bank to show its position.

The channel is gradually shifting towards the sand spit, and will shortly present the usual width.

Wm. Thomson,
Harbour Master.

Harbour Office,
Port Chalmers, 11th July 1862.




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🎓 Meteorological Observations for June 1862 (continued from previous page)

🎓 Education, Culture & Science
Meteorology, Weather, Temperature, Barometer, Rainfall, Wind, Dunedin, Otago
  • A. H. Ross, Registrar

🚂 Notice to Mariners Regarding Inner Bar, Otago Harbour

🚂 Transport & Communications
11 July 1862
Maritime, Navigation, Harbour, Otago, Port Chalmers, Sandbank, Channel
  • Wm. Thomson, Harbour Master