Otago Provincial Gazette – 1869 – No. 609A

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✨ Lost Property Notice and Meteorological Observations

CAUTION.—LOST.—Bank of New Zealand Deposit Receipt, No. 30620, dated 10th May, 1869, for £19. The public are cautioned against treating with same.

2t. 3s.

METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS

taken at
DUNEDIN,
for the Month of April, 1869.
Daily at 9.0 a.m.
Lat. 45° 52′ 11″ S. Long. 170° 31′ 7″ E.
Altitude above Sea, 550 feet.

Barometer

(reduced to 32° Fah. and sea level.)
Mean atmospheric pressure for month ... 30.030 inches
Highest pressure (on 5th) ... 30.430 "
Lowest pressure (on 14th) ... 29.540 "
Range for month ... 0.890 "

Temperature in Shade.

Approx. mean temperature for month ... 51.2 Fah.
Mean maximum temperature ... 57.3 "
Mean minimum temperature ... 45.2 "
Mean daily range of temperature ... 12.1 "
Highest maxim. temperature (on 26th) ... 72.0 "
Lowest minim. temperature (on 30th) ... 37.0 "
Extreme range for the month ... 35.0 "
Mean temp. of evaporation for month ... 48.4 "

Solar Radiation.

Maximum (on 1st) ... 127 "
Minimum (on 14th) ... 62 "
Mean for month ... 96 "

Terrestrial Radiation.

Maximum (on 18th) ... 43 "
Minimum (on 15th) ... 25 "
Mean for month ... 33 "

Mean degree of humidity

(Saturation = 100) ... 81.2
Mean elastic force of vapour ... 0.270 inches
Mean temp. of dew point ... 42.3 Fah.

Rain

Total rainfall on 18 days ... 3.034 inches
Greatest rainfall in one day (on 15th) ... 0.502 "
Mean amount of sky covered (overcast, =10) ... 6

Wind

Mean velocity per day for month ... 83 miles
Greatest velocity observed for 24 hours (on 5th) ... 485 "

Number of days on which the wind blew from each point:—

N.	N.E.	E.	S.E.	S.	S.W.	W.	N.W.	Calm
0	3	0	0	2	8	2	0	15

Remarks.

Fog on the 12th, 13th, 14th, and 28th.

NOTE.—The results of all the self-registering instruments were recorded on the dates above given, and therefore occurred during the preceding 24 hours.

Printed under the Authority of the Provincial Government of Otago by Mills, Dick & Co., of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, Printers to the said Provincial Government for the time being.

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VUW Te Waharoa — Otago Provincial Gazette 1869, No 609A

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💰 Lost Bank of New Zealand Deposit Receipt

Domain💰 Finance & Revenue
KeywordsLost Property, Bank of New Zealand, Deposit Receipt

🎓 Meteorological Observations for Dunedin, April 1869

Domain🎓 Education, Culture & Science
KeywordsWeather, Meteorology, Temperature, Rainfall, Wind, Dunedin, April 1869

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