Otago Provincial Gazette – 1871 – No. 719

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✨ Meteorological Observations



ABSTRACT OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN AT DUNEDIN, OTAGO, NEW ZEALAND, FOR THE YEAR 1870, DAILY, AT 9.0 A.M., N.Z. MEAN TIME.

LATITUDE, 45° 52′ 11″ S. LONGITUDE, 170° 31′ 7″ E. ALTITUDE ABOVE SEA LEVEL, 550 FEET. DISTANCE FROM SEA, 3 MILES.

1870 ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE. TEMPERATURE. RAIN. WIND. (At 9 a.m.) CLOUDS. REMARKS.
Barometer (Inches) Adjusted to 32° F. and Sea Level. From Self-Registering Instruments, Fahr. Scale. From Self-Registering Instruments. Mean Daily Range for Month. (Exposure of Thermometers.) Mean Temp. for Month. Mean Maximum for Month.
Mean for Month. Highest Reading. Date. Lowest Reading. Date. Approximate Range for Month.
------ -------------------------- ----------------------------- ------------------ ----------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------
Jan. 29.691 30.016 29 29.384 23 0.632
Feb. 29.868 30.043 2 29.472 20 0.571
March 30.059 30.424 25 29.425 7 0.999
April 29.989 30.460 29 29.050 24 1.410
May 29.915 30.350 27 29.183 15 1.167
June 29.741 30.290 10 29.164 28 1.126
July 29.900 30.341 27 29.246 17 1.095
Aug. 29.979 30.326 12 29.229 18 1.097
Sept. 30.074 30.548 7 29.438 18 1.110
Oct. 29.971 30.279 1 29.434 29 0.845
Nov. 29.804 30.069 28 29.316 24 0.753
Dec. 29.774 30.020 20 29.183 6 0.837

| Year | 29.873 | 30.548 | -- | 28.950 | -- | 1.598 | 53.6 | 43.5 | 50.0 | 68.7 | -- | -- | 1531 | 49.192 | 171 | 1329 | 1462 | 65 | 205 | 78 |

*Note: The thermometrical readings are corrected for index error, capillary action, and reduced to 32° Fahr. and sea level. Rainfall exceeding one-hundredth (0.01) inch is recorded. The temperature of the dew point, the elastic force of vapour, and degrees of humidity are computed from simultaneous observations of the wet and dry bulb thermometers.

In reading the preceding table, it should be borne in mind that all self-registering instruments are recorded at the morning observation, and therefore the results noted occurred during the preceding 24 hours.*

Henry Skey, Observer.



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  • Henry Skey, Observer