Otago Provincial Gazette – 1876 – No. 1016

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✨ Meteorological Observations



ABSTRACT OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN AT DUNEDIN, OTAGO, NEW ZEALAND, FOR THE YEAR 1875, DAILY, AT 9.0 A.M. N.Z. MEAN TIME.

LATITUDE, 45 DEG. 52 MIN. 12 SEC. S. LONGITUDE, 170 DEG. 32 MIN. 37 SEC. E. ALTITUDE ABOVE SEA LEVEL, 500 FEET. DISTANCE FROM SEA, 3 MILES.

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE. TEMPERATURE. RAIN. WIND. (At 9 a.m.) REMARKS.
Barometer (Inches & Vapor). From Self-Registering Instruments, Fah. Scale.
TEMPERATURE OF AIR IN SHADE. EXPOSED THERMOMETER RS. Mean Humidity. Number of Days on which Rain Fell.
Mean for Month. Approximate Range. Mean Temperature for Month. Mean Temperature for Month. Mean for Month.
Air. Vapor. Elastic Force of Vapor. Highest Reading. Date.
------- ------------- --------- -------------------------- ----------------- ------
Jan. 29.533 0.385 0.2935 30.114 24
Feb. 29.774 0.371 0.2907 30.070 12
March 29.792 0.324 0.2817 30.349 28
April 29.906 0.342 0.2848 30.446 8
May 29.628 0.265 0.2993 30.409 28
June 29.795 0.233 0.2905 30.360 1
July 29.702 0.223 0.2823 30.233 28
Aug. 29.692 0.227 0.2906 30.133 2
Sept. 29.730 0.238 0.2529 30.227 29
Oct. 29.543 0.270 0.2989 30.127 2
Nov. 29.483 0.294 0.2983 30.161 30
Dec. 29.677 0.364 0.3011 30.211 29
Year 29.695 0.295 0.2896 30.449 24

Note—The barometric readings are corrected for index error, capillary action, and reduced to 32 deg. Fah. and sea level.
The Thermometers are corrected for index error, ascertained by comparison with a standard from Kew.
The temperature of the dew point, the elastic force of vapor, and degrees of humidity are computed from the 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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🎓 Abstract of Meteorological Observations Taken at Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, for the Year 1875

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Weather, Meteorology, Temperature, Rainfall, Wind, Dunedin, Otago
  • Henry Skey, Observer