Southland Provincial Gazette – 1866 – No. 20

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✨ Meteorological Observations

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RESULTS OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS,

Taken at the Government Station, Martendale, Southland, during the month of September, 1866. Lat. 46° 17' S; Lon. 166° 20' E. Elevation, 79ft.

Barometer, reduced to 32 deg., and sea-level

	Inches.
Greatest atmospheric pressure (on 2nd and 23rd)	30.268
Least ... (on 8th)	29.017
Mean ...	29.788
Range of ...	1.251

Thermometer in shade

	Degrees.
Highest day temperature (on 2nd)	73.0
Lowest night temperature (on 25th)	25.2
Mean temperature of the air	47.4
Total range of temperature in month	47.8
Greatest daily range of temperature (on 16th)	36.3
... (on 21st)	7.8
Least ...	22.5
Mean ...

Radiation Thermometer

	Degrees.
Maximum solar radiation	105.0
Minimum terrestrial radiation	20.8

Hygrometer


Mean temperature of evaporation	42.4
... dew-point	36.8
... degree of humidity (saturation=1.00)	.67
... tension of aqueous vapor	.225

Rainfall

	Inches.
Number of days on which rain fell	5
Total rainfall on ground	1.532
Greatest daily rainfall (on 21st)	.583

Evaporation

	Inches.
Total amount of evaporation on ground	3.361

Cloud


Mean amount of cloud (overcast=10.0)	3.3

Force of wind

	Miles.
Total horizontal movement of air in month	4048
Greatest daily movement (on 8th)	507
Least ... (on 16th)	29
Mean ...	134
Greatest velocity, per hour (on 8th)	40
Greatest pressure, per square foot (On 8th, 7.2 lbs.)
Mean force (Admiralty Standard, 0—12)	4.1

Direction of Wind

N., 9 days; N.E., 1 day; E., 9 days; S.E., 5 days; S., 0; S.W., 0; W., 2 days; N.W., 4 days.

Remarks

A fine dry month, very warm at commencement, and until 20th, when a thunder-storm occurred, and subsequently the weather was cold, with strong easterly winds, and sharp night frosts. The mean daily temperature decreased from 60.4 deg. on the 2nd to 37.7 deg. on the 22nd. The thermometer fell below the freezing-point on no fewer than thirteen days in the month, and vegetation was materially checked towards the close. It was unusually advanced at the commencement.

VUW Te Waharoa — Southland Provincial Gazette 1866, No 20

Built in 1864 as a Masonic lodge, this building was purchased by the Southland Provincial Council as their council chambers in 1866. It still stands today.

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🎓 Meteorological Observations for September 1866

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