Taranaki Provincial Gazette – 1867 – No. 6

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✨ Meteorological Observations



OBSERVATIONS TAKEN AT NEW PLYMOUTH, TARANAKI, NEW ZEALAND, FOR THE YEAR ENDING THE 31st DECEMBER, 1866.

Latitude 39° 3' 33'', S.; longitude 174° 4' 58'', E. Height above sea, 70 feet.

March. April. May. June. July. August. September. October. November. December.
Mean for the year.
Barometer 30·003 29·981 30·113 30·033 29·98 30·018 29·826 29·953 29·956 29·883 29·982
0·794 1·026 0·761 1·163 1·294 1·111 1·475 1·05 0·6 0·749 0·975
Thermometer 70·5 68·5 63·9 59·16 58·5 62·1 64·8 67·7 69·7 76·5 67·9
53·5 47·1 42·5 43·4 42·9 43·3 44·8 47 49·3 59 48·5
61·8 57·8 53·2 51·2 50·7 52·7 54·8 57·3 59·7 64·1 57·9
Maximum 83 76 74 66 64 68 77 76 77 88 83 Maximum December.
Minimum 43 32 31 30 31 32 36 37 39 30 30 Minimum June.
Mean daily range 43 32 43 36 33 36 41 39 38 45 40 Mean.
Rain 23·1 21·4 21·4 15·7 15·5 18·8 20 20·7 19·9 21·3 20·1
Rainy days 16 14 18 16 18 23 21 18 14 17 38 Maximum 17th January.
9 10 9 8 9 11 11 8 9 12 8 Minimum July and October.
Wind
N. 94·3 75·4 71·2 68·3 71·6 80·8 85·6 97·5 97·5 101·6 88·7 Mean.
N.E. 108 94 87 88 90 98 98 120 108 119 123 Maximum 18th January.
E. 45·5 46·7 43·9 41·5 38·8 40·3 45 46·1 50·9 52·5 46·7 Mean.
S.E. 34 38 32 30 28 30 28 35 39 38·3 28 Minimum July and Sept.
S. 55·6 51·2 48·2 48·3 46·7 49 54·2 53·8 57·8 59·3 49·5 Mean.
S.W. 66 73·5 73 74·5 81·3 76·5 90·5 73 80·5 75 74·7
W. 6 10 10 12 9 18 18 19 17 12 156 Sum.
N.W. 3·76 2·08 4·33 2·84 4·97 4·7 5·5 6·99 3·58 6·95 55·68
Calms 1·78 0·89 2·3 1 1·4 1 1·2 0·8 2·45 3 3 Maximum 27th February.
Clouds 5·2 5·2 5 6·3 6·7 6·8 6·8 6·9 6·5 6·3 6·3 Mean.
Sunshine Hours 175·6 153·1 152·2 283·7 150 149·5 167·7 154·2 183·1 240·5 178·1
Rainfall 353 356 428 583 600 450 513 459 418 555 600 Maximum July.
Rainy days 72 62 28 86 23 25 27 14 32 19 14 Minimum October.
0 0 0 1 0 6 3 3 25 Sum.

R E M A R K S.

  • Gales.— January: One, W., 24 hours. February: One, N.W., 18 hours. April: One, N.W., 18 hours. May: Three, two from S.W., lasting severally 20 and 12 hours, and one from S.E., 12 hours. June: Three, two from N.W., lasting severally 20 and 6 hours, and one from S.W., 10 hours. July: Three, one from S.E., 24 hours, and two from N.W., 20 hours. August: Two, one from S.W., lasting severally 14 and 12 hours. September: Three, one from S.E., 24 hours, one from N.W., 20 hours, and one from N.E., 12 hours. October: One, N.W., 18 hours. November: Two, one from S.E., 20 hours, and one from N., 8 hours. December: One, N.W., 12 hours.


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