Taranaki Provincial Gazette – 1868 – No. 2

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✨ Meteorological Observations

ABSTRACT OF THE METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS

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	January	February
Mean Barometer reduced to 32° Fah. and sea level	29.918	29
Approximate range	.627
Mean of the highest temperature in the shade, Fah.	77.5	77
Mean of the lowest temperature in the shade, Fah.	54.9	52
Approximate mean temperature	68.2	64
Maximum temperature	85	83
Minimum temperature	45	41
Range of temperature in each month	43	42
Mean daily range of temperature	22.6	24
Greatest daily range of temperature	35	36
Least daily range of temperature	9	14
Mean solar radiation (temperature in the Sun's rays)	100	10
Maximum solar radiation	115	11
Mean nocturnal radiation (exposed Thermometer on the grass)	56.5	57
Minimum nocturnal radiation	44	49
Mean temperature of the dew point	65.8	61
Mean degree of moisture, saturation = 100	88	75
Number of days on which rain fell	15	6
Total rainfall in inches	7.73	0.67
Greatest daily rainfall	2.42	0.38
Mean amount of cloud	6.3	5.7
Mean velocity in miles per day	124.7	151
Greatest velocity in miles per day	334	343
Least velocity in miles per day	12	8

Number of days it blew from each point at 10 a.m.

	Jan.
N.	1
N.E.	4
E.	2
S.E.	3
S.	0
S.W.	0
W.	9
N.W.	1
Calm	11

Thunder storms: 0
Fog: 1
Frosts: 0
Gales: 0
Hail: 0
Earthquakes: 0

The highest reading of the Barometer observed during the year was 30.55 on the 3rd of May. The highest temperature in the sun's rays, 123°; the highest in the shade, 88°; the lowest, 30°.

Out of the 165 days on which rain fell, 68 were fine in the day time, the rain falling in the days. The greatest fall of rain in one day—30th July—was 2.81 inches. The greatest number in March and 15 in September.

January 23, 1868

VUW Te Waharoa — Taranaki Provincial Gazette 1868, No 2

The Taranaki Provincial Council building (depicted) was on lower Brougham Street in New Plymouth.

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🎓 Abstract of Meteorological Observations

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KeywordsWeather, Temperature, Rainfall, Barometer, Wind, Climate

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