Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1863 – No. 14

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METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS

AT THE

OBSERVATORY, WELLINGTON,

For the Month ending 28th February, 1863.

Lat. 41 deg. 16 min. 25 sec. S. Long. 174 deg. 47 min. 25 sec. E. Height above sea 90 feet.

Day of Month. Daily Means. Wind
Barometer. Thermometer. Clouds Maximum in Direction. Force. In. of Rain
Dry Bulb. Wet Bulb. Sun’s Rays. Morning. Afternoon. in 24 hours.
& Blackened Bulb.
Maximum in Shade.
1863.
February.
Sunday 1 30.006 57.5 54.5 3.0 88 65 N N 1.50
Monday 2 29.935 64.0 58.0 5.0 88 70 N N 4.50
Tuesday 3 .901 65.5 60.5 1.5 87 72 N N 2.75
Wednesday 4 .890 70.5 63.5 5.0 95 79 NNW N 4.25
Thursday 5 .825 66.2 62.5 4.5 95 70 NNE N 10.75
Friday 6 .627 66.0 61.0 6.5 86 71 N N 7.00
Saturday 7 .772 63.5 60.0 2.5 88 72 N N 13.50
Sunday 8 .981 63.5 59.5 0.5 92 72 NNE N 1.75
Monday 9 .926 70.0 61.0 7.0 99 78 N N 2.50
Tuesday 10 .612 68.0 62.0 9.0 86 72 NNW N 10.25
Wednesday 11 .690 66.0 61.5 4.0 83 72 NE N 12.00
Thursday 12 .759 64.5 58.0 4.0 83 70 N NW 9.75
Friday 13 .996 64.0 59.5 5.0 85 71 S S 6.50
Saturday 14 30.308 60.0 57.5 7.5 85 68 SSE SE 4.50
Sunday 15 .276 54.0 54.7 9.0 77 58 SE SE 3.75
Monday 16 29.889 55.0 54.7 9.0 74 58 SE SE 4.25
Tuesday 17 .974 58.5 57.0 10.0 65 62 SW SW 5.00
Wednesday 18 30.089 62.0 57.5 9.5 70 68 NW — 4.00
Thursday 19 .280 57.0 55.7 9.5 65 63 S S 4.75
Friday 20 29.846 55.0 50.5 9.5 78 58 S S 3.50
Saturday 21 30.233 57.0 52.0 0.5 96 65 E S 1.50
Sunday 22 29.856 56.0 52.0 5.0 96 65 SE SSW 1.75
Monday 23 .812 58.5 55.0 1.0 90 66 N N .75
Tuesday 24 .661 64.0 58.5 7.0 93 69 N N 2.50
Wednesday 25 .649 68.0 60.5 10.0 82 69 S — 8.50
Thursday 26 .598 60.5 58.0 3.0 79 66 N N 2.00
Friday 27 .601 62.5 58.5 9.0 81 68 N N 8.00
Saturday 28 .603 67.5 65.5 5.0 77 72 N N 10.00

NOTE.—Clouds.—10 is an overcast sky, and 0 is a cloudless sky.

Wind: Force.—The Maximum Pressure in 24 hours in lbs., and decimal parts of a lb. on the square foot.

Barometer.—The height is reduced to sea level, at a temperature of 32 deg. Far.

Thermometer Means.—Deducible from the Maximum and Minimum readings, at 10 a.m., of the 24 hours previously.

Maximum in Sun’s Rays and Shade.—These figures are the readings at 10 a.m., and like the wind’s force, thermometer means, and fall of rain, apply to the 24 hours previously.

JOHN KNOWLES, in Charge.



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