Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1863 – No. 2

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✨ Meteorological Observations



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS

AT THE

OBSERVATORY, WELLINGTON,

For the Month ending 31st December, 1862.

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

Day of Month Barometer Thermometer Clouds Maximum in Sun's Rays Maximum in Shade Wind In. of Rain in 24 hours
Dry Bulb Wet Bulb Backn. Bulb Morning
December
Monday 1 29.987 64.75 59.50 2.0 98 73 N
Tuesday 2 .910 68.50 61.25 9.5 99 75 N
Wednesday 3 .858 65.00 61.75 3.5 87 73
Thursday 4 .587 62.50 62.00 4.0 87 68
Friday 5 .714 61.00 57.00 6.5 90 69
Saturday 6 .694 61.00 54.00 2.5 95 69 N.W.
Sunday 7 .593 57.50 53.00 3.0 86 63
Monday 8 .874 54.00 49.50 3.5 93 61
Tuesday 9 .909 57.50 52.50 4.5 93 67
Wednesday 10 .714 61.00 54.00 10.0 92 67
Thursday 11 .779 61.00 58.50 5.5 77 65
Friday 12 .751 60.00 57.00 3.5 81 66
Saturday 13 .484 64.00 58.00 6.0 75 69
Sunday 14 .695 62.00 58.50 1.0 81 69
Monday 15 .878 60.50 54.00 2.5 86 67
Tuesday 16 .598 61.00 54.75 10.0 85 67
Wednesday 17 .453 61.00 58.00 9.0 82 67
Thursday 18 .461 60.50 57.00 7.5 78 67
Friday 19 .773 55.50 50.75 8.5 82 64
Saturday 20 .655 55.50 51.25 8.5 82 64
Sunday 21 .920 57.50 53.00 5.5 81 65 SSW
Monday 22 .975 55.00 50.75 0.5 87 64
Tuesday 23 .863 61.00 56.00 8.0 89 66
Wednesday 24 .976 65.50 60.25 2.0 102 71
Thursday 25 30.076 65.50 58.50 7.0 97 73
Friday 26 .116 64.00 61.25 7.0 79 67
Saturday 27 .023 65.00 61.75 3.5 83 70
Sunday 28 .045 67.00 61.50 6.0 86 71
Monday 29 29.996 68.50 62.75 8.0 87 73
Tuesday 30 30.066 67.00 62.00 10.0 82 74
Wednesday 31 .051 64.50 61.25 5.0 85 71 N

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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🎓 Meteorological Observations for Wellington Observatory, December 1862

🎓 Education, Culture & Science
Meteorology, Weather, Wellington, Observatory, Temperature, Rainfall, Wind
  • John Knowles, In charge of the observatory