Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1863 – No. 38

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✨ Meteorological Observations



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS at the Observatory, Wellington,

for the Month ending 30th June, 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 Barometer Thermometer Clouds Maximum in Sun's Rays Shade Wind Rain in 24 hours
Dry Bulb Wet Bulb Blackened Bulb Maximum Maximum Minimum
1863.
June
Monday 1 30.210 49.5 47.2 3 67 58 41
Tuesday 2 .265 40.5 39.5 7 59 47 34
Wednesday 3 .197 48.0 46.0 4 60 53 43
Thursday 4 .194 49.0 46.5 4 69 56 42
Friday 5 .261 48.5 45.7 2 64 54 43
Saturday 6 .364 50.0 47.0 7 66 56 44
Sunday 7 .307 52.5 49.0 7 60 55 50
Monday 8 .032 56.0 50.7 4 63 59 53
Tuesday 9 29.876 57.5 51.5 9 66 60 55
Wednesday 10 .941 55.5 53.0 9 62 60 51
Thursday 11 30.222 50.0 45.2 6 58 54 46
Friday 12 29.877 46.5 43.5 9 62 51 42
Saturday 13 .869 49.0 45.5 9 55 51 47
Sunday 14 .777 46.0 44.0 6 55 53 39
Monday 15 .882 51.5 48.0 9 55 54 49
Tuesday 16 .730 49.5 48.0 10 55 53 46
Wednesday 17 .723 52.5 50.2 7 57 56 49
Thursday 18 .889 51.5 49.5 10 59 57 46
Friday 19 30.270 48.5 46.0 5 56 51 46
Saturday 20 .250 43.0 41.5 5 57 49 37
Sunday 21 29.717 53.0 49.5 5 56 56 50
Monday 22 .996 55.0 53.2 10 58 58 52
Tuesday 23 .766 52.0 50.7 9 59 59 45
Wednesday 24 30.077 49.0 45.5 6 53 52 46
Thursday 25 .261 51.0 47.0 5 57 54 48
Friday 26 .063 46.0 44.0 6 58 52 40
Saturday 27 29.832 52.5 49.7 10 62 56 49
Sunday 28 50.2 10 58 55 43
Monday 29 .782 50.2 4
Tuesday 30 .898 49.0 48.0 10 55 54 44

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

Maximum in Sun’s Rays, and Maximum and Minimum in 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, June 1863

🎓 Education, Culture & Science
Weather, Temperature, Rainfall, Wind, Wellington
  • John Knowles, in Charge