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METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS at the Observatory, Wellington, for the Month ending 31st July, 1864.
Lat. 41 deg. 16 min. 25 sec. S. Long. 174 deg. 47 min. 25 sec. E. Height above the sea 90 feet.
| Day of Month. | Barometer. | Daily Means. | Wind. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thermometer. | |||||||||||
| Dry Bulb. | Wet Bulb. | Clouds. | Maximum in Sun’s Rays. | Maximum. | Minimum. | Direction. | Maximum Force in 24 hours. | In. of Rain in 24 hours. | |||
| Blackened Bulb. | Morning. | Afternoon. | |||||||||
| 1864. | |||||||||||
| July. | |||||||||||
| Friday | 29.792 | 49.0 | 46.0 | 5. | 65 | 52 | 46 | S | NNE | 4.50 | — |
| Saturday | 30.153 | 47.5 | 45.0 | 4. | 65 | 54 | 41 | N | NE | .75 | — |
| Sunday | .339 | 52.0 | 48.0 | 5. | 64 | 56 | 48 | NE | E | 2.50 | — |
| Monday | .431 | 48.5 | 45.2 | 9. | 66 | 55 | 42 | NE | NNW | .50 | — |
| Tuesday | .409 | 49.0 | 48.5 | 6. | 52 | 52 | 46 | N | NNE | 2.50 | .01 |
| Wednesday | .201 | 47.5 | 44.0 | 9. | 56 | 53 | 42 | E | N | .75 | — |
| Thursday | 29.894 | 51.0 | 48.2 | 10. | 57 | 55 | 47 | NE | N | .50 | .21 |
| Friday | .706 | 57.0 | 53.0 | 7. | 62 | 62 | 52 | NNW | N | 7.25 | .35 |
| Saturday | .796 | 55.0 | 52.2 | 9. | 57 | 57 | 53 | N | NE | 7.50 | .03 |
| Sunday | .912 | 51.5 | 49.2 | 7. | 59 | 57 | 46 | S | S | 1.50 | — |
| Monday | .982 | 51.0 | 47.5 | 6. | 58 | 54 | 48 | S | S | 2.25 | — |
| Tuesday | 30.092 | 48.7 | 45.7 | 8. | 56 | 53 | 44 | SW | SSW | 1.50 | — |
| Wednesday | .286 | 46.5 | 43.2 | 8. | 55 | 51 | 42 | SSW | S | .50 | — |
| Thursday | .350 | 51.5 | 46.0 | 10. | 60 | 57 | 46 | S | S | 5.25 | .03 |
| Friday | .333 | 46.5 | 45.0 | 10. | 52 | 50 | 43 | S | S | 3.25 | .15 |
| Saturday | .227 | 47.0 | 44.5 | 1. | 60 | 52 | 42 | N | N | 1.25 | .01 |
| Sunday | .156 | 48.0 | 45.2 | 7. | 67 | 55 | 41 | E | NW | .25 | — |
| Monday | .055 | 47.5 | 44.2 | 10. | 54 | 56 | 39 | N | N | .25 | — |
| Tuesday | 29.625 | 47.5 | 44.0 | 10. | 59 | 51 | 44 | S | S | .00 | .02 |
| Wednesday | .717 | 47.0 | 45.0 | 10. | 50 | 50 | 44 | S | S | 7.50 | .48 |
| Thursday | .717 | 47.0 | 45.0 | 10. | 50 | 50 | 44 | S | S | 7.50 | .48 |
| Friday | .999 | 43.5 | 41.7 | 8. | 50 | 48 | 43 | S | S | 5.50 | .10 |
| Saturday | .954 | 42.0 | 38.0 | 1. | 58 | 49 | 35 | S | N | .75 | — |
| Sunday | .724 | 45.5 | 41.2 | 10. | 64 | 53 | 38 | N | S | .50 | — |
| Monday | .612 | 47.0 | 44.7 | 8. | 50 | 50 | 44 | S | S | .50 | .28 |
| Tuesday | .493 | 50.5 | 47.5 | 5. | 62 | 55 | 46 | N | N | .50 | — |
| Wednesday | .570 | 49.5 | 46.0 | 2. | 68 | 55 | 41 | NNE | N | .50 | — |
| Thursday | .377 | 52.5 | 48.0 | 7. | 64 | 56 | 49 | N | SSW | 3.50 | .21 |
| Friday | .532 | 51.0 | 48.2 | 10. | 67 | 57 | 45 | SSW | S | 1.75 | 1.15 |
| Saturday | .721 | 47.0 | 44.0 | 8. | 50 | 50 | 44 | SSE | S | 6.25 | .33 |
| Sunday | 30.015 | 43.5 | 40.5 | 10. | 50 | 50 | 37 | S | SW | 11.00 | 1.80 |
| Monday | .133 | 42.5 | 40.0 | 9. | 46 | 46 | 39 | SSW | S | 10.50 | .80 |
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 Maximum and Minimum in Shade—The figures are the readings at 10 a.m., and like the wind’s force, thermometer means, a fall of rain apply to the 24 hours previously.
JOHN KNOWLES, in Charge.
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Wellington Provincial Gazette 1864, No 39
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- John Knowles, In charge of the observatory