THE MAGNETIC OBSERVATORY, CHRISTCHURCH.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13904, 1 December 1910, Page 9

THE MAGNETIC OBSERVATORY, CHRISTCHURCH.

the month of October, 1910: — Barometer.—Mean readme for the montu, "9 846 inches: maximum for the month, on the 23rd, 30.311 inches; minimum for the month, on the 13th, 20.043 inches; extreme raogo of baromoter during: month, 1.493 inches. Air Temperature in the Shade.—Mean maximum temperature for days, 66.8 deg. Fnh. ; m«an minimum temperature for days, 44.5; mean temperature for tho month, 55.6; mean daily range of temperature, 22.3 ; # extreme maximum temperature, on tho j7th, 73.0; extreme, minimum temperature, on tho "tii, 25.4; extreme rang* of temperaturo during month, 49.6. Exposed Thermometers. — Mean reauins, polar radiation maximum thermometer, 129 dee. Fah; extreme maximum Tending, on the 20th, 147; mean reading minimum thermomeier on grass, 37.7: extreme minimum rcadintr. on the Gth, 24.0. Hygrometrical.—lie.an pressure of aqueous vapour in the air. 0.284 indhea; mean temperaturo of the dew point, 43.3 deg. Fah.; mean degree of moisluro (saturation —100\ 62. Wind, at 9.30 a.m.—N. on 2 days, N.K on 14 days, E. on 1 day, S.W. on 6 days, W. on 1 dny, calm 1 day. Cloud.—Mean amount of cloud for tho month (0-—clear sky; 10—overcast), 4.9. Ruin.—Total rainfall for month. 0.21 inches; mimber of days on which rain fell, 4 day<i: maximum rainfall in nnv 24 hours, on the 14th. 0.14 inches; rainfall for year to date, 21.701 inches. The fotn.l rainfall at Kaiapoi for tho month of November was 1.46 inches, about an inch le?3 thnn lost year, and nearly an inch more than for 1908. WEATHER SUMMARY AND FORECAST. The Rev. D. C. Bates's weather summary and forecast, issued at Wellington at 5 p.m. yesterday, were as follow:—xho weather baa been fine and very warm in all parts of the Dominion. Easterly winds have prevailed over the North Island, and gales are reported fhia evening in tho farthest North. A northerly galo is reported at Kaikoura, but in other parts of the South Island the wsnds are etill moderate. Present indications are for a falling barometer everywhere, with stron? easterly and northerly winds, warm and hazy weather generally, unsettled m the extreme North end South, and a change in conditions may be expected clsewheio within thirty-six hours.