THE WEATHER REPORT.—No. 20.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XV, Issue 5150, 20 May 1878, Page 2

THE WEATHER REPORT.—No. 20.

D— At 9.: i« ».ui v t>—Al e.3<J p.m. ;. —VtuiJ N.W.; shiftiEg to S W. earomeier real twice d*ily, *t 9 30 pm »nrt »> 9.30 a.m.; also occaslonaLlf iu timei f *tmo-p!iens disturb*nce. All d* r-fer to !0 am . oDservations are those of th« pr-visui 24 ii"Urs. , Weather, wet and windy, as foretold by tne rapid fall of the barometer, meutinijeil in my last ; but at times very fine between the ram squalls ; and wind occasionally dropping to a calm.

All readings for temperature much in excfs* of those of last ye*r, the approximate mean being three degrees higher, and more th.ui half »*jegree above the fourteen years' average, titretne range from day to d:ty rat Lit greal'.-r than in last week, but .-till comparatively su^' u —between (i and 7 degrees. The w.irmest l »> and night were thos*-of the 14th ; the ■:■'.'.<"»• the 17th, this 1 itter -by being ills., the Ine.t u>y and the windiest, with the huhe>t h-rumetr*. altitude, while the mercury on the former a. stood but little higher than the figure given ' or minimum in the table. , Solar radiation, 1003, rising to lIH'4 on tm 16th; terrestrial radiation, 4-Vii, uiaj.,; toon the 17th. Of these averts the termer is almost identical with th.it «>f s.uue wees t--1877, the latter 3£ decrees higher. Wind much as last year in strength. ™ much less variable i" direction; - s -"'. v Saturday and night, but changing to - - before sunrise of .Sun.uy, *»d =>t<M..uy " S.W. aud W. tiie remainder of the week. Very heavy rain .m S.uur i..y »'»S'-; * two-thirds of the entire fall of the w-ek. ing up the total to the largest ani.unc rt »*': for any week since the l»th .Umiiiry. ' little fell on two out of the seven days, a • with this one exception, in »hort sbil - J .fJ p f geuerally accompanied with strosy "'»- - chilly wind. , , t u en Barometer falling suddenly on th* 1-U»-■ ■lowly rising to the loth (n.ornwgX * (f J very suddenly to early morning of the iota v 0-249 between 9.30 a.m. and 0.4j a,m. oi dates), and again rising ta its niaxiuium o 17th; this latter rise being <H1 i" -* aw " Mean altitude a littl* tela tihatt average.

AbUract r.f obe-T- I Arrr»£' Vitions for week Average Max. Mid. 5am« ending Mar 18 ; ■rees.77 17th.* 12th.* Baro. (collected/ -29 89 > ' .'0 "5* 29 u*S 30 61! i 14ih, 17th, . Temperature ('.av) CZO i G7 0 00 e> , CI 9 ! Mih. ITi'i. „ (ni«ht), 51-9 ! t>52 43 2 4"» „ imai, 57 9 — — i^8 ,, Dew P..int *2 1 -- — «-'« Humidity (s 0-100) 83 97-98 12 72 73 17 70-M ! i7th, I8;t. Wind (velocity) 318' m i 6 -.\V!2di!, 8.W S03 3m CIouJ (scale 0-10 7 4 I — j — , *1 ToUl rainfall .. 150iiri. "9 i !7ir..,i — r7i0ia No. «I diTs'rain.. 7 — I — 4