METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, WELLINGTON.
Fob Janttaey ,1871.
* Means, <fcc. f Previous 7 years. Notes. — Remarkably dry weather, only 5 days of rain, and the fall considerably below the average for same month in previous 7 years ; the early part of month was cloudy and sultry and oppressive, with light winds and very warm nights. Latter part though very warm, was bright and clear with pleasant cool breezes at times — stormy on 28th, N.W. Large and brilliant meteor on the night of the lßt, at 8.30 p.m. ; also one on night of 27th, not so large ; slight earthquake shocks on Ist, 12.30 a m., on 20th at 8.35 a.m., and on 30th at 2.30 p.m. ; prevailing wind from N.W. R. B. Gobb, Observer; February 2, 1871.
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Wellington Independent, Volume XXVII, Issue 3114, 3 February 1871, Page 2
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METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, WELLINGTON.
Wellington Independent, Volume XXVII, Issue 3114, 3 February 1871, Page 2
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