Meteorological Records for October

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 89, Issue 6, 15 December 1954, Page 566

Meteorological Records for October

Air temperatures in Rainfall in inches degrees (Fahrenheit) . ion (ft Absolute Maximum CD C 3= maximum fa 1 J= cS and & </) Station Height of above M.S Approx, m uinerence from norm minin E E X num E s £ C Total fall No. of daj of rain Difference from norm Amount Date Bright su hours S s Kerikeri 201 55.4 - 1.4 70.9 36.7 2.72 16 — 1.79 0.54 25 169.8 Auckland 160 57.4 + 0.0 70.1 42.9 2.25 9 — 1.84 0.75 13 210.6 Tauranga 10 53.9 - 2.1 71.2 34.4 1.42 7 — 3.55 0.55 21 267.7 Ruakura 131 52.6 - 1.7 70.2 31.9 1.18 7 — 2.95 0.41 13 236.1 Rotorua 975 52.3 - 0.5 71.2 32.3 1.66 7 — 3.50 0.67 21 230.0 Gisborne 12 53.3 - 2.2 73.0 32.4 1.41 9 — 1.02 0.53 21 245.8 New Plymouth 160 53.2 - 1.2 67.5 36.0 2.16 7 — 3.47 1.20 13 252.0 Karioi 2125 47.7 - 0.5 70.0 26.0 2.25 10 — 2.00 0.75 13 Napier .. 5 55.0 - 1.5 73.5 33.8 1.08 4 — 0.82 0.89 21 261.9 Wanganui 72 54.2 - 0.6 68.9 35.1 2.29 6 — 0.93 1.34 13 249.4 Palmerston North 110 52.8 - 1.1 69.7 30.7 1.87 II — 1.69 0.84 13 236.3 Waingawa 340 51.4 - 1.3 75.8 27.0 1.74 11 — 1.22 0.45 13 257.1 Wellington 415 52.1 - 0.7 67.0 36.0 2.01 10 — 2.22 1.10 13 217.5 Nelson airfield 5 50.7 - 1.5 68.0 31.3 0.56 3 — 2.78 0.26 21 243.4 Blenheim 12. s' j z » 12 53.6 - 0.1 80.5 32.5 0.42 5 — 1.78 0.11 13 277.8 Hokitika 15 50.5 - 0.5 62.0 34.4 5.16 17 — 5.86 1.27 8 154.1 Hanmer * i eSggssSwSwslzsjo.sisaEzgs Height of station above M.S.L. (ft.) swbc(Cok)Lna:N-i.5:wcMkijws)ici>i Approx, mean Air temperatures in degrees (Fahrenheit) 1 1.1 1- II 1 1 1 I 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 I I 1 1 Difference from normal - 1 F- o 2 1 0 2 f 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1270 0 50.2 - 0.4 75.0 26.0 1.62 8 — 2.28 0.41 23 213.1 Christchurch 22 54.0 - 0.9 80.4 27.7. 0.35 4 — 1.60 0.23 23 231.8 Ashburton 323 54.2 - 1.8 82.6 26.6 0.70 6 — 1.72 0.28 23 23 7.5 Timaru 56 53.0 - 0.3 83.5 29.8 0.71 6 — 1.22 0.37 23 236.0 1 O> — 0500 — diCJlGHhOhOGnM — O-£» - co Maximum Absolute maximum minimum Minimum Total fall Rainfall in inches 00 W MUl WO — — CDO) No. of days of rain 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ! 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ??=rr.-pprpp--p?ppr"p“r7 gESBSSgggSKSgESSSggggES Difference from normal Amount S' S’* SggSgS±5=ggSE£5ggS3±g:2E Date g coooMCDUibo—* — Cobden — bob».c© b b b - bo bo Bright sunshine hours Alexandra 520 53.0 - 0.6 76.9 30.6 0.47 6 — 0.75 0.33 23 229.7 80 51.2 - 0.1 76.9 26.7 1.12 12 — 0.94 0.28 12 180.6 Invercargill airfield . 0 49.6 0.6 72.2 28.0 3.22 18 — 0.26 0.46 (3 157.9