Meteorological Records for February
Station Height (ft.) Air temperatures In degrees (Fahrenheit) . Rainfall In Inches Bright hours mean Difference from Absolute maximum and minimum Total fall days of rain Difference from normal Maximum fall Amount Date Maximum Minimum Kerikeri 240 66.7 + l.l 80.6 48.2 3.27 II — 0.90 1.65 9 190 Auckland 160 67.6 + 0.9 78.7 51.8 1.89 12 — 2.02 0.68 10 208 Tauranga 12 66.0 + 1.0 83.2 40.9 3.81 10 + 0.08 1.01 23 227 Ruakura 131 64.4 + 1.1 80.9 40.2 2.93 10 — 0.15 1.18 23 215 Whakarewarewa 1,006 63.3 + 0.9 78.3 41.4 4.90 12 + 0.98 1.44 10 188 Gisborne 14 65.4 + 0.3 85.0 46.2 1.56 12 — 1.49 0.36 23 194 New Plymouth 160 64.2 + 1.7 79.9 46.2 5.46 7 + 1.48 2.83 10 232 Napier ■ .. 5 65.8 + 0.4 84.1 46.2 3.56 9 + 0.88 2.26 22 199 Karioi 2,125 | 58.9 + 1.3 78.5 38.0 5.50 9 + 1.45 2.92 22 Wanganui 72 64.0 + 0.3 81.3 47.1 6.06 7 + 3.09 2.14 21 21 Palmerston North 110 63.2 + 0.7 82.7 41.2 2.89 7 — 0.20 1.36 10 194 Waingawa 340 62.3 — 0.1 83.4 42.6 2.64 9 — 0.17 1.79 22 170 Wellington 415 61.8 + 0.5 74.9 46.8 2.05 7 — 1.23 0.72 9 210 Nelson airfield 5 63.2 + 2.0 80.3 44.0 0.41 3 — 2.21 0.34 9 239 Blenheim 12 63.6 + 0.8 88.0 35.0 0.38 5 — 1.76 0.18 9 208 Hokitika 15 58.0 — 0.1 70.6 39.2 5.44 10 — 2.28 3.64 9 206 Hanmer 1,270 59.5 + 0.1 87.0 30.0 3.32 6 — 0.33 1.54 22 170 Christchurch 22 62.7 4- 1.9 89.2 43.2 1.71 4 — 0.09 1.34 21 204 Ashburton .. 323 63.4 + 2.4 93.2 41.2 2.59 6 — 0.10 1.85 21 185 Timaru 56 61.7 + 1.5 89.1 39.7 1.70 8 — 0.52 0.88 21 182 Alexandra 520 62.4 + 1.0 86.2 33.2 0.45 6 — 1.02 0.25 9 200 Taieri 80 58.6 + 0.9 87.6 30.4 2.21 10 — 0.10 0.65 17 170 Invercargill airfield . . 0 57.1 + 0.9 81.3 27.7 4.55 16 + 1.20 1.10 2 171 Chatham Islands 150 59.5 4- l.l 71.7 45.4 3.19 13 + 0.80 0.62 10
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 98, Issue 4, 15 April 1959, Page 368
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331Meteorological Records for February New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 98, Issue 4, 15 April 1959, Page 368
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