Meteorological Records for August

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 99, Issue 4, 15 October 1959, Page 344

Meteorological Records for August

Station Height of station above M.S.L. (ft.) Air temperatures in degrees (Fahrenheit) Rainfall in inches Bright sunshine hours Q> E X Q. © E o u E © © c © E at Absolute maximum and minimum CS — es ■o °*s © 2 © cc © E O X- © E © E at Maximum fall 3 © £ < © "cd Q E 3 E X CS S E 3 E c S Kerikeri Auckland Tauranga Ruakura Whakarewarewa Gisborne New Plymouth Karioi Napier Wanganui Palmerston North 240 160 12 131 1,006 14 160 2,125 5 72 110 52.8 53.6 50.6 49.2 47.6 49.7 51.4 43.8 49.8 49.2 49.0 + 1.8 + 1.4 + 0.9 + 0.7 + 2.1 + 0.5 + 1.8 + 1.8 + 0.7 + 0.1 + 1.3 68.7 67.0 64.8 63.3 60.9 67.0 62.1 65.6 67.0 67.2 67.0 35.4 42.6 32.0 38.9 30.3 33.0 35.3 26.0 32.2 34.8 31.2 9.88 5.01 3.15 4.04 2.65 5.88 2.30 1.77 2.77 1.01 1.22 23 19 13 15 13 13 15 I2| 8 10 10 + 3.05 + 0.59 — 1.60 — 0.69 — 2.45 + 2.98 — 3.45 — 2.44 | — 0.16 — 1.94 — 2 53 2.87 2.01 1.25 1.23 0.51 2.07 0.39 0.41 | 1.25 0.34 0 34 18 20 2 2 21 21 2 6 1 10 7 7 139 165 161 128 124 163 159 180 159 1 54 Waingawa Wellington Nelson airfield ~z=“ , S.g« 340 e.°§o£. 3 s f? 415 “■ S z p 5 »-...,. E. o. . . 46.8 aS B- • • 49.6 46.0 + 0.9 + 2.0 + 1.2 63.0 62.1 63.8 28.0 37.3 29.9 1.29 1.85 3.27 14 15 7 — 2.89 — 2.80 + 6.13 0.30 0.47 1 56 7 3 2 169 175 Blenheim 12 46.9 + 0.6 63.3 30.2 1.43 5 — 0.90 0.75 2 204 Hokitika 15 45.2 + 0.5 56.1 28.0 6.48 14 — 2.56 1.83 14 177 Hanmer Christchurch 1,270 22 41.6 45.2 + 0.2 + 0.9 62.0 65.0 22.7 28.4 1.21 0.54 9 4 — 2.37 — 1.51 0.70 0.38 7 2 174 1.95 Ashburton 323 44.0 + 0.3 66.3 23.2 0.35 3 — 1.97 0.23 2 1 92 Timaru 56 44.2 + 0.4 61.8 28.0 0.28 3 — 1.18 0.14 2 1 84 Alexandra 520 40.8 — 0.6 63.0 23.4 0.23 5 — 0.40 0.1 1 6 171 Taieri Invercargill airfield . . 80 Q. 0 Keriken Auckland Tauranga Ruakura Station ~ N3 “ ns ns 43.6 Cl NS NS OS 43.4 — rOOO Height of station above M.S.L. (ft.) — 0.1 —OTOOCDQCDOiDW-tSSJCOOWN) + 0.4 Approx, mean Air temperatures in degrees (Fahrenheit) 1 66.0 ©©©©©©©©©©— © • 59.9 Kjbooobi OS — 24.5 Difference from normal ciciososososososciasosojosososososososososososos 26.4 C1©OSCO — 0.63 ©©©©oswobs © © 2.35 Maximum Absolute maximum and minimum 5 C10S4*>GOOOCOCONSOO©CDKJOO — 17 ©as as +■*■ Minimum CO NS © P — 1.1 1 — o co ©OC1COCOOSC14* 00 CO — OS — 0.59 Total fall Rainfall In Inches ' — ro 0.33 0 73 No. of days of rain 1 1 1 14 F° NS — NS 1 6 ooasbico coci — 156 COCO © — 1 27 Difference from normal Chatham Islands PobOO ©©©©O©OO O — — bONS 150 k| co — 45.6 co — — kj Amount Maximum fall —-i - — — NS NS NS — O 4=* ONS NS — — NS NS © CO Date — 0.6 NS CD NS OS KJ OS — NS Cl M Cl © CD © © CO 4* OO — Cl © Bright sunshine hours 55.9 35.6 1.78 19 — 1.39 0.53 4