Meteorology.
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Meteorology.
Comparative Abstract for 1882 and previous Years.
| STATIONS. | Barometer At 9.30 a.m. |
Temperature from Self-registering Instruments read in Morning for Twenty-hour Hours previously. |
Computed from Observations |
Rain. | Wind. | Cloud. | ||||||||
| Mean Reading. |
Extreme Range. |
Mean Temp. in Shade. |
Mean Daily Range of Temp. |
Ex- treme Range of Temp. |
Max Temp. in Sun's Rays. |
Min Temp. on Grass. |
Mean Elastic Force of Vapour. |
Mean Degree of Moisture (Satura- tion = 100.) |
Total Fall in inches. |
No. of Days on which Rain fell. |
Average Daily Force in Miles for Year. |
Maximum Velocity in Miles in any 24 Hours, and Date. |
Mean Amount (0 to 10). | |
| Auckland | 29.965 | 1.408 | 59.3 | 13.1 | 44.4 | 135.5 | 31.0 | .389 | 76 | 45.630 | 191 | 292 | 716–19 Oct. | 6.6 |
| Previous 18 years | 29.954 | — | 59.4 | — | — | — | — | .404 | 76 | 43.179 | 188 | — | — | — |
| Wellington | 29.900 | 1.353 | 53.4 | 11.4 | 43.0 | 142.0 | 30.0 | .346 | 77 | 55.685 | 166 | 190 | 610–22 Jan. | 4.8 |
| Previous 18 years | 29.921 | — | 54.8 | — | — | — | — | .336 | 72 | 51.790 | 158 | — | — | — |
| Dunedin | 30.037 | 1.549 | 50.9 | 13.7 | 54.0 | 153.0 | 20.0 | .287 | 76 | 41.796 | 187 | 120 | 540–26 Oct. | 6.1 |
| Previous 18 years | 29.833 | — | 50.4 | — | — | — | — | .279 | 74 | 34.672 | 162 | — | — | — |
Average Temperature of Seasons, compared with those of the previous Year.
| STATIONS. | Spring. September, October, November. |
Summer. December, January, February. |
Autumn. March, April, May. |
Winter. June, July, August. | ||||
| 1881. | 1882. | 1881. | 1882. | 1881. | 1882. | 1881. | 1882. | |
| Auckland | 58.0 | 56.9 | 65.2 | 65.4 | 61.9 | 61.9 | 53.4 | 52.8 |
| Wellington | 54.4 | 53.8 | 61.6 | 61.5 | 58.3 | 57.8 | 49.4 | 48.8 |
| Dunedin | 51.2 | 50.6 | 57.3 | 56.8 | 54.1 | 52.3 | 45.4 | 43.8 |
