ABSTRACT OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.

Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1807, 5 December 1879, Page 3

ABSTRACT OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.

CHBISTCHUBCH OB9BBVATOBY. Lat. 43° 32' 16" S. ; long. 172° 38' 50" E. Altitude above the sea 21 feet. _ Abstract of observations taken during November, 1879—barometer corrected and reduced to 32.0 Fah. and sea level. Mean reading for month ... 29.722 m. Maximum—on Bth 30.076 in. Minimum—on 25th 29.261 in. Extreme range during month 0.815 in. TBMFBBATrjBB IN BHADB. Approximate mean temperature for month ... 54.1 Fah. Extreme maximum temperature —on 28th 75.2 „ Extreme minimum temperature —on Ist 34.0 „ Extreme range of temperature for month ... ... ... ... 41.2 „ EXPOSED THEBMOMETBBS. Mean solar radiation ... ... 123 7 „ Maximum solar radiation—on 2nd 7th, andlOth 139.0 ~ Mean terrestrial radiation ... 37.2 „ Minimum terrestrial radiation —on Ist 24 3 „ HYGBOMETBICAIi. Mean elastic force of vapour, 0.278 inches. Mean temperature of the dew point, 43.1 Fah. Mean degreo of moisture (saturation 100) 66 BAIN. Total rainfall 2.06 inches. Number of days on which rain fell—l 3 days. "WIND. Average daily velocity for month, 145.3 miles. Direction—N., 2 days ; N E., 8 ; E., 4 ; S.E., 4; S., 2; S.W., 8; W., 2—30 days. Total evaporation by gaugo ... 5.963 inches. Mean evaporation do. ... 0.198 „ Moan amount of cloud (0 cloar sky; 10 overcast) ... ... 7.3 Mean amount of ozjne, Moffat's scale—--1 to 10—6.0. The observations aro taken at 9.30 a.m., and record the temperaturo of tho previous ■ twenty-four hours. EEJUBKS. The first ten days of the month were fine except the 7th, when light showers fell; on the night of the 11th heavy rain from S.W.; 12th, 13lh, and 14th, dull showery days; 15th to 21st, fine days but rain at night or early morn ; the remainder of tho month dull and showery with an occasional fiuo day. A smart shock of earthquake at 12.45 p.m. on the 17th, direction S.E. and N.W. Hail on 15th and 30th. Thunder on 28th. There have been eighteen fiuo days during the month. Tho temperaturo has been lower, and the moisture of the atmosphere and rainfall has been in excess of tho same month for the previous four years. Prevailing winds havo been N.E., E., S.E., and S.W. J. B. Stanselx, Observer.