METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, WELLINGTON.
Fob Aug-ttst, 1871.
# Means, &e. f Means previous seven years. Notes. —Yery unsettled weather throughout the month with frequent rain, and at times very severe and stormy —rain fall considerably over the average for previous years j on the 3rd squally from S.E., with hail and rain ; on the Bth strong N.W. wind and rain; very wet on 11th and 12th from S.E., 1.300 inches recorded on the 12th; on I.7th stormy from S.W, with hail, sleet, and rain, very cold and severe ; also hail on 18th; strong N.W. wind on 25th, but mild; 26th gale from N.W. with beating rain and thunder and lightning; stormy from night of 29th to morning of 31st from S.E.; very severe on night of 30tb, with heavy beating rain all night, 1.700 inches recorded on morning of the 31st, the maximum for month. Slight earthshake on night of 30th ; sheet lightning on night of 24th ; prevailing wind from N.W.; max. temp, on the 23rd, 60.3. R. B. Goee, Government Observer.
2 c3 Q Barometer reduced and corrected, (inches). From Self-Registering Instruments, for 24 hours previously. Direction of Wind. Max. Temp, in Shade. Min. Temp, in Shade. l Mean Tem- | perature. | Maximum | in Sun. j Min. on Grass Rain Fall in Inches. 1 Yeloc. Wind | in Miles. 1 29.953 49.0 43.0 46.0 89 37 .110 155 SE 2 .599 49 3 37.9 43.6 95 30 > • • 130 NW 3 .601 53 0 38.0 45.5 85 30 .050 120 SE 4 30.141 48.0 373 42.6 90 30 .350 285 SE 6 .103 47.5 33.9 40.7 75 27 .040 160 NW 6 29.922 54.5 45.5 50.0 100 36 • • • 260 NW 7 30.035 56.0 48.5 52.2 105 41 .700 185 N 8 .052 60.0 50.3 55.1 105 44 .030 200 NW 9 .126 57.0 52.5 54.7 75 46 .200 400 NW 10 .072 57.3 50.7 54.0 81 45 .030 270 NW 11 29.752 57.3 54.0 55.6 90 48 .160 385 NW 12 .679 56.7 47.0 51.8 60 40 1.300 180 SE 13 .844 48.5 45.0 46.7 65 38 •600 320 SE 14 .875 51.0 42.5 46.7 65 35 .050 200 SE 15 .848 51.8 39.3 45.5 90 30 .006 65 NW 16 .750 568 43.0 49.9 102 34 .010 165 NW 17 .927 53.0 42.0 47.5 102 34 .050 265 s w 18 30.234 48.0 36.3 42.1 100 29 .500 400 SE 19 .338 45.0 40.0 42.5 80 31 .100 135 SE 20 .342 47.5 41.5 44.5 85 34 .020 75 E 21 .215 56.0 40.3 481 105 32 •»• 45 N E 22 29.949 57.0 43.3 50.1 104 35 ... 90 NW 23 .600 60.3 48.8 54 5 119 39 .430 135 SE 24 .538 57.0 41.3 49.1 105 33 .060 185 NW 25 .953 58.5 44 0 51.2 105 36 • •• 245 NW 26 .708 583 43 9 51.1 110 39 . . . 300 NW 27 .333 54.5 49.0 54 7 100 42 .450 900 NW 28 .486 54.7 44.7 49.7 106 35 . • • 210 NW 29 .538 54.0 47.5 50.7 102 40 •500 325 NW 30 .190 52.0 43.5 47.7 90 36 .7G0 200 SE 31 .429 48.0 43.8 45.9 70 38 1.700 680 NW # 29.843 53.5 43-8 48'6 92 36 8.146 247 NW 1 29;804 ... ... 48.3 ... ... 4.470 ... ...
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 35, 23 September 1871, Page 11
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