THE WEATHER.

Southland Times, Issue 1138, 9 April 1869, Page 2

THE WEATHER.

0 METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS IN MARCH, 1869. General Bkmabks.— The weather was remarkably fine, dry, and warm until the 2lßt. The temperature in shade rose to 80 degrees on ha 16th — the highest recorded in March since 1862. On the 21st the equinoctial gales Bet in twith great severity from W. to N.W., with heavy squalls of rain and hail, and some riolent thunderstorms on the 23rd and 24th. The equinoctial gales terminated on the 25th ; the remainder of the month was Bhowery and unsettled. Warm drizzling rain fell incessantly during the 26th and 31st with dead calm. On 27th the atmosphere was perfectly saturated for 36 hours ; the mean temperatures of the air and evaporation being identical; the rapour tension was 0317 inches. On the 31st the total range of temperature was only six degrees. The amount of ozone was greatly in excess of that recorded in any previous month. The mean temperature of the month, 54*9 degreeß, was 4*3 degrees below the 10 years' average for March ; the rainfall, 5*67 inches, was I*B2 inches in eicesa of the average. Babometeb. — (At 32 degrees and sea level) — maximum, 30-284 (15th); minimum, 29311 (23rd) ; mean, 29-864 ; range, 0973 inches. Thbbmometeb. — (In shade) — Maximum, 80*0 degrees (17th) ; minimum, 34*0 degrees (Ist) ; mean, 54*9 degrees ; mean daily range, 20*0 deg. ; total range, 460 degrees. Hygbometeb. — Dew-point, 47*0 degrees j vapour tension, 0*324 inches ; humidity, '74. Radiation. — Solar , mean, , 1229 degrees ; maximum, 140 - 0 degrees (10th) ; terrestrial mean, 387 degrees j minimum, 290 degrees (26th.) Rainfall. — Total, 567 inches; maximum daily, 1*22 inches (24th) ; days rain fell, 13. Evapobaiion. — Total, 4*14 inches. Clotjd. — Mean amount, (0-10) 6*6. Wind.— X., 0 ; N.E., 0 ; E., 1 day ; S.E., 1 j S., 0 , S.W., 0 ; W. , 12 ; N.W., 17 days. Anemometeb. — Mean diurnal movement, 236 miles. Ozonometeb. — Maximum, on 20th j no ozone was observed on 7th. Gales on 5 days ; thunder on 4 ; hail on 3— no snow or fog. Chables Rous Mabten, Director of Meteorological Stations. Martendale, Southland.