THE WEATHER.

Southland Times, Issue 1295, 19 August 1870, Page 4

THE WEATHER.

METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT MARTENDALE, SOUTHLAND, NEW ZEALAND, IN 1870. -■; ♦ ■ . J_otjaby.—Wettest month recorded in 11 years. Four heavy floods. Temperature 1.4 deg. below 10 years' average; rainfall, 6*77 inches above average. .. . Barometer (at 32 deg. and sea level) max. 29*921; mm., 29177; mean, 29-643.—Thermo-meter (in shade), max., 81*0; mm., 39.0; mean, 59*3 deg.—Hygrometer, dew-point, 54*3 ; vapor tension, 0423; humidity, *85.—Radiation, solar max., 157 deg.; terrestrial mm., 28*0 deg. — Bainfall, total, 11*05 inches on 17 days; max., in 24 hours, 3*02 inches.—Evaporation, 491 inches.—Cloud, 6*2.—Ozone, 7*B.—Wind, S.E., 13; N.W., 9 j W., 7 days.—Anemometer, mean, 261; max., 610. Febbttaby.—Very wet month, latter part windy; solar halo on 2nd ; Aurora Australia on 12th; gale (W.), 12th and ISth. Barometer, max., 30*326; mm., 29*400; mean, 29785.—Thermometer, max., 79*0; mm., 39 0; mean, 57"7.—Radiation, solar max., 151*0 ; terrestrial mm., 29*0 ; dew-point, 52*4; vapor tension, 0*393; humidity, *82.—-Ramfall, 6*56 inches on 18 days ; max., I*2B inch.—Cloud, 5*3. —Ozone, 7-7—Wind, N., 7; E., 1; S.E., 6; W., 9; N.W., 5 days.—Anemometer, : mean, 279 V max., 670., . Maech.—Severe storm N.W. and W. on sth, '6th, 7th, and Bth, with rain, hail, .thunder, and lightnine; remainder of month very fine; Aurora on 22nd; fine meteor in daylight on 9th. ■•.'■'■" Barometer, max., 30*424 j mm- 29*400;•] mean, 30*102.—Thermometer, max., 74*0 ; mini, 35 0; mean, 52*5.—Radiation, solar max., 140*0;: terrestrial "mm., 28*6; dew-pomt, .48*1; vapor, tension, 0*337; humidity, *85.—^-Rainfall, 2*94 inches oh 7 days; max., l*o6 ihch>—GlouaV 6*67 -r-Ozone, 7*9.—Wind, i W.i, 19 sdays; N.W., 8 days.—Anemometer, mean, 294, max., 710. Apbtl.—Generally .fine; gale (W.), on sth and 6th; also, on 25th, and 26th,. with hail, thunder, and lightning. Fine Aurora on sth and 7th. . . . , Barometer, max., . 30*381; mm., 29*144:; mean/29*975.—Thermometer, max., 69*0; dew-point,-432; vapor tension, -0*223; humidity, '84.—Rainfall, 6-16 inches on 14 days; max., I*l3 inches.—Cloud, s*7.—Ozone, 7*B.—Wind, W, 14; S.E., 5; E.,4; N,, 4; N.W. 3 days.— Anemometer, mean, 249; max., 660. May.-;— Generally fine, but showery; on the 15th the barometer fell suddenly from 29*90 to 28*84 inches; followed on 17th by heavy rainfall and flood from S.E. Barometer, max., 30*291; mm., 28*940; mean, 29*851.—Thermometer, max., 60*0; mm., 31*0; mean, 45*5.—Radiation, solar max., 115*0 ; terrestrial nun., 22*6; dew-point, ,41*1; vapor tension, 0258; humidity, *84.—Cloud, 6*B. — Ozone, B*4.—Rainfall, 4*ol inches on 13 days; max., 101 inch.—Wind, W., 11; N.W., 8 ; N., 8 days.—Anemometer, mean, 131; max., 370. Jtjse.—A very wet month, but remarkably mild, so warm a June having only once before been experienced during eleven years, viz., in 1865. Hail fell on two days only, snow but once, and then very lightly. No gales or thunderstorms occurred. light fogs on the 9th and lOib. The mean temperature of the air in the month was 44*5 deg., which is 2*4 deg. above the average of the same month in 10 years. The total rainfall was 6*26 inches, which is 1*35 inch above the June • average during the same period.-—Barometer, max., 30090; mm.,. 29"040; mean, 29*640 inches. —Thermometer, max., 62-0; mm, 29*0 ; mean, 445 ; daily range, 14*2; extreme range, 33.0 deg.—Radiation, solar max., 1050; terrestrial mm., 21.0 deg.—^Hygrometer, dew-point, 41*2; elastic force of vapour, 0*259; relative humidity,; •88.—Rainfall, total, 626 inches on 19 days; max. in 24 hours, lrOß.—Cloud, mean, 67. — Ozone, mean, 7*B.—Wind, N., 6 ; N.E., 1; E., 5 ; S.E., 1; 8., 0; S. W., 1; W., 13 ; N.W., 3 days.—Anemometer, mean, 153 ; max., 460. Jtjiy.—A mild and very rainy month. Vegetation unprecedentedly forward, gooseberries showing green in the middle of the month, and some almost in leaf by the end. Frosts very few and slight. Very little hail or snow (latter on one day only), and no gales or fogs. Mean temperature of air, 41*8 deg., or about the same as the 10 years' average of the same month. Rainfall, 4*46 inches, or 1.1-9 inch above the average. Barometer, max., 30*406 ; mm., 29*100; mean, 29845.—Thermometer,,max., 58"O; mm., 220; mean, 41*8; daily range, 16*1; extreme range, 36*0. —Radiation, solar max., 110*0; terrestrial mm., 14*0.—Hygrometer, dew-point, 37*1; force of vapour, 0*224; humidity, *86.—Rainfall, total, 4*46 inches on 23 days; max.*, 062 inches;— Cloud, s*3—Ozone, B*3.—Wind, N., 4; N.E., 0; E., 5; S.E., 1 j S., 1; S.W., 0; W., 14; N.W., 7 days. —Anemometer,mean, 1260; max.,370*0. Chabees Rotjs Mabtek, Director. Martendale, Southland.