= TET E MERE er e TET EN 
THE CLIMATE OE NEW ZEALAND. 
METEOROLOGICAL STATISTICS. 
The following Tables, etc., are published in anticipation of the Report of 
the Inspector of Meteorological Stations for 1878. 
TABLE IL-— TrwPERATURE of the Arr, in shade, recorded at the Chief 
Towns in the Norra and Sourm Israwps of New ZEALAND, for the 
year 1878. 
Mean Mea: Mean Mean Aes Extreme | 
Mean | Temp. for Temp. Yos Tena. d for Temp f for i — | 
PLACE Annual) (SPRING) oan (AUTUMN) | (WINTER) Fp of 
Temp. |Sept., Oct.,| Dec., Jan.,|Mar, Apl, June, ee for Temp. me 
OU E b. May. July, Aug. yea | 
| 
Nortu Isuanp. Degs. | Degrees. | Degrees. | Degrees. | Degrees. | Degrees. | Degrees, 
Mongonui . | 615] 61-0 68:1 62:3 54-7 17:8 53-0 
Auckland oe | 588 57:9 65:2 60:7 51:6 13:8 46:8 
Taranaki.. 56: 55-7 62:5 T9 50-0 15-4 50:0 
Napier 597| 61:0 65-9 60-6 51:4 15:1 54:0 
Wanganui 555 | 558 62-4 55-4 48:3 20-4 61:0 
Wellington 55:1 54:7 60:9 56:9 47:8 13-0 48:2 
Means, eto, for)! k^ 8| 57-6 641 58-9 50-6 159 | 610 
North Island 
SovurH ISLAND. 
Nelson 54:2 55:8 60:8 547 45:7 21:9. 52-0 
Cape Campbell 56:3 6:4 61:5 57:8 49-3 10-4 41:8 
Christchurch ., 2-8 54:8 59:6 53:6 43-2 19-4 66:5 
Hokitika .. ‘ 51:6 51:6 57:9 52-9 44-2 11:9 43:2 
edin . .. | 49:9 51:9 544 51:0 41: 14-4 60:0 
Queenstown sv OOI 50:2 BIA 55:2 39:0 16:7 62-4 
Southland 4 4 489 51:0 5 49:6 40:6 17:3 60-0 
4 fou] ; . 5 43:4 16:0 66-5 
Means, etc. 
North an ed 548 55:3 61:0 56:2 47-0 15:9 66:5 
Islan 
* For 11 months only. 
