THE CLIMATE OF NEW ZEALAND. 
METEOROLOGICAL STATISTICS. 
Tur following Tables, etc., are published in anticipation of the Report of 
the Inspector of Meteorological Stations for 1876 :— 
TABLE I.—Temprerature of the Arr, in shade, recorded at the Chief 
Towns in the Norra and SourH Istanps of New Zxarawp, for the 
Year 1876. 
Moan PE ruens Mean Mean |Extreme 
Annual Temp. "tor Dé p menot for — for| Daily range 
PLACE. Temp (SPRING) | SUMMER)(AUTUMN) IN. an) range of [9 
' |Sep., Oct., Dec., Jan. |Mar., Apl.|June,July| Temp. for' Temp. for 
Nov. Feb. May. got Year. Year. 
NonrH ISLAND. Degs. Degs. Degs. Degs. Degs. Degs. Degs. 
Mongonui 61:9 61:2 68:5 63° 54:5 58 53:0 
Auckland 60-0 8:8 66:5 61:8 52:9 144 48:5 
Taranaki 58:2 57-4 64:6 60*1 50:8 171 53:5 
Napier 59:4 59:1 65:6 61:7 51°3 141 54:0 
Wanganui 56:8 56:2 64:4 58:1 48:6 19:8 56:0 
Wellington 56:1 56:5 63:0 57:5 47:3 12:9 46:6 
Means, ete. for k ; : T ` : : 
North I sland } 58°7 58:2 65:4 60:4 50:9 1577 56:0 
SovrH ISLAND. 
Nelson M e 55:9 55:9 64:2 56°5 124 317 56:0 
Cape Campbell .. | 58:5 51:5 65:1 60-6 51:0 12:5 42:7 
Christchureh Am 53:2 53:6 61:7 544 43:9 17:0 59:2 
Hokitika ‘ us 54-0 54:2 62-0 54:9 45:1 14:4 A473 
unedi ex ap 61°5 52:2 58:6 52:6 42:7 14:8 50-0 
Queenstown i» 51:0 52:9 61:2 51-3 89:8 16:8 660 
Southland .. ej — ==- — — — — — 
Mea eic. for 3 ` 
e d } 640 | 542 | 621 | 550 | 447 | 162 | 660 
56:2 63:7 oT" 47:8 15:9 66:0 
Means for North 50:8 
and South Islands 
