THE CLIMATE OF NEW ZEALAND. 
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: METEOROLOGICAL STATISTICS. 
Tue following Tables, etc., are published in anticipation of the Report of the 
Inspector of Meteorological Stations for 1872. 
TABLE I.—Temperature of the Arr, in shade, recorded at the Chief 
Towns in the Norru and Souru-Istanps of New ZEALAND, for the 
year 1872. 
an Mean Mean Mean Mean Extreme 
Mea Temp. for | Temp. for | Temp. f p. for daily range} range 
Place, Annual | (SPRING) | (SUMMER) | (AUTUMN) | (WINTER) of of 
Temp Sept. , Oct. ,| Dec. Jan.,|Mar.,.Apl.,|June July, Temp. for Temp. for 
N b, y. Aug. year. year. 
NORTH ISLAND. Degrees. | Degrees. | Degre Degrees. Degrees. | Degrees. 
Mongonui* 62-1 60:5 +720 64:3 55-0 14:9 56-0 
Auckland 602 573 61:8 52-4 139 56:4 
: 58:4 56-3 657 60:3 5il 17:0 520 
Napier 59°7 57°8 69-2 60°3 51°5 17°0 0 
W: ui 567 54:5 65-1 58-6 48:8 16-6 8:0 
We on 558 54-1 637 574 48°1 11°6 51-5 
Means, etc., - for s i : : 
North Talend 58°8 56°7 67°5 60°4 511 15:2 64:0 
SOUTH ISLAND. 
Nels 2 567 55:5 66-6 57:9 47:0 20-9 650 
Christchurch 53°6 §3°2 64°4 53°8 432 15:0 74:2 
okiti BS 54°1 53:4 6l'l 56:6 45:2 120 550 
Dunedin 51°4 519 595 52°0 42:3 14:7 61:0 
Queenstown 514 517 61:7 53°1 392 16-7 61:7 
Southland* 49:2 51:2 t576 52-2 40'1 187 68:0 
Means, ete, for)| so. i . ; 
Koah Inland ( 52°7 | 52°8 | 61:8 | 54°2 42°8 | 16°3 742 
Means for Nth. "i a 
g E VEP ! 557 | 547 | 646 | 573 | 46-9 | 157 | 742 
* For eleven months; no returns for December furnished. 
+ For January and February only. 
