THE CLIMATE 



OF 



NEW ZEALAND 



METEOROLOGICAL STATISTICS 



The following Tables, etc., are published in anticipation of the Report of the 



Inspector of Meteorological Stations for 187 4. 



TABLE I. — Temperature of the Air, in shade, recorded at the Chief 

 Towns in the North and South Islands of New Zealand, for the 



year 1874. 







Mean 



Mean 



Mean 



Mean 



Mean 



Extreme 



Place. 



Mean 



Temp, for 



Temp, for 



Temp, for 



Temp, for 



daily range 



range 



Annual 



(Spring) 



(Summtcr) 



(Autumn) 



(Winter) 



of 



of 





Temp. 



Sept., Oct., 



Dec., Jan., 



Mar., Apl., 



June, July, 



Temp, for 



Temp, for 







Nov. 

 Degrees . 



Feb. 



May. 

 Degrees. 



Aug. 

 Degrees. 



year. 



year. 



Nortii Island. 



Decrees. 



Degrees. 



Degrees. 



Degrees. 



Mongonui 



62 9 



597 



69 5 



661 



56 2 



14 6 



54 



1 r 1 



Auckland 



597 



56 9 



67 3 



62 7 



52 4 



148 



52 9 



Taranaki 



57-0 



55 3 



63 4 



58-7 



50 6 



17 



590 



Napier 



580 



57-4 



66-4 



58-8 



49 6 



182 



59 



Wanganui 



55 2 



64-4 



62 1 



56-9 



47-5 



19 9 



55 



Wellington 



Means, etc., for ) 

 North Island ) 



South Island. 



54-7 



53-5 

 56-2 



621 

 65 1 



55-5 

 59-7 



47-6 



118 







160 



45 7 



59 



57-9 



50-6 











Nelaon 



55-2 



550 



63-8 



55 9 



46-7 



221 



63 



Cape Campbell 



*58 1 



56-9 



647 



58-9 



48-4 



13-2 



44-5 



Chriatchurcn 



52-2 



51-8 



62-0 



52 6 



42 6 



15 5 



62-7 



Hokitika 



52-4 



51 1 



58-9 



53-8 



45 8 



13 8 



48-4 



Dunedin 



497 



48-9 



57 4 



51-0 



414 



14 5 



55-0 



Queenstown 



48-8 



48-0 



59-6 



50-4 



37 2 



15 5 



614 



Southland 



Means, etc., for ) 

 South Island ) 



Means for Nth. ) 

 1 and Sth. Islands ) 







52-7 



48'5 



563 



53-7 



437 



15-7. 



63 



51-4 



60-3 

 62-7 



55-3 



53-8 



567 



471 



15 8 



630 



* For 11 montlis only. 



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