APPENDIX 



THE CLIMATE OF NEW ZEALAND. 



METEOROLOGICAL STATISTICS. 



The following Tables, etc., are laublislied in anticipation of tlie Report of tlie 

 Inspector of Meteorological Stations, for 1870. 



TABLE L — Temperature of the Air, in sliacle, recorded at the Chief 

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

 year 1870. 



Place. 



Mean 

 Annual 

 Temp. 



Mean 



Temp, for 



(Spring) 



Sept., Oct., 



Nov. 



Mean 

 Temp, for 

 (Summer) 

 Dec, Jan., 



Feb. 



Mean 

 Temp, for 

 (Autumn) 

 Mar., ApL, 



May. 



Mean 



Temp, for 



(Winter) 



June, July, 



Aug. 



Mean 

 daily range 



of 

 Temp, for 



year. 



Extreme 



range 



of 



Temp, for 



year. 



North Island. 

 Mongonui 

 Auckland . 

 Taranaki 

 Napier 

 Wellington . 



Means, &c. , for 

 North Island ) 



South Island. 

 Nelson . 

 Christchurch 

 Hokitika 

 Dunedin . 

 Southland 



Means, &c., for ) 

 South Island. ) 



Means for Nth. ) 

 and Sth. Islands. ) 



Degrees. 



60-7 

 59-3 

 57-2 

 59-3 

 55-4 



Degrees. 

 59-9 

 58-1 

 56-7 

 58-6 

 55-0 



Degrees. 

 65-7 

 65-2 

 63 

 67-4 

 61-8 



Degrees. 

 62-3 

 60-9 

 58-0 

 59-8 

 55-3 



Degrees. 

 54-7 

 .52-9 

 51 3 

 51-5 

 49-4 



Degrees. 

 15-2 

 13-8 

 16-3 

 16-4 

 11-6 



Degrees. 

 52 

 46-2 

 48-8 

 59 

 46-5 



58-3 



57-6 



64-6 



59-2 



51-9 



14-6 



59-0 



55-6 

 52-6 

 52-6 

 50-0 

 49-9 



55-4 

 50-9 



527 

 51-8 

 51-5 



63-2 

 61-2 



58-7 

 56 1 

 57-3 



55-6 

 51-2 



52-8 

 49 1 

 48-6 



48-2 

 43-7 

 46-3 

 43 1 



42-4 



21-3 

 15-8 

 12-7 

 131 



19-2 



55-0 

 60-1 

 42-6 

 52 

 59-0 



52 1 



52-4 



59-3 



51-4 



44-7 



16-4 



601 



58-3 

 52 1 



57-6 

 52-4 



64-6 

 59-3 



59-2 

 51-4 



51-9 

 44-7 



14-6 

 16-4 



59-0 

 601 



55-2 



55 



61-9 



55-3 



48-3 



15-5 





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