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for Taranaki (56'8 degs.) tlie next, while "Wellington is tlie lowest ' (55*7 

 degs.) 



In the South Island, Christchurch and Nelson show the highest annual 

 mean temperature (55'1 and 55"0 degs.), and Dunedin is very much lower, 

 viz. 507 degs. 



January and February, corresponding to July and August in England, 

 are the two warmest months in l^ew Zealand; and July and August, the two 

 coldest (excepting in Nelson and Wellington, at which places the mean 

 readings are lowest for June and July) . 



The climate of London is 7 "2 degrees colder than that of the North 

 Island, and 3'8 degrees colder than the South Island of New Zealand ; and 

 the difference between the mean annual temperature of the whole of New 

 Zealand and that of London is 5"7 degs., the former being 55'7 degs., and the 

 latter 50 degs. 



The following are the means for the two warmest and two coldest months 

 in the year in the several localities, with their differences : — 



Auckland. 

 69-6 

 531 



Taranald. 

 64-7 

 49-3 



Wellington. 

 64-6 

 47-8 



Nelson. 

 63-6 

 45-9 



Christchurch. 

 65-2 

 44-3 



Dunedin. 

 58-0 

 43-2 



16-5 15-4 16-8 17-7 20-9 14-8 



IVom which we find that the average difference between the mean tempera- 

 ture of the warmest and coldest months of the year in New Zealand is 17 

 degs. ; at Eome it is 27 degs., at Montpellier 33 degs., at Milan 38 degs., 

 and at Jersey 22 degs. 



The observations from these six stations have been selected to form the 

 above table, as they extend over a tolerably long period, and give a fair com^ 

 parison of the climate of the North and South Islands. 



TABLE II. — Showing the Iki'ltien-ce of the Southeen xIlps on the 

 Climate of the East and West Coasts of the South Islajstd, from 

 Averages for the years 1866 and 1867. 



Locality. 



Mean 

 Annual 

 Tempera- 

 ture. 



Maximum 



Solar 

 Radiation 

 recorded. 



Minimum 

 Terrestrial 

 Eadiation 

 recorded. 



Mean 

 Elastic 

 Force of 

 Vapour. 



Mean 

 Degree of 

 Moisture. 



Mean 

 Annual 

 KaiDfaU. 



Average 



Number of 



Days on 



which 



Eain fell. 



Average 

 Velocity 

 of Wind, 

 in mOes 

 per day. 



Christchurch 

 (East Coast) 



Degs. 

 53-3 



Degs. 

 137' Feb. 



Degs. 

 18- July. 



Inches. 

 •347 



Sat.=100 

 76 



Inches. 

 24-70 



Days. 

 91 



Miles. 

 165 



Hokitika 

 (West Coast) 



52-3 103- Jan. 



22- Aug. 



•393 



89 



119-00 



202 



133 



