﻿APPENDIX. 



THE CLIMATE OF NEW ZEALAND 



METEOEOLOaiCAL STATISTICS. 



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

 Lispector of Meteorological Stations, for 187L 



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

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

 year 1871. 







Mean 



Mean 



Mean 



Mean 



Mean 



Extreme 





Mean 



Temp, for 



Temp, for 



Temp, for 



Temp, 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 







Nov. 



Feb. 



May. 



Aug. 



year. 



year. 



North Island. 



Degrees. 



Degrees. 



Degrees. 



Degrees. 



Degrees. 



Degrees. 



Degrees. 



Mongonui 



60-2 



58-0 



66-2 



62-1 



54-6 



141 



57-5 



Auckland 



58-5 



56 1 



64-8 



60-4 



52-4 



13-6 



49-2 



Taranaki 



66-3 



53-8 



62-1 



58-6 



50-9 



16-3 



53-6 



Napier 



58-0 



58-1 



63-6 



58-6 



51-8 



15-7 



52 



WeUington 



Means, etc. , for ) 

 North Island ) 



South Island. 



54-6 



52-8 



61-2 



56-0 



48-7 



11-5 



44-6 



57-5 



55-7 



63-5 



59 1 



516 



14-2 



57-5 

















Nelson . 



55-1 



53-9 



63-7 



56-4 



46-5 



20-5 



56-0 



Christcliurch 



52 



51-6 



60-8 



52 5 



43-3 



15-5 



62 



Hokitika 



53 1 



51-7 



59-6 



54-9 



46 1 



13 



45-7 



Dunedin . 



50-3 



49-7 



56-9 



51 



43-8 



141 



55-0 



Southland 



Means, etc., for ) 

 South Island \ 



Means for Nth. ) 

 and Sth. Islands ) 



50-0 



49 1 



57-0 



51-3 



42-7 



19-5 



65 



52 1 



51-2 



59-6 



53-2 



44-5 



16-5 



65-0 



54-8 



53-4 



61-5 



56 1 



48-0 



15-3 



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