THE CLIMATE OF NEW ZEALAND 



METEOROLOGICAL STATISTICS. 



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

 Inspector of Meteorological Stations for 1873. 



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 1873. 







Mean 



Mean 



Mean 



Mean 



Mean 



Extreme 





Mean 



Temp, for 



Temp, for 



Temp, for 



Temp, for 



daily range 



range 



Place. 



Annual 



(Spring) 



(Summer) 



(Autumn) 



(Wiktbr) 



of 



of 





Temp. 



Sept., Oct., 



Dec, Jan., 



Mar., Apl., 



June, July, 



Temp, for 



Temp, for 







Nov. 



Feb. 



May. 



Aug. 



year. 



year. 

 Degrees. 



North Island. 



Degrees. 



Dea:rees. 



Degrees. 



Degrees. 



Degrees. 



Degrees. 



Mongonui ... 



61-8 



59-2 



69-2 



64-2 



— 



15-6 



54-0 



Auckland 



59 3 



57 1 



66-5 



60-8 



52-7 



13-9 



49-3 



Taranaki 



58-1 



56-1 



64-6 



60-5 



51-4 



16-7 



51-0 



Napier 



58-0 



57-5 



64-9 



59-5 



50-5 



16-9 



54 '0 



Wanganui ... 



55-2 



55-4 



61-6 



55-9 



47-9 



17-9 



56-0 



Wellington 



Means, etc., for } 

 North Island \ 



South Island. 



55-4 



53-7 



611 



57-4 



49-4 



11-9 



45-0 



57-9 



56-5 



646 



59-7 



50 '3 



15-4 



56-0 

















Nelson 



56-6 



55-8 



64-4 



57-6 



48 '4 



22-2 



58-0 



Christchurch 



52-9 



52-6 



61-2 



53 4 



44-4 



14-4 



60 



Hokitika 



53-7 



49-5 



597 



55-3 



46-9 



129 



49 



Dunedin 



50-6 



50-2 



56-9 



51-3 



44-1 



13-8 



50 



Queenstown 



50-8 



50-3 



59-2 



51-8 



41-1 



16-4 



58-2 



Southland* ... 



Means, etc., for ) 

 South Island ) 



Means for Nth. ) 

 and Sth. Islands \ 



— 



— 



— 



— 



— 



— 



— 



52-9 



51-6 



60-2 



53-8 



44-9 



15-9 

 15-6 



58-2 

 58-2 



55-4 



54-0 



62-4 



56-7 



47-6 



* lieturns not reliable. 



