AUGUST WEATHER.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 214, 10 September 1934, Page 8

AUGUST WEATHER.

REITORT BY METEOROLOGIST. WELLINGTON, Saturday. Reporting on the weather conditions in the Dominion during August the Government meteorologist states there were two sharp, cold snaps, each associated with widespread snowfalls, the first shortly before the middle and the second before the end of the month. The second was the more severe, owing especially to the southerly gale which accompanied it. The remainder of the month, however, was mild and springlike and mean temperatures in general were somewhat above normal. A good deal of showery weather occurred, and the amount of sunshine experienced was less than usual. Rainfall was generally above the average in the South Island, but below it in the North Island. Although in some districts there were heavy losses in the cold spell toward the end of the month, the lambing season is proceeding favourably Pasture is plentiful for the time of the_ycar and stock is reported to be in very good condition. In Canterbury, the wetness of the soil has prevented tho sowing of wheat crops over large areas and the work on other crops is behind hand. Signs of spring in bird and plant life ai'e numerous.

The month was a dry one over most of the North Island, eastern districts, from the Wairnrapa to East Cape, particularly. receiving much less than the average fall. Parts of North Taranaki, the Bay of Plenty, and an area round Wellington, however, had rather more than the average, while in the extreme North there were some very heavy falls. In the South Island, most districts experienced a very wet month, but in Southland and the eastern portions of Otago and South Canterbury, isolated areas recorded less than the average. Frost- were fairly numerous, and occasionally severe, but there were some beautifully mild days.