BLEAK AND SQUALLY.
LAST MONTH'S WEATHER. (PRESS ASSOCIATION TZLEGBAH.) WELLINGTON, October 7. Mr D. C. Bates, Director of the Meteorological Offi<#, has issued t liefollowing summary of the weather for the month of September: — The weather during Septe.nber was. on the whole, unsettled, bleak, and squally. Atmospheric pressure w-.s below the average over the Dominion for nearly the whole of the month, and. a westerly disturbance predoinimit ?d. The rainfall was, therefore, above the average in all parts with a westerly aspect, but deficient in most of the East Coast districts. There were several hard frosts in both Islauds, and especially on the East Coast of the South, which, however, experienced very trying weather between the 12th and 14th, when the barometer was highest in the South. Stormy weather prevailed in most parts from the 3rd to the Bth, when there were some heavy falls of snow in the South Island. Weather conditions were also severe between the 19th and 27th, and the West Coast rivers were high in flood. Some rath'er severe hailstorms were reported, with occasional thunderstorms. The season's conditions seem to have been rather unfavourable to agricultural and
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18507, 8 October 1925, Page 3
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