THE WEATHER IN APRIL

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25179, 9 May 1947, Page 8

THE WEATHER IN APRIL

AJI XVxJLi ■ AGRICULTURAL COLLSGI OBSERVATIONS The overcast unsettled weather towards the end of March extended throughout the whole month of April says the summary of meteorokffad observations for April, made at the Canterbury Agricultural College, Un* coin. This was reflected in a marked fall below the station average for hours of sunshine and by a slight drop in air hefcnperatures. j Winds were less frequent and st Bpwer average intensity than is usual ahd the high humidity was associated with a drop in the evaporation. Heavy mining dews were a regular teatun an# there were nine frosts, the hard* eat, degrees, being recorded on Details of the observations, with Qu 194® figures in parenthesis, are:— Mean height of barometer, MOlte (2BJB1); mean humidity, 87J per cent (82); mean maximum temperature. 584de-' grees (<LS); highest maximum, tempers* tur< 7M. on April 2 < 75.0); metf ntte* mumktemperetUre. 42.1 (42J); lowest iota imumt temperature, 28.2, on April. (27.0) mean grees minimum temperataK 38.3 lowest grass minimum MW perature. 22.2, on April 16 (18.4); mMRt temperature for month, 50.45 (51JB); mean range of temperature for meant 16.7 (19.3): mean earth temperatutefj (53.4); days of frost, 9 (11); rainfall, 12! in (L2l)i rainfall to date. BJ3in (Ltt); hours of . sunshine, 117.1 (148-4); teffE amount of Cloud. 7.4 (6.8); miles, nf wind; 4375 (4888); mean force of (14): evaporation for month, 1.261 (IJMD,