SPRING WEATHER.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 27, 26 October 1907, Page 15

SPRING WEATHER.

' The following summary of September's weather- appears : in this week's "Gazotto": — Tho'-' •; weather' ' during September coniiihued" ■ unusually " wet '-'and' stormy in'"."'tho"'-' Pr'ovincos ofAuckland' and Taranaki. Thunderstorms' and hail;oo r ciirred at times in tlioso -parts, and the weather . was generally unpleasant. Westerly galos wcro prevalent, and in many places exposed to,tiioir ; influences tho. rainfall ,was generally-2iii. abovo the .average, and., tho rainy, about eight above previous averages;; -In ' Hawke's -Bay "-and South W6l*lington the rainfall was in most places about and below tho average,' but west' of tho Tararrias, whero : rough westerly conditions obtained -at .'times, 1 the''rainfall ' was 'heavier than usual.' At' all" high-level'''stations in both Islands the rainfall .was .excessive'. cept oil the. West'.!Cpast : , : in the.South,lsland, there'was less rainfall .than iii -the -North; b.rit, though showery, light and variable winds,wero experienced-ujitil after the) 18th-. Conditions .wero, everywhere very stormy on tlie 19th.and,20th, and-generallyso from 1 tho 24thi to tho' 29th.---Barometric pressure was considerably below the r averagq-in both Islands, arid aji extensive'area of low. pressure 'the last 1 , week; of the 'month. The mean temperature was below, the.'avei> age' iii- all .parts..Y-.' r ;