LAST MONTH'S WEATHER
.Weather conditions during September were very changeable), and precipitation was of a showery nature. The following is a brief review of the observations of the acting-Dominion Meteorologist, as recorded at the Thorndon Observatory: The total rainfall was only 1.96 inches, which is 2.23 inches below the average for September. There were 12 days,on which rain was recorded, the maximum fall—o.6Bin—occurring on the 29th. The mean temperature in the shade.w<iS 50.4 degrees, about one degree lower than usual. The highest—on, the 26th—was 65.3 degrees, , and the lowest—on the 9th—was 31.2 degrees. Terrestrial radiation indicated ten frosts, the most severe being on the Bth-9th, when 9 degrees of frost were registered. iThe total sunshine was 169 hours 27 minutes, being 4 hours 9 minutes above the average of previous years. The average velocity of the wind was 253 miles per day, this being above the.mean by 9 miles pelday. Barometric pressure was slightly below the . average, the mean for the month being 29.857 inches.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 83, 6 October 1919, Page 8
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