SIGNS OF SPRING

Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 81, 3 October 1921, Page 8

SIGNS OF SPRING

THE WEATHER IN SEPTEMBER.

tliMt v mpßth'a v!ft e&!ik.w..,. records for IWeilington confirmthat''springy'' feeling. ■-•=sfc-was'-"a fair",'"mild"month, 'with a distinct turn of warmth indicating an early spring. Taking the average of previous Septembers ■■"/ over- the'- many years for which records "have Been made, the month was rather wet, for the total rainfall was 5.76 inches, the mean being. !4.08 inches. The general fineness of the :a¥"impMsionß;.iWfe9t,..was drfe to the fact that nearly all this rain • fell between the 16th and the 2lßt, and only on ten days was there any measurable rain. The big storm/will ,J»e •vividly,remembered _by football enthusiasts, but'-it'was a verK welcome downpour, of which" the lana is "still feeling' the bett^flt. _ On four days the sun did not shine-to any recordable extent, and the total sunshine " Vai' 192 hours 11 minutes'.'or's4 per cent.'of the possible: The average" shade temperature (52.2 degrees) was three-fifths of a degree, above the September mean. It was highest (68.2 degrees) on the 29th, and the lowest temperature (31 degrees) was recorded on ; the Ist, At the same time the thermometev.,o'EJ ;Jth'e' grass registered 26 degrees—^'appreciable. frost^^lt'is the earth temperature which shows best how the season'ijs i.adyancing. 'At one foot depth the sSil.'I.w'a?:af;'-45';8i degrees on the Ist, and had risen to 55 degrees on the 30th, while on the 29th, after the hot preceding day, the temperature was as high as 56.9 degrees. The temperature at 3 feet increased from 50.8 degree's ori'the Ist to 52.5 degrees on the > 30tfi,' ; and the mean temperatures were aVthe',fooi;;"s2.l degrees; at ;3 feet, 52.5 degrees. „ . . . -j ßarometer.- Readings, were.,above: the . mean for September. The month's average rwa;s;; 30.063 inches, and the extreme readings were 29.208 on the 20th tod 30.538 on the 26th. ■: Winds were notably light, and on 22 mornings blew from northward. The average air-travel was 236 miles per day. On the 16th only 25 miles of air rriovement was recorded for 24 hours, ajid the. other extreme was 380 miles, oh the 12th.