VERY WET

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 132, 1 December 1936, Page 8

VERY WET

AND WINDY TOO

NOVEMBER DISAPPOINTS

The promise of summer weather setting in during the latter part of October was not realised in November, which proved to be a changeable and a thoroughly disappointing month — very wet and with a scarcity of sunny days. The only period of really warm weather occurred between the 22nd and 24th, but this was counterbalanced by periods of cold' southerly conditions, the Bth and 9th and the last three days of the month being the worst offenders in this respect. Owing to a predominance of northerly winds, however, temperatures were on the whole on the mild side, and vegetation made fairly good growth. The month's approximate mean temperature, as recorded at Kelburn, was slightly above the average, being 56.1 degrees, as against a normal figure of 55.9 degrees. The mean maximum temperature was 62.3 degrees, which pquals the normal figure for November, and the mean minimum temperature was 49.9 degrees, or 0.4 degrees below the average. The highest maximum temperature, 73.3 degrees, was recorded on the 24th, and the lowest minimum, 41.3 degrees, on the 16th. The mean grass minimum temperature was 47.3 degrees. November's usual average being 44.4 degrees. No frosts were recorded during the month, the nearest approach being on the 16th, when a grass minimum temperature ;of 32.2 degrees was recorded. The hours of bright sunshine totalled 184.9, nearly 24 hours less than the November average of 208 hours. The daily average of sunshine was therefore 6.2 hours. There were five days during the month when the sun did not shine at all. Cloud at 9 a.m. averaged 7-9 tenths of the sky covered, the normal figure for November being 5-6 tenths. SURFEIT OF RAIN. Rain fell on 16 days, and at Kelburn totalled 6.09 inches, whereas the November average hitherto has been 2.99 inches on 13 days. The aggregate rainfall was therefore over 100 per cent, above the average, and it was the wettest November since 1888, when 7.10 inches fell. The heaviest fall last month was one of 0.92 inches on the 9th. At the Karori Reservoir 6.60 inches fell on 17 days. The relative humidity of the atmosphere at 9 a.m. averaged 74 per cent., the normal figure for November being 73 per cent. Barometric pressure at 9 a.m. averaged 29.727 inches, the November normal being 29.872 inches. The highest reading was on the 17th, when the barometer recorded a pressure of 30.095 inches. The lowest reading was 29.312 inches on the sth. WINDIER THAN USUAL. The daily average run of wind was 275 miles, whereas in November 262 can be normally expected. The northwesterly1 gale on the 25th produced the highest 24-hour total, one of 516 miles. This was a particularly violent gale and produced a gust of 76 miles an hour. This gale did a certain amount of damage in the city and surrounding districts. There was. another northwesterly gale on the 4th.