A STORMY MONTH

Evening Star, Issue 18884, 7 March 1925, Page 2

A STORMY MONTH

WEATHER SUMMARY Mr D. C. Balos, Director of ths Meteorological Office, supplies the following summary of the weather for February last:—ln the early part of February the weather was generally mild, •warm, and fine, though showery conditions were experienced at times in North Auckland, with light east to south-east winds. On February 14 a prolonged spell of westerly weather set in and caused unsettled conditions until the 24th. During this period stormy weather was prevalent in different parts at different times. Thus on the 34th winds rose and heavy rain followed in the north. On the of the 16th there was a heavy thunderstorm and deluge of rain for a short time about Dunedin. On the night of the 17th and morning of the 18th hard north* west gales did considerable damage in the Waivarapa and Wellington districts, and from the 21st to the 23rd the weather was very boisterous, especially about Cook Strait and in Westland and Canterbury. The month’s total rainfall was above the average on all the western roast and in the high country of the south, 28.8Cin being recorded at Pass. But on the east coast of both islands the rainfall was below the mean. For example, at Napier 0.72 in fell, which is 72 per cent, below the mean, and at Christchurch 0.27 m fell for the month, which is 84 per cent, less than tho mean of former years. A remarkable, feature in Canterbury was the heavy rain in the high back country, which caused the rivers to flood, though the weather was dry on the plains, and the Waimakariri broke through its banks on tho night of tha 23rd.