NOVEMBER WEATHER.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 4 December 1929, Page 6

NOVEMBER WEATHER.

A DECLINE IN EARTH TEMPERATURES. A month in which grey skies predominated was November, 1929; in fact, it was a month of meteorological contradictious. Cold winds blew from the north and mild ones from the south, as though the earth had reversed its position in space. Warm rains in the middle of tho month were followed by an almost sunless drought for a fortnight, during the earlier part of which a cold but drying wind came from the west. The month was quite in contrast to its forerunner, which was characterised by warm, sunny conditions that would have been almost appropriate to midsummer. So marked' was the set back that the earth temperatures showed a decline of a number of degrees. Nevertheless the country has great powers of recovery, and after the rains with which November closed, the appearance of pastures and gardens gave littlo indication of the adverse circumstances they had encountered. The mean temperature was slightly higher than in the corresponding month of last year, and there was an absence of frosts, of which five were recorded in November, 1928. The rainfall was just under three and a-haJf inches, spread over 15 days. The official returns, for whieh we are indebted to Mr 11. A. Donaldson, of Saxon Street, are as under, the figures for November of last year being shown in parenthesos: — Temperature in Shade — Mean maximum 64.63 (64) Mean Minimum 49.59 (47.4) Extreme maximum 74.6 on 9th (75 on the 25th). Extreme minimum 46.2 on 27th (3b on the 17th). Exposed Theormometer — Extreme minimum 44 on 19th (27 on the 27th). Rainfall — Total 3.48 in. (3.16 in.) Maximum fall .75 in. on the 26th (1.07 in. on the 9th). No. of days on which rain fell 15 (12.) Traces on 12th and 18th. Sunshine — Total bright sunshine 123 hrs 25 ntin. (237 hrs. 20 min.) Maximum 11 hrs. 5 mm. on the lUtn (13 hrs. 30 min. on tho 13th and 14th). Days without recorded sunauine 10 (3). * No. of observations dear sky 1. Frosts — Total No. 0 (5). Earth Temperatures — August 44.97 51.19 September .... 63.55 60.27 October .... . . 63.83 59.34 November .... 59.27 54.67 (59.70) (08.OO)