NOVEMBER WEATHER.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 December 1929, Page 5

NOVEMBER WEATHER.

VERY WET IN MOST DISTRICTS, (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. Dr. Kidson, Director of Meteorological services, in his notes on the weather for November, states inter alia, “After a long dry spell, rainy conditions had set in over a large part of the country at the end of October. These continued throughout November, which proved a dull and humid month. Heavy rains were recorded, some places having the wettest November for many years. Temperatures were, on the average, below normal, especially over the South Island. Sunslune records were also low, while the amount of cloud was correspondingly high. There was more wind than usually experienced, northerly westerlies predominating. Feed is abundant in most districts and stock are in fair to good condition. In Otago and Southland conditions are especially good, but in the remaining areas which had excess cf rainfall the growth has befen too rank and the weather has favoured appearances of fungus and ether pests. A spell cf dry sunny weather would do good in these districts. In Canterbury and the Wairarapa further rain is needed to ensure 1 good crops and adequate supplies of feed. The rainfall totals for the month were below normal in the low-lying country facing the Taranaki Bight from Patea to Foxton, in the Wairarapa and on the inland country of Canterbury and North Otago. Elsewhere there was an excess that was in most cases considerable. At Auckland, Tairua, Nelson and Clyde the rain was more than double the average for November, while at Awanga and Maraehako station, near Opctiki, it was approximately double. There were two principal storm periods, the first being from the fourth to the ninth, during -which two cyclonic depressions crossed the Dominion, the first over Otago and the second over Auckland. Rain was general and many heavy falls were recorded in the North Island and western district. Flooding occurred at Crushington, near Reefton. the Wairau River, Napier district, Lower Thames Valley, and as far north as Whangarei. There were several instances of stock being killed by lightnine and a house near Hastings was struck. At Ohinomuri mines, nea? Paeroa, a wall of water fourteen feet high came down one of the creeks and extensive damage was done, life being lost. The second of the stormiest periods was that from the 26th to the end of the month, when a double centred cyclone crossed the South Island. An interesting feature was a copious deposit of red dust from Australia over a wide area in Taranaki, Western Wellington, Nelson and Marlborough.