METEOROLPGGCAL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLIV, Issue XLIV, 7 May 1924, Page 5

METEOROLPGGCAL.

CONDITIONS DURING APBEL.

CBff TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON, May *6. The director of the meteorological office, in a summary of the- weather during April, stales that the montb opened .with dull, misty and foggy weather,, .with the Jisrometer reading ftfeaat normal in all parts of the Dominiosi without change ;in ibis respect. A deluge of rain fell in several parts of i3ae -Noi-th Island on ±he 3rd, and a newspaper reported that the river PaJboi rose sixteen feet- in an hour. There » rere ;also heavy if alls of rain m Tana.ns.ki, Waiihs, Auckland and along the W.anganui River. Further heavy falls book place between ijxe 4th and the Bth., »-.hen .fche bai omejex was at its highest (30.58 inches). Ai Wellington. j£air jpneyailed ;f«sr a shorttime, but, ike barometer fell saiartly in the so&ih o» tihe IQtfe And was followed by showerj conditions in the West Coast and .sosithern districts u®iil the 14th. Variable breezes and fair, though fiome»lja* eiiangeable were experienced until the 22nd, Vhen a westerly storm area made its appearance, bringing feeavy rain in Westland and Otago. Rainy weatJier followed in. the north next day with strong northerly wind.*. A rather sudden but mild southerly on the 24th accounted for a temporary improvement, but the closing days of the month were unsettled and stormy, especially in and ■southward of Cook Strait.

The rainfall was generally above the average, but was deficient in North Canterbury and the temperatures were niild f&r the season.

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