THE WEATHER IN DECEMBER.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1713, 2 January 1920, Page 5

THE WEATHER IN DECEMBER.

SMALL RAINFALL.

Mr T 'R. Moore, " Waimarama," Terrace End, forwards the following details of ff rainfall recorded in Palmerston North for the past month of December, 1919 : tyL 9nr113 Deo. 3rd .04, Dec. Bth .07, ES'lfih ft dS 12th. .09. Dec. 13th .19, ES 18th-.23 Dec. 20th 13, Dec. 23rd .11, l)Tfi 26th .49; total, 1.54 inches Bain fell on" 10 days f° r L 54 mchesas agSnst 18 days for 4.11 inches in 1918. The total for 1919 is 25.41 inches; .last year 46 08 inched a shortage, of 20.67 inches. The average temperature during tho past month was 60 23-31 degrees; last year it *Mr 4 iKo ffijfie following interesting -JL . J_The bad weather. experienced in November was continued m December, and SoSrh littlo rain fell the weather was unseasonable, dismal, cold and boisterous, Hn to 23ru onh- 94 points had been registerVJ 5 ft, i lm ?ni«ht of tho 26th' .(BdJing Day there was a nice fall of 49 points, the tighes for the month. There was a sharp Sin Decmber, a .slight' sprinkling of Son the hills .and some hail, with the thermometer down to 36 and 34 points, ,the cm™. On the night of 15th there was an Aurora Australia seen over the hi Is but vervfaint. As the holidays approached the weather cleared and the pressure '"creased 1nt030.3 and there were some real summer X with .the thermometer up to 81 degrees in the shade'on 29th. |i d S.E I short of 1918. which, howevjjr. was rather abnormal., More rain is badly wanted be'So the ground cools. The New Year oamo n fino wfth fcliahillß clouded over, but hft i«* with a light BouOi-oast breeze, a high and steady, glass up to 30.2 and moro fine weather probable. ~->._„'•'

Following ia the anmial ram fall, recorded bv Mr Moore flur'tiiR. the past 1 * •.'. 1915. 1916. 1917. ivo years: — 1918. 1919. .Tan. Feb. March ... April , ... IWuy 2.14 : 2.16 1.29 4.50 2.17 1.74 -2.59 1.98 - 2 41 0.771.73 . 2.19 2.10 2.69 1.00 5.25 4.80 2.50 3.01 3.55 4.93 1.51 1.35 1.20 0.85 4.17 3.56 0.88 4.04 2.76Juno July •• 6.42 2.77 4.90 4.11 3.04 2.48 4.39 2.85 2.74 3.22 Aug - . ••' 1 56 2.71 .3.64 3.65 2.48 Sept 3!d0 1.96 3.85 4.92 i.86 Oct. 5 05 5.95 2.00 3.97 3.42 Nov, IXo. 3^55 0.64 2.00 4.11 1.54 37.69 30.93 35.15 ' 46.08 25.41 Totals •■• ■- ' For 1919 there. is a si iichos ( i6rjto.RO on the pre >7 points. vious year 0 ' _^a^ ■ ■MM