WEATHER IN FEBRUARY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 645, 2 March 1923, Page 5

WEATHER IN FEBRUARY.

ROUGH, BOISTEROUS AND UNSEASONABLE. A RECORD~RAINFALL. Mr T. R. Moore, of “Waimarama,” Ter race End, forwards tho following particulars of the rainfall recorded by him -during February.— Inches Points,

Rain fell on 13 days in February, 192 c, for 4.96 inches and in February, 1922, there were nine days’ rain for 80 points. The average temperature last month was 60 25/28 and in 1922 it was 53 6/28. In a note on the meteorological conditions, which prevailed during the month, Mr Moore stateslt was a rough, boisterous, unseasonable February with no summer; rain, hail aaid snow on the higher levels and heavy gales, with a record rainfall of 4.96 inches. Not since 1914, when 4.35 inches fell, has there been a rainfall like that of the past month. The first heavy fall occurred on the Bth, when s. severe thunderstorm developed about 11 am. and did not pass over, but kept on all day, off and on, and next morning 1.251 inches was registered. Sunday, the 11th, was a perfect day; after that a cold snap set in with the'thermometer down to a 5 degrees on the 12th and 46 degrees on the 17th. On the 19th another heavy thunderstorm parsed over from the norch-weet and 83 points fell, mostly in the night. It was very cold, with the thermometer down to 48 degrees. On the 22nd’ a howling gale from the west started in the night, but blew itself out by 11 a.m. On the 24th, after 9 a.m., a torrential rain descended ajid by 10.15 a.m. 1.61 inches had fallen, with floods everywhere, and the wind a,l round the compass, backing, from northwest to west and south-west to south-east and quite cold. The-barometer has been wonderfully steady all through— on the sth and 29.4 on the 19th, being the lowest and 30. i on the 10th the highest, o The temperature was fairly even—77 degrees on the Bth being the maximum and 45 degrees on the 12th the minimum. March came in cold and grey with a breeze from the south-east, and a rising trla-s, 29.9 i at the time of writing, but the weather appears to bo most unsettled and likely to change for the worst shortly. CLODDY WEATHER.

The Government meteorologist tele, graphed to-day;—The indications are for easterly winds, moderate to strong prevailing. There is a prospect of fair to cloudy weather and the, night, will probably be very cold. The barometer is unsteady with a rising tendijpcy.

February 1 ... ® ... ,32 „ 5 ... ... .06 „ 6 ... ;08 „ 8 1.22 it .04 „ 18 ... ... .04 „ 19 ... .83 „ 20 ... .32 „ 21 ... ... .02 „ 22 ... 'Mi ,05 „ 23 • M ... M8 „ 24 Mi M* 1.61 „ 26 ... ... ■.19 Total 4.961