WEATHER IN APRIL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 1009, 7 May 1924, Page 5

WEATHER IN APRIL.

RAINFALL ABOVE AVERAGE. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, May 7. The director of th-i meteorological "office, in his summary of the weather during April, states that the month opened with dull, misty and foggy weather with the barometer reading about normal in all parts of the Dominion Without change in this respect a deluge of rain fell in several parts of the North Island-' on the 3rd. A newspaper reported that the river Pohoi rose 16 feet in an hour. There were also heavy falls of rain in Taranaki, Waihi, Auckland, and along the Wanganui river. Further heavy falls took place between the 4th and. the Bth, when the barometer was at iis highest, 30.58 inches. At Wellington fair weather prevailed for a short tltrtf, but the barometer fell smartly in the south on the 10th and was followed by showery conditions in the West Coast and southern districts until the 14th. Variable breezes and fair though somewhat changeable skies were experienced until the 22nd, when a westerly storm area made its appearance, bringing heavy rain in Westhmd and Otago. Rainy, weather followed in . the North next day. with strong northerly winds. A rather sudden but mill southerly on the 24th accounted for a temporary improvement, hut the closing days of the month were unsettled and stormy, especially in and to the southward of Cook Strait. The rainfall was generally above the average, hut was deficient in North Canterbury and the temperatures were mild for the season.