WEATHER IN MAY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 161, 8 June 1929, Page 6

WEATHER IN MAY.

VERY DRY MONTH,

Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, June 7. The weather report for May supplied l>y Dr. Kidson, Director of Meteorological Services, mentions that May was a very dry month over the whole of the South Island and the greater portion of the North Island. The only areas where the total rainfall exceeded the average were the Auckland Peninsula and most of the Gisborne and Hawke’s Bay districts. Many places in the South island experienced the lowest May rainfall since records have been kept. The absence of strong wind, combined with the frequency of sunny days, was conducive to an excellent growth af pasture and a plentiful supply of winter feed was practically assured. Stock generally had maintained good condition, but in parts of Hawke’s Pay and the central portion of the North Island lambs and hoggets had not thrived as well as could he wished. ~ a - The report then refers to the floods in the East Coast districts of the North Island in the middle of the

month, adding that although there was some loss of stock, it was far less than might have been had the farmers not liad such ample warning of the floods.

Frosts were frequent during the month, and on the 31st a severe one occurred in many parts.