WEAKER IN OCTOBER

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 288, 2 November 1934, Page 8

WEAKER IN OCTOBER

PERFECT SPRING CONDITIONS

THE LOCAL OBSERVATIONS. October, the second month of spring in New Zealand, which corresponds to April in Britain, has been a month or perfect spring weather and pastures and gardens are beautiful and cattle by the hundreds are coming through from the Hawke’s Bay to keep the grass down. Thus states Mr 1. •itMoore, of “Waimarama,” Terrace End, in liis comments on the weather during October. After a very dry September rain was badly wanted and this started on October 1 and it rained in nice warm showers up to the 9th, when -1. o inches were registered. .Four fine ' followed, and on the 14th there was a sharp change in temperature tor a short' time. At 2 p.m. (correct time) it was 70 in the shade, a light rain falling, but in the next five hours it was down to 50—a drop of 20 deNice light rains fell for eight days and 1.11 inches were registered, with beautiful weather, no wind to speak of and just a cold patch now and then. On the 21st it down to do degrees under cover at Terrace End, but no damage was done on the fiats. Five fine but rather cloudy days followed, and then light showers came again, and up to the 30th the total fall for the month was 3 inches, the 31st was simply a glorious day; no wind, not a cloud in the blue sky and. the barometer up to 30.2 and steady. November came in fine with a tew clouds high up and a light northwest wind; the glass high and steady, and the temperature 60 deg. at 9 a.m. THE RAINFALL.

Records of the rainfall in October are as follow :— October 1st .39 ., 2nd .31 - ’ 3rd .04 • i 4th .04 5th .04 , 6th .03 „ 9th .40 , 14th .27 „ 15tli .33 „ 16th .02 17th .06 18th .15 19th .08 20th .17 ,, 21st .03 ’ 26th .05 27th .33 29 th .11 30th .15 3.00

Rain fell in measurable quantities on 19 days in October, 1934, for 3.00 inches; and in October, 1933, tlieie were 15 days on which rain fell for 1.81 inches. . The average temperature last month was 54 29-31 degrees, and in October, 1933, it was 52 8-31.