WET AND BOISTEROUS JULY

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6619, 4 August 1931, Page 7

WET AND BOISTEROUS JULY

Worst for Five Years “July, which the second mouth of winter in New Ecaiand, and correspiomls to January m Britain, has been a dismal, cold, wet, wiudy mouth with snow, hail, thunder, rain, frosts and eartnquakes, and tne barometer ;jumping aoout Uke a cat on hot bricks,” says Mr. T. R. Moore, of Terrace Hud, in an interesting summary of tho weather conditions. ‘“The rainiail has been heavy and continuous. For tne first three weeks there were Hi uays on which rain fell and only one rcany lino day; the rest were dull witn clouds and fog. On the Bth tho glass dropped 01 points, and a great gam came up from the south with rain and sleet, which fell day and night, tho weather being very cold. This was followed by a severe frost on the 11th, with the thermometer down to 29 degrees under cover aud the barometer 30. On tho loth the glass fell 5£ points, and it rained day and night for 72 points; the glass rising, but still raining. The 16th was very rough and boisterous, the wind the previous night being from tho nor’-west. On tho 19th there was a rough day and night with fierce squalls of west and sou’-west winds and rain with a sprinkling of snow on the hills and a slight earthquake at twenty to nine p.m. On the 23rd a sou’-caster started early in the morning, which increased to gale force, blowing down fences and knocking things about generally. Tho glass was down to 29.3; the weather was very cold, but there was no rain to speak of. Dull cloudy weather followed with light rain and fog on the hills and two earthquakes, one rather sharp on the 29th at 11.45 p.m. The glass was 29.2 on the 30th. Steady rain set in early in the morning and at 9 a.m. 45 points had fallen. On the 31st there were 20 points at 9 a.ni., making a total of 4.37 inches for the month, and the heaviest fall for July since 1926 when a fall of 5.79 inches was recorded. “Rain fell in quantities that could be measured on 23 days in July, 1031, for 4.37 inches. In July, 1930. there were 16 days on which rain fell for 2.o_i inches The average temperature last month was 43 10-31 degrees and m July, 1930, it was 40 21-31 degrees. _ “August came in dull, cold and nnpping with min, and registered 67 points next morning at 9_ a.m. The Hass was down to 29.2 again and still falling. The thermometer was 39 degrees under cover and more rain probable. ’ ’

Wind Blows Man Off Scaffolding CONDITION SERIOUS. NAPIER, Last Night. Apparently losing his balance when a rr u st of wind caught the planlc he was holding P. Dailey, a young married man, fell from the scaffolding when engaged on renovation work at Port Akuriri wool store this morning. Dailey, who is a Hastings man, is now unconscious in hospital and his condition is SenOUS - LATER. Dallev died in hospital this evening. His wife resides at 130 Montreal street Christchurch.

Wind of Hurricane Force In Invercargill INVERCARGILL, Last Night. The stormy weather during tho weekend reached a climax to-day when tho wind attained hurricane force at times with intermittent driving rain. One or two windows in the business area were broken owing to the exceptional force of the wind, but no damage of a serious nature has been reported, there was some snow on Saturday which soon disappeared. This evening the coalitions are still very boisterous.