APRIL WEATHER

Northern Advocate, 7 May 1930, Page 6

APRIL WEATHER

NOTES BY DR KIDSON,

A DRY MONTH,

ABSENCE OP WIND,

(Par Press Association.—Copyright.)

WELLINGTON, This Day,

In his notes on the weather for April Dr Hudson, Director of Meteorological 'Services, states that April was remarkable for a high proportion pf dry sunny weather, apd relative absence of storms. There was prevalent anti-cyc-lonic conditions with southerly winds. Consequently, although the amount of sunshine wa*s above the temperature was slightly below and frosts were rather numerous, especially in the South. The rain which fell did not occur in general heavy, falls, but was rather erratically distributed. Much of it came in the last three days of the month and was too late, in most districts, to produce much ’growth of pasture. The Taranaki ajiid Manawatu districts fared well, but in parts of the remainder of the country, and especially in Canterbury and Otago—March and April both having been on the Whole cool and dry—there will likely be some shortage of feed during the winter. The total rainfall was above normal in North Auckland, about the East Gape and over the low-lying parts of Taranaki, Wellington, most of Marlborough, and about Nelson. In other parts it was almost everywhere below the average, and in the South Island especially the deficits were large. Throughout the month storms were almost continually developing in subtropical waters to the north of the Tasman ‘Sea and thence eastward to beyond New Zealand, The majority of these failed to affect the Dominion directly to any great extent, though they assisted in the production of the prevailing high pressure and southerly end south-easterly winds, causing fine Weather over most of the Domimoh. The latter were responsible for unpleasant and showery weather in North Auckland and north of Napier There was remarkably little wind in most places during the month and such gales as occurred were shortlived. Snow fell on the highlands of the South Island on the 9th and 10th, 29th and 30th, but the falls were not large and the mountains are free from enow.