NOVEMBER WEATHER

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21663, 1 December 1933, Page 13

NOVEMBER WEATHER

RAINFALL BELOW AVERAGE ELEVEN MONTHS COMPARED Although the rainfall last month was below the average for November, there was more rain and less sunshine than in the corresponding month last year. Rain fell on 14 days, the total fall for the month being 2.48 in., while the maximum, on November 4, was .92in. This year there has been slightly more rain than in the first 11 months of last year, but less than in the corresponding periods of the previous two years. The following table gives the rainfall for the first 11 months of the year and the figures for the same period in tha three preceding years:— 1933 1932 1931 1930 In. In. In. In. January .. 1-48 1-14 7.38 8.40 February . . 7.75 7.51 1.61 6.66 March . . . 0.76 3.68 0.83 0.24 April • • • 2.39 4,05 8.63 2.80 May .. 6.31 3.44 2.86 2.74 June . . . . 2.67 4.07 5.08 4.29 July . . .. 4.03 4.02 6.90 3.49 August . . 4.07 2.90 3.31 3.37 September , . 4.43 2.39 5.12 4.71 October . . 2.76 3.33 2.10 6.11 November .. 2.48 1.06 1.53 3.11 39.16 37.59 45.54 45.97 The official Government observer, Mr. S. M. Yallop, states that November was a fair month generally, with steady barometric readings and very moderate winds. A gale, with thunder and lightning, was recorded on November 6. The mean temperature for the month was 61.95deg., as against 63deg. in November last" year. The maximum temperature was 69.5deg. on the 28th, and the minimum was oO.Odeg. on the 6th. The lowest temperature on the grass was 42.0deg. on the 9th. . There were IGB hours 54 minutes of sunshine, compared with 203 hours 36 minutes in the corresponding month last year. Tho greatest duration of sunshine on any one day was 12 hours on the 4th. The mean barometric pressure was 30.025 in., tho maximum of 30.266 in. being on the 2nd, and the minimum of 29.710 on the 6th. Tho mean barometric pressure in November, 19J2, was 30.0/jin.