WINTRY CONDITIONS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22131, 10 June 1935, Page 11

WINTRY CONDITIONS

THE WEATHER IN MAY METEOROLOGICAL REVIEW [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION'] WELLINGTON, Saturday May was mostly cold and unsettled, with a predominance of southerly winds, states the Government meteorologist, Dr. E. Kidson, in his monthly review. However, owing to a particularly favourable autumn and also to two mild periods, there was a good growth of pasture, and generally a plentiful supply of winter feed was available. Consequently stock kept in good condition, although the cold spells experienced detrimentally affected the milk yield. There were also some small losses of sheep. Dr. Kidson says that in the preceding six months temperatures were above normal over the greater part of the Dominion, but during May there was a definite change to wintry conditions. Except in the far north temperatures were everywhere below normal, the largest difference being in eastern areas, where they ranged between one and two degrees below. Rainfall was below the average in parts of the Auckland Province and in the east coast areas between East Cape and Otago, but over the remainder of the Dominion it was above, the excess being greatest on the west coast of the South Island and in the Wairarapa. On the other hand, sunshine was generally below normal in eastern districts and above in western districts, although totals did not differ greatly from May averages. Tauranga registered 183 hours bright sunshine, Nelson 169, Blenheim 163 and New Plymouth 159 hours.