THE WEATHER

New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11875, 8 July 1924, Page 7

THE WEATHER

GOVERNMENT METEOROLOGISTS SUMMARY. STORMS AND CALMS. From Mr D. C. Bates, director of the Government Meteorological Office, Wellington a representative of the “New

Zealand Times” gleaned the following information regarding the weather summary for the month:— “The first half of the year, which June completed,’ said Mr Bates, “will be remembered in the north as a period of heavy rain. Rainfalls in June were also much above the average in the high levels of the south, but below normal in some of the East Coast districts of both islands. Other parts of the country varied little from the average of the same month in previous years. There were several falls of snow on the ranges, but these quickly thawed, and the season so far has, on the whole, been rather mild, though frosts were frequent in the East Coast districts of the South Island. “An observer in Southland ventures to remark: ‘The weather has been -far too good for this time of the year—top mild. There are still too many blowflies about, and- unless it becomes much rougher in July and August, spring and autumn are not likely to be good.* “There were four distinct westerly disturbances during the month which culminated on the Bth and 12th, and two which passed in the south on the 18th and 24th, and the weather between the I7th and 27th was very unsettled with heavy showers in most parts of the country. An ex-tropical cyclone passed in the North and East Coast districts on the 14th and 15th, causing easterly gales and tremendous seas on the East Coast, especially about Gisbomo and Napier. “As is usual in winter months storms alternated with periods of calm, but on the whole, in winter the total velocity of tho winds is uauall"less than in summer.”