JULY WEATHER. (From Our own Correspondent.)

Otago Witness, Issue 2894, 1 September 1909, Page 3

JULY WEATHER. (From Our own Correspondent.)

WELLINGTON, August 26. The Meteorological 'Department^ reports that the weather during July was exceptionally mild and humid; The rainfall was greatly above the average on the western and northern aspects of both islands, excepting in the extreme south, where Puysegur Point records a minimum rainfall for a long period. In Southland also the rainfall was very light, Dipton having "its minimum rainfall for 23 years. Parts of Canterbury and Otago had less than the usual, and south of East Cape the rainfall was also below the average, though the conditions were humid and a fair number of days with rain. There was very little wind in most parts of the country, for though the disturbance* were extensive, they were not generally ol great intensity. The mildness of the weather kept up an abundance of feed, and, in fact, the growth of grass hardly ceased. Flowers came into blossom, and in some parts it seemed as' if the season were spring rather than midwinter. The dampness of the soil, and the atmosphere, owing to the absence of wind, interfered with outdoor operations, particularly in the North Island, exrept where anti-cyclonic conditions prevailed in the middle of the month, but on the east coast of the South Island conditions were mostly very favourable to farmers. Stock has kept in fine condition, and what is usually the worst month of the year was remarkable for its comparative mildness. The chief disturbances were two cyclones in the north, ou the 2nd and 3rd, and from the 9th to the 11th, and a westerly area of low pressure from the 26th to the end of the month, which particularly affected the South Island, but brought rough weather also . on the wert coast of the North Island.