BLEAK AND SQUALLY.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 October 1925, Page 10

BLEAK AND SQUALLY.

WEATHER IN SEPTEMBER. HEAVY RAIN EXPERIENCED. SETBACK 10 FARMERS. By Telegraph.—Pres® Association. ‘Wellington, Last Night. The Rev. D. C. Bates, director of the meteorological office, has issued the following summary of tho weather for the month, of September, The weather during September was, on the whole, unsettled, bleak and squally. The atmospheric pressure was below the average over the Dominion for nearly the whole of the month, and westerly disturbances predominated. The rainfall was therefore above the average in all parts with a westerly aspect, but deficient in most or the east coast districts. There were several hard frosts in both islands and especially on the east coast of the south, which, however, experienced very trying weather between the 12th and the 14th, when the barometer was highest in the south. Stormy weather prevailed in most parts from the 3rd to the Bth, when there were some heavy falls of snow in the South Island. The weather conditions were also severe between the 19th and 27th, and west coast rivers were in high flood. Some rather severe hailstorms were reported with occasional thunderstorms. The season’s conditions seem to have been rather unfavourable to agricultural and pastoral pursuits.