WEATHER DURING APRIL

Taranaki Daily News, 2 May 1933, Page 9

WEATHER DURING APRIL

v SUDDEN CHANGE TO WINTER. X ' —— •. - \rain, hail and gales. .I . ■ The prolonged summer in North Taranaki cameX° a definite end on April 22. when, to recons kept at New period of winds of gale force, rain, jail, thunder and lightning commenced'•P‘* continued until April 29, The last dSX montjl ™as ■_ much warmer/ & ! £ early part of the month ,] cep ! growing well, but the cflW winds of th*g last week checked, growth and down the yield of milk. > The rainfall at New was inches, which fell on 17 days. Z? 1 ® est fall was .87 inch on the 2n d - ■ Reco for- the year are:— . s

having an unusually light rainfall. .The 1 average fall for the first four months, for, 50 years has : been 16.55 inches and the April'fall 4.51 inches. Temperature records are:—Mean temperature 58.2 deg., maximum 71.3 deg, minimum 37deg.; mean minimum on.the grass "46.4deg.j- lowest record 31deg. Meteorologists do not consider that there is, a frOst unless the temperature' falls to 30.4 deg. or lower. Temperature records

hours. The best figure was 10.1 hours on the 4th. There were three sunless days.

The wind reached gale force on the nights of the 22nd and the ,23rd. The most frequefft , winds were between south-east and south-west. There was rather less , wind than usual during the past three months of the year, but the winds in April were stronger. i •

1931 Inches 1932 Inches Inc® < January 5.64 3.45 2®u February 2.08 3.14 4.1W March ,. 1.48 2.11 2.29® April .. 7.52 7,40 251 Total ...... 16.72 16.10 12.56 ’ This year has so far been dry, April’

for the year are:1931 1932 1933 Deg. Deg. Deg. January . 61.1 60.6 64.8 February .... . 63.0 62.8 64.9 "• March’ . 60.0 61.4 62.7 April . 57.8 59.0 ■ 582 Mean ...... . 60.5 60.9 62.6 The bright sunshine recorded was 176.6