THE WEATHER OF JULY.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13682, 26 August 1908, Page 7

THE WEATHER OF JULY.

THE OFFICIAL SUMMARY. The gazetted return of rainfall for the Dominion for July shows that the flooding rain which affected Canterbury on the 7th turd Bth reached up to Gisbome, but the greater weight fell in South Canterbury aud North Otago. The heaviest falls on one day were 6.6 inches at Otokeike and 6.1 at Maheno, 5.9 at Windsor Park, 5.5 at Totara (Oamaru), 4.9 at Livingstone, 4.5 at Oamaru, 4.4 at Timaru, "4.0 at Pleasant Point. The fall was from something under 3 inches up lo 4 at other points on the lowlands. Oinri Gorge had 11.19 inches for the month, but. a little under 4 on the- 7th. On this coast Akaroa had the largest total for the month 13.0 inches, 3-j on the 7th. A second storm on the 20th and 21st affected the west and south coasts, and gave the Hermitage its highest one-day record of 5.8 inches, out of its monthly total of 10.6 inches. The meteorological officer has the following note on the conditions for the month : —The weather was generally cold and moist. 'Several disturbances} accounted for an unsettled state of the atmosphere during the greater part of the month, and barometric pressure only mse above the normal for four brief periods. The rainfall was heaviest on all the eastern coast, especially l in South Canterbury, also in Northern and Central Otago, where between the sfh and 9th snow fell heavily inland; rain and sleet caused floods in the Taieri Plains. Rainfall was below the average on the weshUconsfc of the South Island, also in Taranaki and in parts of the Wellington Provincial Districts. Nelson and Southland escaped the heavy rains. A cyclonic disturbance of email intensity prevailed over the Dominion on the Ist, and a more extensive and remarkable area of low pressure was off East Cape; this caused a second fall of snow and rain over the greater part of the eastern coast, causing considerable damage. From the 20th to the 27th low pressure prevailed generally, and brought unsettled weather. On. the 29th an area of low pressure passed over the most northern paTt of the country, but the last four days of the month were generally fine and cold with anticyclonic pressure.