OCTOBER WEATHER

Timaru Herald, Volume CXL, Issue 20261, 9 November 1935, Page 6

OCTOBER WEATHER

MILD, WITH GOOD RAINFALL By Telesrabh —Press Association WELLINGTON, November 8 In his report on the weather conditions in October, the Dominion Meteorologist says:— General.—October can be regarded as having been a favourable spring month, the main features of which wei'e the generally mild temperatures and a plentiful rainfall, especially in the last ten days. The rain in South Canterbury relieved the fear of severe loss through the prolonged dry weather and, by the close of the month, crops and pastures had made a good recovery in that district. Over the greater part of the Dominion there was a vigorous growth of vegetation and consequently stock are in splendid condition, and there has been a remarkable increase in dairy production. Rainfall.—The total rainfall was above the average over most of the North Island but below in the northern part of the Auckland Peninsula and at a few isolated places in the Gisborne, Hawke’s Bay and Taranaki districts. In the South Island an excess was recorded north of Greymouth and Akaroa, while further south there was a deficiency. The greatest percentage above normal in the North Island occurred at Napier where it was 88 per cent, and in the South Island at Waiau with 93 per cent, above. In South Canterbury the aggregate was only slightly below or just about the average. Temperature Temperatures were nearly everywhere above the average, although the departure was nowhere a great one. Napier had 2.6 degrees above, Auckland 2.2, and places in South Canterbury and' Otago had over 1 degree above. In the coastal area between Wellington City and New Plymouth and at Invercargill It was slightly below, while In North Canterbury it did not vary much from the average. Christchurch experienced a frost of 9 degrees on the morning of October 20, and one of 8 degrees on October 16, but otherwise there were no severe frosts during the month, many districts reporting none at all. Sunshine. —Owing to a considerable amount of dull weather during the latter part of the month sunshine was less than the average in most districts, the only excess being experienced in North Auckland, the East Coast district south from Christchurch and in Southland. The largest total amount recorded was 215 hours at Napier. Tauranga had 211, Masterton 198, Nelson 193, and Christchurch 186 hours.