THE WEATHER.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19812, 2 December 1919, Page 3

THE WEATHER.

CANTERBURY CONDITIONS. (By F. L. WOOLES.) .NOVEMBER WEATHER. November was a somewhat unsettled month, there being with the exception of the first few clays, when a cold southerly ruled, no marked period of any particular weather type, rather a more or less frequent alternation of cold, showery conditions and periods of finer weather. Several j'airlv warm days were experienced, but the. northwest gales, a feature of October this year, were abseut; only one or two fairly strong blows from that quarter occurring during the month. The average mean shade temperature was low for the time of the year, being some (legreeH below the seasonal normal November, in fact, was no warmer than October, the mean temperature for both months being virtually the same I hough no severe frost was recorded tins year, the month was slightly colder than was November, 1918. * The month opened with verv cold weather A southerly gale on the first was followed the next day by heavy rain which later gave way 1«> a hearv snowfall over a great part of the province, especially affecting mid and South Canterbury. The fall varied from an inch or two near the coast up to eighteen mches in parts of the lower backcountry. As tar as records go the storm was in part of the province an unprecedented visitation for November. Turing t i le weck fol , w d the conditions were more or less cold and unseasonable. Thereafter n twelve day period of lair, warmer weather interspersed with an occasional shower prevailed. On the twentieth ami wemy-hrst thunderstorms, rain •m! hail were experienced, chiefly afleetin-r mid and South Canterbury' fti""? showers occurred on the twenty-sixth' ?£'? coW so'Jtljerhr gale, with occr! sonal rain and hail squalls, ruled on the twenty-ninth, Tn' e rainfall over tic province during the month was above the average generally. Three or Ipur huht Irosts occurred. A rat'lmr shai-n ground frost occurred on the six icenth ,n the North Canterbury district, and occasional slight damage.' OUTLOOK FOR DECEMBER Expect a rainfall above the average and an occasional cold storm c,,,, ' very, warm weather should be exper enced but on the. whole the month should close with an average tempera ture below the seasonal normal.