DECEMBER WAS COLD MONTH IN DOMINION.
Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, January 7. Dr Kidson, director of the meteoro logical service, in his notes on the weather for December, states;— The Dominion as a whole experienced a cold month, the December mean temperature at many climatological stations being the lowest since meteorological observations commenced. After December 19. however, better weather set in, and Christmas Week was the warmest period experienced so far this summer, almost perfect weather continuing from then to the close of the month. ' Owing to the coldness and the low rainfall, the growth of vegetation was again backward and small fruit was : slow in ripening. In the hill country on the East Coast district especially, grass on which stock were grazing made little headway. On the other hand, the warm, dry spell towards the close of the month enabled farmers to harvest their hay crops under favourable conditions. Generally, stock have kept in good condition. The rainfall was below the average over the whole Dominion except at a few places in the extreme, south.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19272, 8 January 1931, Page 16
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