THE RAINFALL

Waipa Post, Volume 52, Issue 3705, 10 January 1936, Page 12

THE RAINFALL

few days were relatively cool there was no really cold spell. Rainfall was, in general, considerably below normal, but this was no drawback after the wet and cold spring. One or two falls met all requirements in most districts. A fairly humid atmosphere and an absence of wind were favourable features which tended to minimise any lack of rain. Stock are reported to be in good fettle, and lambs are fattening well. There is abundance of feed, and much hay and ensilage were made under favourable circumstances. Crops promise to be much above average. Conditions were favourable for shearing, but it is still somewhat behindhand.

It is interesting to note that rainfall during December, when 2.44 inches were registered in Te Awamutu, was generally above average north of Kawhia and Tauranga and in parts of Taranaki, but elsewhere, except for isolated patches, it was very much below. Canterbury had only about 25 per cent of the average. The Dominion Meteoroligist reports that December was a remarkably fine month. For the holidaymakers there was abundance of fine ' and warm weather, yet at the same time the man on the land, generally speaking, got just the conditions he desired. Temperatures were much above normal, and though the last