APRIL WEATHER

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 19007, 7 May 1924, Page 5

APRIL WEATHER

OFFICIAL SUMMARY. (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, May 6. The Director of the Meteorological Office, in a summary of the weather during April, states: The month opened with dull, misty and foggy weather, with the barometer reading about normal in all parts of the Dominion. Without change in this respect, a deluge of rain fell in several parts of the North Island on the 3rd. A ncwspapci reported that the river Puhoi rose sixteen feet in an hour. There were also heavy falls of rain in Taranaki, Waihi Auckland, and along the Wanganui River. Further heavy falls took place between the 4th and Bth, when the barometer was at its highest, 30.58 inches. At Wellington fair weather prevailed for a short time, but the barometer fell smartly in the south on the 10th, and was followed by showery conditions in West Coast and southern districts until the 14th. Variable breezes and fair though somewhat changeable skies were experienced until the 22nd, when a westerly storm area made its appearance, bringing heavy rain in Westland and Otago. Rainy weather followed in the north next day, with strong northerly winds. A rather sudden but mild southerly on the 24th accounted for a temporary improvement, but the closing days of the month were unsettled and stormy, especially in and southward of Cook Strait. The rainfall was generally above the average, but deficient in North Canterbury, and temperatures were mild for the season.