WEATHER RECORDS: FEBRUARY, 1925.

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XXX, Issue 3, 20 March 1925, Page 210

WEATHER RECORDS: FEBRUARY, 1925.

Dominion Meteorological Office

GENERAL SUMMARY. In the early part of February the weather was generally mild, warm, and fine, though showery conditions were experienced at times north of Auckland, with light east to south-east winds. On the 14th a prolonged spell of westerly weather set in and caused' unsettled conditions until the 24th. During this period stormy weather was prevalent in different parts at different times. Thus on the 14th the winds rose and heavy rain followed in the North ; on the night of the 16th there was a heavy thunderstorm and deluge of rain for a short time about Dunedin ; on the night of the 17th and morning of the 18th hard north-west gales did considerable damage in the Wairarapa and Wellington districts ; and from the 21st to the 23rd the weather was very boisterous, especially about Cook Strait and in Westland and Canterbury. The month’s total rainfall was above the average on all the western . coast and in the high country of the South, 28-88 in. being recorded at Arthur’s Pass. On the east coast of both Islands, however, the rainfall was below the mean ; for example, at Napier 0-72 in. fell, which is 72 per cent, below the mean and at Christchurch 0-27 in. for the month, which is 84 per cent, less than the mean of former years. A remarkable feature in Canterbury was the heavy rain in the high back country, which caused the rivers to flood, though the weather was dry on the plains, and the Waimakariri broke through its banks on the night of the 23rd.

D. C. Bates,

Director

Station. Total Fall. Number of j Total Fall. Wet Days. Number of Maximum Wet Days. Fall. ' Maximum Average Fall. February Average February Rainfall. North Island. Inches. Inches. Inches. Kaitaia • . . . . ■ . . 3’13 6 | 1-5° | 2-95 Russell . . .... 2-64 9 1'10 4'35 Whangarei . . •.. - 2-86 12 1-72 ' 4’95 Auckland . . 3'37 14 1-32 3-02 Hamilton 3-io 13 1-02 2-85 Kawhia . . . . 3’91 12 1-46 2-40 New Plymouth . . ... 2-91 II o-77 4’09 Inglewood (Riversdale) . . 6-97 13 2-00 6-30 Whangamomona 4'43 11 i-86 4-14 Tairua, Thames 2-10 8 !-I5 4-52 Tauranga . . . . 2-54 10 I-IO 3’73 . Maraehako Station, Opotiki .2-78 13 i-6o 3-7° Gisborne 2-21 10 I-OI 3-68 Taupo .. 3-00 8 1-04 2-81 Napier 0-72 8 °-44 2-56 Maraekakaho Station, Hastings .. 1-00 6 o-8o 2-52 Taihape 1-41 13 0-29 2-43 Masterton . . 1-58 10 o-37 2-71 Patea 3-29 11 o-6o .2-33 Wanganui 1-56 5 o-53 2-49 Foxton . . 1-98 6 • 0-42 1-71 Wellington . . . . 3-90 10 1-14 3-18 South Island. Westport 5’00 16 1-98 4-37 Greymouth . . . . 8-8o 15 1-71 ■ 6-13 Hokitika 11-23 17 2-87 7-20 Arthur’s Pass . . . . • . . 28-88 ■ 14 7-50 7'55 Okuru, Westland W42 15 2-94 7-92 Collingwood . . . . . . 9-14 14 3-36 5-63 Nelson 3’49 13 1-09 2-80 Spring Creek, Blenheim. . . . 2-65 9 0-84 2-30 Tophouse . . . . . ■ 7-30 19 1-41 4-5° Hanmer Springs . . 3-73 14 o-8i 2-93 Highfield, Waiau . . ... -42 7 0-50 2-59 Gore Bay . . . . ... 0-96 4 0’55 3-50 Christchurch . . . . . . 0-27 8 0-12 1-84 Timaru . . 1-56 15 0-28 1-89 Lambrook Station, Fair lie O'8o 6 . °‘44 i-95 Benmore Station, Omarama 2-25 9 0-70 ■ 1-23 Oamaru . . . . . . o-68 9 0-22 1-72 ■Queenstown . . . . ;. 5-50 12 1-57 1-76 Clyde. . . . 1-16 7 0-30 o-99 Dunedin 2-22 13 0-72 2-69 Gore . . . . . . 2'47 Invercargill .. . . . . 2-82 21 o-66 2-68

RAINFALL FOR FEBRUARY, I925, AT REPRESENTATIVE STATIONS.