STORMY MONTH.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 238, 8 October 1928, Page 7

STORMY MONTH.

WEATHER IN

GALES AND THUNDERSTORMS

(By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. The rainfall last month -was greater than normal in nearly all parts of the North Island, says the Meteorological Department, in a summary of the weather in September. In places with a westerly aspect the fall was more than double the average. Although September is a month in which westerly depressions are normal, last month they were unusually frequent and also more intense. The most notable of the low-pressure disturbances was the very intense and extensive one | which was experienced between September 22 and 28. The northerly and westerly gales associated with it were exceptionally severe, and in Poverty Bay and the East Coast districts caused considerable damage to buildings, trees, etc. September 25 was a very stormy day, and many parts of the North Island, in particular, experienced a fierce northerly gale with heavy rain, severe thunderstorms and hail. Auckland, Waihi, Roto" rua, Te Kuiti, St. Heller's Bay and Patea suffered severely. The notable feature of the month was the frequency of .the thunderstorms and hail showers, nearly all parts of the Dominion being subject to them.