WET AND WINTRY.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18423, 2 July 1925, Page 8

WET AND WINTRY.

COLDEST JUNE FOR YEARS. The Director of the- Magnetic Observatory reports that Juno was a cold.. wet, -wintry month. A search of the records fciuco the beginning of 190-3 shows that since that year there has not been a colder June, although June.. 1913. was equally as cold. The rainfall was 72 per cent, in excess of the average, and not since 1911 has there been such a -wet Juno. There has also been more foggy and cloudy weather than usual. Twenty-three frosts wero recorded, that of 14.S degrees on the 18th being the- most severe frost recorded during June since 1915. »flii one morning the wind blew from the north, seven mornings from the northeast, two mornings from the south. It mornings from the'south-west, and six mornings were calm. _ For purposes of comparison, the following tables, giving the approximate mean temnoratures for the first six months of 1923, 1924, 1920, and the normal year, are interesting. (The normal year represents the average for cadi 'month concerned over the previous 20 rears.) From the tnbles it is evident that for the half-year. 1923 and 1920 are vcrv similar, 1923 being slightlv colder; 1924, however, averages about 2 degree? per month above normal or 3 degrees above 1923 and 192-3:

WELLINGTON'S EXPERIENCE. (PEESS ASSOCIATION TEI.EGIUM.) "WELLINGTON, July 1. Juno in Wellington was much more of a winter month than it has been on tho average for many years past. Tho rainfall, including last night's, was 8.33 inches, or 72 per cent, above the average. There was only 27 p°r cent, of sunshine. Rain fell on 21 days. Tho mean temperature was two degrees below tho average, and tho wind was higher than the average.

]903 1924 1025 Fall a orraa Fah Jan. Fall. .. 01.0 («.. r > Gl.-l ' U0.9 Feb. .. 59.2 KJ.U 39.8 CU.4 Mar. .. 5li.il 59.0 53.258.1 April .. 50.1 57.8 51.t 53.'2 May .. 47.5 -18.1 45. fi 47.8 Juno .. 42.3 41.4 41.0 43.8