A WET MONTH.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 604, 4 September 1909, Page 8

A WET MONTH.

-■ I V;'WEATHER; FOB 'I KCGVSI,' ■; :. ■'.:■ : '7;,".'' .'Alcbinpafison -has^-been made -by tho Gov;!?;f: 'enrmeiit.-Meteorologist '■'■{ (thoi-^'Hev; ,, ! D... C. ,'>•.■: Bates);, '■ betweonj; .the;., rainfalls ;irieasu :';; ! ;' : 'representativo..'station's''throughout ■ the Dor■■ /^/;:;kninion/^during^August ?with'%the-means/for/ ;>'/■?; the I same (Stations, in ..previous /years.... The i ;ji;:/t6tal.:;rainfall vhasf been' in ;/excess'. oV the i/' ;,;usual vf all '••in- all parts; of the. ■ Dominion; .exvt. : .-eept' % east •: coast' of .tho Norih' Island, , •;.; between' East Capo and (jastlefPoint, where :.; if: was' somewhat below -the'.ol6lll;..' The : : /- Northvlsland'.has in geheral had\;an exces- ..;. ';Biyo. rainfallj ahdv.when the /entire], returns : : .'iv^^-.a'reHn>will; show," : thinks,'- a'total '••;'!; about' 76 : -per cent.''.greater 'than,'the mean rj/for August;..^The taken as,a , ;... : V : whole; ■ had-.about/ 30-per," eent. .more'rain : ,;,/thau usual. August in-New is con- ■'<■;.;.'.: eidered to, be tho. last -month' 'of 'winter; ■ and ■'./•'iiaybpth/winter 'and. spring North,lsland ::', : /:;^b,as ; usually,' a greater: rainfall ( than . the ■'<'•';■ ■'■'■■'/■.::'' ;--';i' : '' / '^u',--/ 1 :- ■.'-.'..■.••■.', ; :/.:''';.v The '■ following .' are'./ithe'"' rainfalls - for . the y' ; /;.month'- recorded \ at atypical //stations":—Auck-. ;;■ :.]and,-;7;l3 : inchc3/"rain"fa|ling;-,on 22 days; :.:':;iWaihi.'l6.6B inches (27"days), Now Plymouth /V: v ,:6.98 inches (23 days),\Gisbome..'4.B2 inches. ; ;: / (12 days), Waiiganui 7.32 inches (19 days), ;/::,/Meanee.2.oß iriohos'(9 daysJ./Masterton 4.80 ",- ; :'inche3. .(13 days), TWellinjjtpn 6.46 inches ;; C (19 days), Blenheim 4.81 uichce' (15 days), ;. Christcburch 2.40 inches (11; days) <? Dunedin '■j. : -3.92-inches (8 doys),-"Diptbn ; / (Southland) :■ fey 4:44" inches V(l3,'days),"Hokitika 12.26 inches :-;:-/;:-(19'days^' : -: ':'■:■.;;/;.//;,'- ■■'■'7.'.-'::,':' The first week of the' month wa»' the:most '-/•.'stormy. /•A, cyclonic dis'turbahce in the north -'■? was followed : by a westerly de,'.'/'.pression over- tho' south'.; High pressuro . '■'.■■'■ eneOed:-. until - the ■'13th, i '-when the barometer !:;.'■'at the Bluff fell ah inch in 30 hours.;. .Strong ;/■: • wcsterly;' : winds/followed. /'Excepting/for 'a; /•;•' /ißmalli.but.i sharp 'disturbance-on-the 21st, /,,./i which .was the remauider/'of'a'ibig storm from ■.';,:■■.•.'.'Australia,'the weather'was in cyclonic con/';...ditions, I.with fine. days = and frosty:/nights, '■:■]■ '.but: towards' tho.' close",of "the '"month itho / ;'.-■'- weather became very' unsettled/..first in the ■'.'■'■:■ Dorth, ■ and. afterwards in'the' south. . ■