AUGUST'S WEATHER

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 55, 2 September 1926, Page 6

AUGUST'S WEATHER

AN AVERAGE MONTH. The month of August, the last of the meteorological ■winter months, was not abnormal-in any respects. Although slightly drier than usual, 2.96 in. of rain falling in Wellington as' against the average for the month of 4.45 in, August had no fewer than 21 days on which rain fell, but on most days it was only a light rainfall. The maximum fall was recorded on the 4th, when 86 points of rain fell. Slight hail, an unusual phenomenon for Wellington, fell on five days. The mean temperature was 48.7, which is quite consistent with the average. At one foot below the surface the mean temperature was 47.7 degress, slightly lower than the average; at three feet it was 50.4 degrees, which is slightly over the average. The hours of bright sunshine wero slightly fewer than usual, nearly 128 hours, as against the average of 141. There was much cloud, especially in the mornings, owing to the prevalence of south-easterly winds. The winds' average velocity was exactly the mean of previous years; gales were experienced on four days, the highest day's velocity being 510 miles, on the 3rd. Eleven frostß wero rocordod, the lowest reading on the ground being 0 degrees of frost, on the 11th and ICth.