DULL AND HUMID

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 138, 7 December 1929, Page 18

DULL AND HUMID

NOVEMBER'S WEATHER

DOMINION SUMMARY-

In Ms', summary of tlio Dominion's "weather"as a"whole-during- November, Dr. E.Kidson, Director of Meteorological Services,' remark's 'that, after a long' dTy spell, rainy conditions . had set in over a large part of the coun-■';.tr&-at the end of October. These continued - throughout November, which proved a dull and humid month. Heavy .rains were recorded in many districts, ' come places having the wettest Nov-'-/ember for many years. The totals for .the month were below the normal in ,the lo\t>lying country facing the TaraBaki Bight from Patea to Foxton,. an .tne Wairarapa, and on the plain country of Canterbury and "North Otago. /Elsewhere there was an excess that ivras in most cases considerable. At Auckland, Tairua, Nelson, and Clyde, ■:.ihe rain was moro than double the for November, while at Tau- '. fanga and Maraehakq Station, near Qpotiki, it- was approxima:tely double. . , Temperatures, though there was much ■ warm and humid weather, were, on "the average, below- iiormal, especially '..over the South Island; Sunshine re■<cords ver.e also low, while; the amount . cf cloud '.was correspondingly high. :. ; There was'more wind than' usual; . predominating;'■'. .' In '. this respect the. previous aßseiice of westerlies was, to "s^Omo...extent, counterTjalanced, and ;a snore normal .type of ..spring weather' experienced. Most of "the rain fell in the north-westerlies, comparatively little being brought by "the southerlics, which were rather poorly developed. This fact,accounted for the continued dry conditions of :'■ some areas.r' '. .■■■•.''; '..■-■" "■ ■:;'CiPeed,-i's abundant in.-aiost districts, .and atoek are in fair to ggfiJd. edndi- . tion. In Otago and Southland conditions are'especially good, but'in the rejimaining*.areas' which-had excess raiu,fall, and gtpwth hasbeentoo rank, and 'the weather,.has..-.favoured the appear;.ance of fungus and other pests. A " epell of dry, sminy weattier would do (good in these districts." In Canterbury ( :-and the W^iE^rapa further rain is need- • ■ep to insure .good cfbps-'and adequate 'f,'euppljisa'of feed./. .. -;j / ; PRINCIPAIi STOBM PERIODS. :\K There, werel two principal storm perfifods, ttief: first being Jrpm'the '4th. to •the 9th, auring which. two:cyclonic de- .;■ jiressionß '•crossed;.the. ;;Dpminion, the .first over p(«go and the second over ■' -Auckland. •■ ,Eain' Tvas . general, and ■■ «iany heavy, falls were .recorded in the '•■■ North Island and western districts. In ;. the central part of the North Island, '■"particularly, this was a very v warm 1-hiimid, and rainy spell. On the 6th, a ■^sudden thunderstorm and a heavy Vjdownppur occurred at Crusliington, .-: iear Beef ton," • ■ where -'• so'toe" of the '- vereeks were' flooded.;;;: On the Bth, -there ; tras a flood in the Wairau Eiver caused j! *y the heavy rain in the back country. ; On the 9th, particularly severe thunr derstorms accompanied by exceptionally heavy rains occurred over a large r. i>art of the north central portion of :_tne North Islarid: Flooding was re-i-^Utea. from Auckland as far north as i-.-Whangarei, "in the^liower Thames Val■iey, and in the Napier district. There .were several instances of stock being ;■ tailed by lightning, and a house near :• Hastings was struck. In parts of the ;! koromandel Eanges the rain amounted ; to a deluge. At the Ohinemuri Mines ;_- n&r Paeroa, a wall of water, 14 feet •■ •'; We», n eam ß .down, one of- the- -creeks ;. and extensive damage was done, one -.■life treuig;lost.. ..'■ v~' ■r/\ IWlgwing^this^frdm the lOth^o'the „V.? 2«L-occurred. xAe";of the finest spells j. in the month. ;•,.' ■ , i: .I?. ti ef' T(* ar of "a westerly depression ;- -which lossed on the 14th, gales were .experienced generally on. the 15th and :: «th-Ja..Cook- Strait they were from :. ; tn«.north-w^st,. but elsewhere from the /.;,«outhj^st.;^Sndw fell on the'ranges ;■ «n theumorning of the 16th, reaching y tte I6wei-leyels : :a1; Greymouth, thl v-Bluff, and Nugget' Point. A severe ( irost was experienced in the mornine ;'' P ta>, n no' f } hl South 1?lana '' especially v North Canterbury, where much danf■..'•.;age was done to gardens, fruit, and ;• .small crops. Nelson also suffered eon.!,.•'.Jpideratily,. !. ■■ . • j3 The second "of the--stormiest periTi? le\« t0 above was that , ; : ?rom the 26th to the end of • V :tte month, when a double-cen- •:'■'■'¥** cy wn! crossea the South is.land. or north-west gales oc-;-purred--from Cook Strait northward, ac- ;;• xompanied by heavy rains. In the •■...South^ Island, also, the rai* was gen' -,eral but only light to moderate in the .-.eastern districts. Again there were ••'■& TV thunaorst°™s. An iX- .;.. .estmg.feature was another-copious de- >' posit.of rod dust from Australia over ,- ; a wide area m Taranaki, Western Wel- ;.; Jington, "Nelson, and Marlborough.