POOR MONTH FOR STOCK

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20037, 8 September 1939, Page 11

POOR MONTH FOR STOCK

WESTERN DISTRICTS METEOROLOGIST’S REPORT GOOD EASTERN WEATHER (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. The Dominion Meteorologist, in his review of the weather during the past month, states that August was rather a wet month “In many districts where there has been little sunshine, conditions have been poor for stock and pasture alike,” he said. “The warmer rains in the latter part of the month, however, resulted in a spring flush, and crops are beginning to make good growth. In the sunnier districts there was a continual growth throughout the month. The milder conditions prevailing at the close of the month are promising for a successful spring to the man on the land.” “Most of the South Island received more than the average rain. The figures for the central portions of the North Island were well above normal, but east of the ranges south of East Cape falls were light and were under half the average in many cases. “Over the North Island, except in Taranaki, temperatures reached the normal figure and were one or two degrees above it in eastern areas. Except for Marlborough, the South Island temperatures were on the average two degrees below normal. Frosts were fairly severe inthe first half of the month. Some snow fell in the South Island and in the Taupo-Rotorua region. “It was a poor month' for sunshine in the South Island, again, excepting Marlborough, with records more than 20 hours below the average. Taranaki was also under the average, but the rest of the North Island was not far off the standard figure. “A number of thunderstorms occurred throughout the month, particularly during August 30. Apart from blown fuses, the damage was negligible "