CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLES.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 March 1910, Page 3

CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLES.

LEVIN'S RECORDS

' The latest Government Gazette contains particulars of the. means find totals of climatic conditions tnken during Jnnnary of this year at the chief stations of both islands. Tile averages for Levin work out as follow:— Absolute mean teinoeratilro of the air in the shade, 08.G degrees, the average for the whole of the -North leland being G6.G grees, and for the whole of the South Island 61.4 Levin's mean maximum temperature vt'afl 74.9 degrees, that for the North Island being 75.7, and for the South Island G9.<. Tbe mean minimum temperatures were:— Levin 56.2, North Island 63.1. The total rainfalls for January were: Levin 6.81 inches, North Island 5.45, and South Island 5.41. Levin had sixteen dry days out of the thirty-one, which was greater than the North Island's average (12 (lays wet and 11 dry). The Levin observations were taken by Mr D. M. Cole.

In a note appended to the'genoral investigations, the director of the Government meteorological observatory, the Rev. D. C. Bates, makes tho folloAving observations:— Except in Southland, the rainfall wns everywhere above the though this was principally accounted for by n heavy rainfall accompanying a disturbance after the 28th. This, however, did not extend so fnr as Southland.

The weather conditions were 7ery sultry all over the dominion, and especially in the North, during the [greater part of the month, though a cold and damp spell was experi'enced in Canterbury and parts of Otago about the third week of the month. Northerly winds prevailed northward of East Cape and Kawhia. Humid, hazy, and foggy wenthor was experienced generally, and thunderstorms at times. Two inches of rain fell in three hours during such a storm at Methven in Canterbury, on the 21st. The first half of the month was on the whole windy and fine, the second half showery nnd changeable. Very unfavourable harvest weathor was experienced in Canterbury in the latter half of the month. The muggy weather also caused blight in other parts, but promoted a good growth of feed for stock.

A smart westerly disturbance on the litli and 12th caused rain, especially on the west coast south of Kawhia. From the 17th to the 20th the weather wns very unsettled on the east coast of both Islands. Showery weather was reported in most parts between the 23rd and 27th. The disturbance between the 28fch and 31st was of a mild cyclonic type, the centre- passing over the North Tsluikl.