APRIL WEATHER

Hokitika Guardian, 7 May 1930, Page 3

APRIL WEATHER

DR KIDSON’S REVIEW

\By Telegraph—Press Association)

WELLINGTON, MtVy 6.

In h’s, notes on the WeatbeV for Anril, Dr Kidson, Director r<f Moteor-qp-pcal Services, states: April was remarkable for its high proportion of dry, sunny weather: and the relative alb-enc-e of storms. There was a prevalence of an.ti-c-velonic conditions, with ", southerly. ...winds. Uon o eqnpntly. although the amount of sunshine was .above normal, the temperature was slightly below, the frosts were rather numerous, especially in the South Island. The r 4 ’in which fell did not ore/ir in generally heavy falls, hut was rather -oratically . distributed. Much of it came in the last three days of the month, and it was too late in most districts to produce much growth of pasture. Taranaki and Man aw at u districts fared well, but in parts of the .remainder of the .country, and especially Canterbury and Otago, March And April both having been on a whole cool and dry, there is likely to be sonic shortage of feed during the winter. The total rainfall was above normal in North 'e«"Vlnqd, about East Cape, over the lowdyipg parts of Taranaki, in Wellington, in most of Marlborough, and M'-a” 4 ' 'lsoh. In the other parts it was almost everywhere below the average,' and in the South Island especially the ■ deficits were large. Throughout the monMi storms were almost contimially developing in the sub-tropical waters to the north of Tasman Sea, and thence eastward ( to be von'l v cw Zealand. Th° majority of these fn-ile' 1 to effect the Dominion directly to any great extent, though they assisted in the production of the prevailing high pressure and the southerly and southeasterly winds. Though causing fine weather over most of the Dominion, the latter were responsible for, unpleasant and showery weather in North Auckland and north of Napier. There was remarkably little wind in most places during the month, and such gales as occurred were shortlived. Snow fell on the highlands of the South Island on the 9th and 10th, 10th and 30th, but the amounts were riot large, and the mountains are unusually free from snow.