LOW RAINFALL IN MAY

Hokitika Guardian, 10 June 1931, Page 2

LOW RAINFALL IN MAY

DOMiNiOM METEOROLOGISTS SUMMARY. WELi,I N(!TOX. dune T i:i his notes on ike iVi i.l-ii'i' Fur Ai- y the Dominion .Mcieni-nlug:-a. Dr. iv son. stales t hat tin* cha t' charm L. ieties weie-l-he low rainfall. and - cool tempera Lures, hut though tin* temper almvs were in low normal, the depur--tnros were in t so marked as in the sumer months. On this occasion ii was in the north lliat coe.dilinns were relatively mure severe. Km-tunnimy most o; the r;un which )'e!l w;is fairly warm, so t! m t pastures benefited con-

siderably. i'Y-td is riuher sear<e n parts of South Canterbury and. Otago hut in almost all other districts tin

supplies are ample and stock f,s reported to lie in good condition. The total rainfall was about equal to the average in western districts from ’Westland southwards and in Stewart island. In all other districts it was below the average. In most indeed, it amounted only to about Jin!!' the normal fall for ,\!av.

In the northern and least (‘oast portions of the North Mind the mean tmnperitnres were eonsiderab'y below the average, but further southwards normal wa s "rndiudly approached and fintillv. conditions were about-. the avei -ago, while in Otago the temperatures were well above the norma! fern pern tore* for May, The month was a rather windy one. strong winds being experienced from both northerly and smither!g directions, These w- re oomnonsnt'V! "nr hv riombors of 1 11 -i I! i■• i: f days with light winds. 'I lie sunshine recorded was above tlie average.