DOMINION RAINFALL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5501, 15 November 1929, Page 2

DOMINION RAINFALL.

FIGURES FOR SEPTEMBER. LOCAL RETURNS. In- the Dominion climatological returns for September Otira, South Island, shows the heaviest rainfall—--26.64 inches—recorded in New Zealand for that month. Summit, with 10.36, showed the greatest for the North Island. Local figures show Paeroa returning 2.55 inches, Waihi 2.72, Te Aroha 1.97, Turua 2.35, and Mangaiti 1.98. Of the chief stations Auckland again recorded the highest mean temperature in the shade with 53.2 degrees, 1.1 degrees greater than in August. The highest mean maximum temperature was again registered at Te Aroha, 62.2, being 3 degrees more than in August, while the lowest was registered at Manorburn Dam, 29.8. Cold September. The Government report says : “This year we have experienced the coldest September for a considerable time. All parts of the country report low average temperatures, and frosts were unusually numerous. Although cold, the month was a sunny one, there being numbers of beautifully fine days. Rainfall was, on the whole, below average. This was almost generally the case over the North Island, except about Wellington. In the South Island, both east and west coasts experienced a dry month, but Stewart Island, Southland, and much of the central portions of the Island had more than the normal fall. The low temperatures gave a distinct, setback to growing vegetation, and feed is rather short in most districts- Parts of the North Island escaped the severity of the storms and are in good condition. There have been losses of lambs in the Wellington Province, and parts of the South Island, especially the foothills of Canterbury. “The storms recorded during the month w«re*in no case responsible for any very heavy rains except at a few isolated places. Snovv, however, fell frequently, especially in the high country of the South Island.. In the interior of Canterbury it has been one of the worst seasons on record for snow, but no very severe losses of stock are reported.”