NOVEMBER WEATHER.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5512, 11 December 1929, Page 4

NOVEMBER WEATHER.

PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINS.

After a long dry spell rainy conditions set in over a large part of the country at the end of October. These conditions continued throughout November, which proved a dull and humid month. Heavy rains were recorded, some places having the wettest November for many years. Temperatures were on the average below normal, especially over the South Island. Sunshine records were also low, while the amount of cloud was correspondingly high. There was more wind than usual, north-westerlies predominating. There were two principal storm periods, the first being from November 4 to November 9, during which two cyclonic depressions crossed the Dominion, the first over Otago and the second over Auckland. Rain was general, many heavy falls being recorded in the North Island and the Western districts. Flooding occurred at Crushington, near Reefton, in the Wairua River, Napier district, and the lower Thames Valley, and as far north as Whangarei. There were several instances of stock being killed by lightning, and a house near Hastings was struck. At the Ohinemuri mines, near Paeroa, a wall of water 14ft high came down one of the creeks, and extensive damage was done, one life being lost. The second of the stormy periods was that from November 26 to the end of the month, when a double centred cyclone crossed the South Island. An interesting feature was the copious deposit of red dust from Australia over a wide area in Taranaki, western Wellington, Nelson, and Marlborough.

Feed is abundant in most districts, and stock are in fair to good condition.