WEATHER IN SEPTEMBER
LOW SUNSHINE TOTAL RECORDINGS OF THE MONTH The month of September was comparatively mild, with very few frosts and no periods of strong winds. The rainfall was not heavy, only 1.01 Inches being recorded at the Daily Times Office for* 14 rainy days. Falls were never high, the greatest for the period being . .20 Inches. The sunshine total was not impressive, only 137 hours 50 minutes being recorded, and there were eight days on whichno sunshine was registered. Only once did the total reach double figures, the highest dally record being 10 hours 35 minutes. Temperatures were mostly mild, the highest for the month being 70 degrees. The lowest recorded was 32 degrees. The average maximum was 56 degrees, the same as in September of last year. The average minimum temperature was 40 degrees, which shows little variation on the figure for the same month In previous years. Rainfall Records The rainfall records for September are as follows:—Total rainfall, l.Olin; number of rain days, 14; greatest fall for, one day, .201 n. The following are the monthly totals for 1940 to date:—January, 5.171 n; February. 3.10 in; March, 1.29 in; April, 2.80 in: May, 5.32 in; June, .73in: July, .88in: August, ,72in: September. l.lOin; total to date, 21.02 in.
Sunshine Records The following are the sunshine records for September:—Total sunshine, 137 hr 50mln; number of days without sunshine, 8; greatest period of daily sunshine, lOhr 35min. The following are the monthly totals for 1940 January, 154 hr smin; February, 158 hr 55min; March, 177 hr 30min; April, 93hr 35min; May. 57hr 50min; June, 86hr; July, 108 hr 10min; August, 166 hr 20min; September, 137 hr 50min; total for 1940 to date, 1140 hr 15mln. Temperatures The following Is a comparison between the temperatures for September and those for the preceding month, and September of last year, in degrees Fahrenheit;—
The following are the annual totals: —1924, 24.26in 1925, 29.87in; 1926, 25.34in; 1927, 38.031n; 1928, 24.43in; 1929, 32.75in: 1930, 37.30in; 1931, 31.11in: 1932, 36.821n; 1933, 29.04in: 1934, 29.28in; 1935, 21.57in; 1936, 36.37in: 1937, 32.10in; 1938, 31.33in; 1939, 21.57in.
Sept., Aug,. Sept., 1940. 1940. 1939. Average maximum , .. 50 54 56 Average minimum , 40 39 41 Highest recorded . 70 66 65 Lowest recorded .. 32 32 37
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24417, 1 October 1940, Page 3
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376WEATHER IN SEPTEMBER Otago Daily Times, Issue 24417, 1 October 1940, Page 3
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