A COLD JULY

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1039, 1 August 1930, Page 10

A COLD JULY

FROSTS IN PAST MONTH MANY HOURS OF SUNSHINE Although July was colder than usual, there was as much bright sunshine this year as Auckland has enjoyed in the past. Yesterday three degrees of frost was registered in the grass at the Albert Park observatory, and snow had been reported earlier in the week on the Waitakeres, a most unusual occurrance. In spite of this, the sun shone brightly in Auckland for 101 hours 5 minutes during July, on only two days failing to pierce the clouds.

South-westerly winds predominated during the month, and wet and wintry conditions resulted. A southerly storm on Sunday and Monday last was accompanied by unusually low temperatures over the whole of the Dominion, snowfalls in southern districts being particularly heavy, and even Auckland City coming in for a few flakes. Heavy frosts have been recorded in the province during the past week. Following the two coldest days of the month, Tuesday and Wednesday last, when the temperature fell to 34 degrees, yesterday brought the longest day of bright sunshine with 8 hours 25 minutes. In the night, however, the temperature fell below freezing point. The mean maximum daylight temperature in the shade for July was 55 degrees and the minimum 46. The mean barometric pressure was 29.991 in, the highest reading being 30.305 in on July 2, and the lowest 29.386 in on the 3 oth. The rainfall was below the average by 1.42 in, the amount recorded being 3.49 in. Rain fell on 23 days, the heaviest fall being on July 6, when .66in fell in the 24 hours. The total for the seven months of 1930 is below the average. Following are details of the rainfall during the first seven months of each

year since 1927:— 1930 1929 1928. 1927 January .. 8.40 1.38 .20 1.46 February .. 0.06 .61 1.61 5.5S March .24 5.62 3.45 April .. 2.85 4.62 4.90 3.93 May .. .. 4.10 10.11 5.29 .Tune .. 4.24 5.63 5.84 7.09 July .. 3.49 6.02 8.53 8.47 28.62 27.98 34.94 36.39