BAROMETER.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4447, 10 August 1909, Page 2

BAROMETER.

inches Mean for month 30.59 Maximum reading for month on 15th and 16th July ~ .. 30-50 Minnimutr reading for month on 4th July .. .. .. 29.50 Extreme range 1.00 TEMPERATURE IN SHADE Fahr. Mean maximum ~ .. .» 60 Mean Minimum 41 Approx mean for month .. .. 50 Mean daily range 19 Extreme maximum .. .. 66 Extreme minimum .. • • 32 Extreme range .. .. .. 34 CLOLD. Mean amount for month (0 clear sky ; 10 overcast) 6. 0 to 10 RAIN. Total rainfall .. 9.60 inches Maximum rainfall in any 24 hours on the 9th inat., 2.95 in. No. of days on which rain fell 19 days. REMARKS.

The month was characterised by generally wet and stormy weather with the heaviest rainfall so far recorded for July, viz., 9.60 inches for 19 wet days, an increase of three inches over the rainfall for July 1908, when 6.59 inches were recorded for a period of 21 wet days. The heaviest day’s rain was on the 9th, when 2.95 inches fell. A violent gale was experienced on the 3rd and 4th insts., with heavy rain, 2.50 inches tailing on the 3rd, and the wind hjpwing with almost cyclonic fury. High winds were also experienced on 17th and 18th insts. GEO. McGIRR, Observer.