METEOROLOGICAL.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4459, 7 September 1909, Page 2

METEOROLOGICAL.

ABSTRACT FOR MONTH OF JULY,

BAROMETER,

inches Mean for month .. .. .. 29.97 Maximum reading for month on 13th August .. .. 30-50 Minnimum reading for month on 2nd August (remarkably low reading) .. .. .. .. 29.10 Extreme range .. .. . - 1.40 TEMPERATURE IN SHADE. Fahr Mean maximum .. .. .. 59 Mean Minimum .. .. .. 42 Approx mean for month .. .. 51 Mean daily range 17 Extreme maximum .. .. 04 Extreme minimum .. .. 00 Extreme range 0 - , CLOUD. Mean amount for month (0 clear sky ; 10 overcast) .. .. 5 RAIN. Total xainfa 1 ! .. .. 16.26 inches Maximum rainfall in any 24 hours on the 28th inst., 6.25 in. No. of days on which rain fell 21 days

REMAKES,

A boisterous wet month w Ith a phenomenal rainfall of 16.2(3, inches for 21 wet days, th,e average fall distributed in month being over half an inch per day. Heavy rain marked the commencement and end of the month, 2 80 inches falling on the first day, but the heaviest day’s fall was on 28th inst.,. when GJ inches were recorded. These figures are interesting when compared with those for the corresponding month of last, yaar, when the total rainfaH for August was 4.15 inches distributed over 13 wet days, and the heaviest day’s fall in that per_od being, 1,54 inches. The middle of the month was characterised by mild keen weather. A sharp hail-storm was ex}*erienced on the 17th, and on the 18th a ight mantle of snow capped the surrounding ranges.

GEO. McGIRR, Observer,