WEATHER REPORT.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 October 1915, Page 6

WEATHER REPORT.

FOR SEPTEMBER. < (Taken daily at 9 a.m. Altitude of i weather station, IGOft.). i We are indebted to Mr. W. W. Smith, 1 ; in charge of the Pukekura Park weather I station, for the following report:— Although September is the month of I the vernal equinox (Sept. 1 to October , I 12) the month was extremely mild and J comparatively free from strong equinoci tial winds and heavy rains. The after- , ! noon and night of the 29th and all day j on the 30th were the only dates on which steady fresh winds blew and sharp showers fell with a lowering temperaI ture. A feature of the daily temperaj ture records was the uniformly high readings of the maximum dry and wetj bulb thermometers. The cloud phenoj mena of the month comprised chiefly cumulus. On the 3rd Mount Egmont showed its perfect form covered thinly and closely with these clouds from base to summit. On the morning of the 4th cirrus clouds were very fine. From 10 to 1 o'clock cumuhjs clouds followed which were succeeded for 3 hours by alto-cumulus, the day ending with dense stratus clouds around Mount Egmont j and seawards indicating heavy rain. Atmospheric disturbances in lightning and thunder storms occurred oh the sth j and 15th. An earthquake occurred at 2 a.m. on the Ist. Rain fell on 19 days, the highest on oue day 0.072 in on the 23rd, the lowest 0.004. on the Sth. Total 4.oj'Jin. The highest reading of the maximum (dryi thermometer was 72 deg. on the 2-"jlli., the lowest 57dcg. on the 10th. The highest minimum shade I thermometer registered G2deg. on the j 15th, the lowest 42deg. on the sth. The : maximum wet-bulb thermometer regis- ' tered OCdeg. on the 25th, the lowest ' 40de»\ on the 19th. The solar radiator ' i-iu'n'.-; heat) gave 143d*g. on the 25th, 1 being the highest, and llOdeg, on the ! 13th the lowest. The sunshine recorder I'L-corded,Ohrs. fiSmins. on the 30tli, and | rtmin, on tin' 11th. Total for month !11 (Jhr. KJmin. There ivc-re four sunless I days. The terrestrial thermometer (Sin. from grass) registered .'iOdtg. on ] four mornings, and uJdeg., the lowest. ' on the Sth. i