WEATHER REPORT.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 August 1918, Page 2

WEATHER REPORT.

FOR MONTH OF JUtSL (Hecorded at Pukolturai Park: Mbteorolagteal! Station;;; Altitude' Hott)i For cold Intensity and almost continually storms from southern points: the month of July was probably unprecedented in the- history of the settlement ot Taranakf. The wind: directions given beneath, show them to hav« !' veered only front south-west to sourb>east, except on the 26th, when It veered to point south, south-east and blew with gale force and Intensely cold (3deg. above freezing)-, whlchi [ proved the coldest day of the winter. Hlgh--1 power field-glasses showed the high-Mowing strong dry winds to be drifting the dry snow Into Immense- masses around.tho crater mouth: and Into the crater of Mount Egmont. The winds from ail points recorded blew with great force and velocity. High, gates were recorded on 7 days. Thunder-storms were- recorded on 9dayj. Hall fell on the lowlands oa.ll days. Extremely fine snow was observed In the air In New Plymouth on 3 days. Bapidly driftingaqueouß clouds, or cloudiness, ranged from li on 2 days to 10 on the 6th (sunless). Notwithstanding the numeruos storms and dairyfrequency of passing cloud masses the sunshine recorded, as will be noted, recorded a. good daily averago sunshine. Following, aw, the records for the months:

Maximum temperature- 59deg.. om Ist,, Mir, 10th; 48deg. on 29th.

Minimum temperature:: 49deg;. on. 6th£ 30deg-. on 29th.

M 2 i 9th™" U; W6fc tUlb ' :: 50CleS - 0m 8Ut;: 39deg '

M „ lnimunl weE im ~ 48 <i<« on- lOtfi.,-: SMeg. on 29th.

Terrestrial- thermometer (3ln. from grass)": 45de ff . on Mth; 28%deg. on 22nd. ffrost (on anT 2M :: mBl OIL 20t,1, • 4%<ie& - om Siai

„? olar „ r „ adlJlto^ • (Sun's- heat);:: 128fleE. om 4tfc; 113 on 26th and' 2Bth. ' Sunshine recorder:: 11m Itimim on> llth>r Shr. 12min. on 27th.;; total,. 139hc. 48min; Thai 6th. was sunless.

M iJ al^r feU . on: 2J ****?■ 2 ' Ota's om 4tti and 29 *; f P°tat s . on Till.; total; 8.036 inches?