THE WEATHER

Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10230, 8 January 1927, Page 5

THE WEATHER

SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER'

REMARKABLE CONDITIONS DURING MONTH.

WELLINGTON, Jan. 7

Tilt following is the weather summary for the month of December supplied by the Government Meteorological Office: The rainfall during December was above the average over most parts of the Dominion, but was strikingly deficient in other districts. The falls were excessive at Auckland and other places near had two and a-half times their usual rainfall. Hamilton had less than the usual average fall for December. The same striking contrast is seen in comparing the total quantities in Poverty Bay and Hawke's Bay, Gisborne having two and a-half times its usual average and Napier 60 per cent, above usual, while other places inland had less than the average. Again, Dunedin had double its usual average quantity, while Invercargill had about half. The rainfall was below the average on the West Coast of the"-South Island and in-some parts of the North Island. Southerly winds and cold changeable conditions prevailed during the first week of the month owing to the passage of a storm eastward of New Zealand. A barometric pressure of 28.97 inches was reported from the Chatham Islands on the morning of December 3. while the barometric pressure in. New Zealand averaged \ inch higher. On December 11 a westerly disturbance passed in the south and accounted for strong north-west winds. Another westerly disturbance passed in the south on December 20 and two disturbances were in evidence about Ohristmastide, the one in the o south accounting for very heavy downpours. These two disturbances neutralised each other, however, so far as the wind was concerned, but together accounted for the mild, dull and wet weatiler generally. Conditions were backward on the whole, and haymaking was greatly interfered with in many parts of the country.—P.A.