RAIN AND SUNSHINE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 157, 3 July 1916, Page 8

RAIN AND SUNSHINE.

- AN ABUNDANT RAINFALL. i ' TEMPERATURE REMAINS UIGII. Tho rainfall for thp month nt .hire as Tcjristered at the Albert I'ark obitTvatory exceeded the average by, over one and a-half inches. The report supplied by Mr. F.-A. Jl.iraett. Government meteorologist, shows that the weather fur i-he- n> vu > was aoraen'iiat phenomena!. Very little ■wet "weather was experienced during the first fortnight, only one inch being xecocded. in the latter part, of the month the total rainfall was increased to 6.30 in. This constitutes the maximum ■lor a month during the present year, while, with the exception of the record for March. 1015, of 7.27 in.. it is the highest registered in the past fonri years. The maximum fall iliirinjr the; 3 9 days on which wet weather was experienced "was that of 1.42 in. on June 22. The average for the month of June, taken over a period of 03 years. is 4.06 in.. the maximum being; 10.41 in. in June, ISS9. and the inminiirai 1.47 in. in June 1801 and 1913. The following table shows the rainfall for the first six months of the yew, with ■the corresponding records for the previous tlrree years, and the averages taken -over a periodof 63 years Aver--1913. 1914. 1015. 1016. ase. in. in. in. in. in. January.. 2.64 1.32 3.0H 2.W 2.52 February. 1.38 1.06 WVt n.r.l -J.Ki j .Maid) 2.34 2.2'J 7.27 :;.TS L..in April 1.48 4.21 -1.4r, ri.BB :i.2n fllay 4.:;? 4.71 ::.7'.i ."..Ol 4.:;'. i Jane 1.47 :i.32 4.4S 6.:v> 4.ti<; Totals. .13.6S 17.14 23.72 23.3 a 2m.01 The mean temperature for the month •was hijrher than the average lor June, the figures being .">o.7deg and 53.4deg. respectively. The figures for the three previous years were: I!H3. 40.8deg.; 1914. 51.3deg.; 1015. 53.8deg. ; A total of 118 hours 40 minutes sira-1 shine was experienced during tbo' Tiiontb, an average of •> minutes ' daily. For the corresponding ■ period | last* month then? were 11. hours sun- I shir.c. The temperature of t&o eftrth. ■which liad fallen from fl3de<r. in April to GUdeg. in May. fell further to 50d(?g., | the mean for the month Tieing tiO.tMeir. • ; The corrected barometer re,".din?s ■ showed that on Jinn- 11 the exception-] ally high maximum of ."O..r2in was registered. Tiie minimum reading was ! 2H.11:n.. recordeil on June 23. and the! mean for the month 30.00 m.