RECORD RAINFALL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 27, 1 February 1930, Page 14

RECORD RAINFALL.

SOAKING JANUARY. WORST FOR 46 YEARS. SIXTY POINTS PER DAY. The first month of this year has bccu one of frowning skies for Auckland, and the elements to-day are not.in promising mood for February. January was an abnormally wet period, the rainfall being 5.63 inches over the average for the month and 95 points over the highest previously recorded in 46 years. Rain fell on fourteen days, the maximum rainfall in any 24 hours being 1.74 inches on the 21st. The total for the month was 8.40 inches, or an average of 60 points per day. The barometer showed a mean for the month of 29.893 inches. The mean maximum temperature in the shade was 73 degrees (Fah.), and the mean minimum 60., The extreme maximum was 78 or; the 27th, the extreme minimum 53, and the average 65.5. The exposed thermometers showed a mean solar raliation of 140 degrees, the maximum being 148 on the 26th. Bright sunshine was below the average, with a total of 209 hours 5 minutes, the maximum being 13 hours 10 minutes on the 23rd. Westerly winds prevailed and contributed to a cooler temperature than usual. Thunder was heard on four days. Generally speaking, the heavy rainfall was due to a succession of tropical downpours, that on the 21st being the heaviest experienced in the city for several years.