A WET MONTH

Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 120, 6 February 1923, Page 5

A WET MONTH

f JANUARY’S RAINFALL WELL ABOVE AVERAGE NEARLY SIX INCHES' i Last month was remarkable in, that • it was the wettest January experienced ! here for many years, and the humidity 1 <■* the atmosphere was abnormal tor 1 the city. During the month no less than 5.77 (over five .and three-quarter; . inches of rain fell in Wellington (the roeord is taken .at the Thorndon Observatory), which is 74 per cent, above tlje average rainfall for the month. Rain fell on .13 days out of the 31, i the heaviest fall being on January 21, when 1.69 inches were recorded. Though there was so much rain, January was not. a particularly dull month, for there were 169 hburs and 41 minutes of bright sunshine (registered, mostly before people stirred out of their beds). The longest bright spell was on January 7, when 13 hours of sunshine were •ecordeu. The mean barometrical pressure fox the month was 29.300 inches. The instrument recorded its highest reading on January 25 (30.026 inches) and its lowest on New Year's Day (29.532 biches). The mean temperature was 64.1 Fahr. The highest reading, 77.2, was recorded on Anniversary Day. and tho lowest on January 11. The average daily velocity of the wind was 221 miles. The maximum velocity, 549 miles, was achieved on January 26. The earth temperatures were: At Iff... 67.9; at 3ft.. 65.8. The above figures are culled from the report of the Director of tho Meteorological Officer (Air. D. C. Bates) to the‘Marine Department.