COAST RAINFALL

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20862, 14 August 1942, Page 6

COAST RAINFALL

LOWER FALLS RECORDED Rainfall returns from meteorological stations on the East Coast show, with one exception, that the falls were lower last month than in July, 1941. Ruangarehu station was th<? only place on the Coast which registered more rain last month than for the same period last year. At Pakihiroa station, 16.231 n. fell on 17 days, compared with 18.35 in. on 10 days for the same period last year. Last month’s heaviest 24-hour fall was recorded on July 1, with 4.21 in. The

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total fall from January 1 to the end of last month inclusive is 51.71 in., a figure which is well below that of 34.87 in. for the first seven months of 1941. Matarau station, too, is well below iast year’s total, having recorded only 36.77 in. for the year up to the end of last month, in, comparison with last 'year’s 64.84 in. On 17 days last month U.o7in fell/while for the same period last year a slightly higher figure, 11.88 in., was registered. The heaviest 24-hour fall, 3.04 in., was recorded on I July 1. It was reported that on the night of July 24 a gale from the south and south-east caused considerable damage to small buildings and plantations. The return from Rukuhanga station, near Cape Runaway, indicates a total Lor the month of 3.47 in. over a period of 10 days, as compared with 7.32 in. on nine days last year. The heaviest 24-hour fall was ,81in. and was registered on July 5. The total for the year so far, 18.13 in., is less than half the quantity which had fallen up to the same time last year. Five frosts were reported, with snow on the back ranges, otherwise the weather was mild. With the heaviest 24-hour fall, 4.4 in„ on July 24, Ruangarehu station reported a total of 9.G7in. of rain on 15 days, as compared with 7.12 in. on 14 aays last year. This s.atLn, m addition to oemg tne only one on the Coast with a higher fall than last year, was also the only one with a total for the year which exceeded that of the same period last year. From January 1 to July 31, inclusive, 34.35 in. was recorded, while last year the total was ;i4.o6in.