LIGHTER RAIN
OCTOBER'S FIGURES The monthly ruin fall total for Oetoh-w was over an inch under the average f"*J '•limn for the month during the past ,65 years. The average was 2.00 in., and last -"onth’s recording was 1.33 in., which was also Bin. below the figure for the corresponding month of 1043, 4,S9in. The falls were very light throughout the month, the heaviest 24-hour fall being .41 in. Tlmve were 11 wet days. Totals for the -first 10 months of this year, 1913 and 1942 >vevm
Totals .. 29. Cl 43.05 41.86 37.12 A very much greater number of hours of sunshine were registered last month, the total, 212.4 hours, exceeding that of October. 1943, by 21.8 hours. Last month’s figure was also nine hours greater than September’s sunshine. The total for this year up to the end of last month was 1932.1, compared with 1789.7 hours during the same period of 1943.
I'M 2 1043 1044 Av. in. in. in. in. January .. 3.32 3.41 5.00 2.76 v «brnary .. 3.25 2.50 2.51 3.56 . . .. 1.30 14.80 4.23 April . . .. 1.00 3.53 2.06 3.83 **ny .. 2.0' 5.05 5.03 5.12 June .. 2.70 4.65 1.89 4.05 July .. 5..SO 2.03 3.15 5.11 Aunu:vt .. r.. o t 5.18 3.27 4.27 September .. 1.S7 7.40 0.03 2.00 October . . 1.20 4.39 1.33 2.00
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21552, 3 November 1944, Page 5
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213LIGHTER RAIN Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21552, 3 November 1944, Page 5
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