TE KARAKA RAINFALL
The rainfall recorded at Te Karaka during 1044 was the highest since records were first kept ill ISIHL The average yearly fall tor ,U years vis Jilin, and this amount was exceeded before file end of June; since the latter date the rainfall has been well below t),e average and file record for the year was not exceeded until the last week in December. , ~ , Monthly totals were as Pillows:anuin J. S‘llia. : February, J.tiiiin,; Mar>.i. li.fiJm., Anril. 2.29 in.: May, -Lfitlia. ; June. l.Sfiin. : Julv, ’ .I.Mlin.: August, 8.16 m.: September. \ iiiin • October. 1.25 in.; November. 1.88 m.; December, 1.79 in.: total, ,V2.X7iu. The previous highest, was .V2.6r.in. m 191.. The average of Tin. per week was execeded in 1916. 1917. 1928, 1943, and HUG The driest: year was 1921, when the total fall was 24,57 in.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21605, 6 January 1945, Page 4
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137TE KARAKA RAINFALL Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21605, 6 January 1945, Page 4
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