FEBRUARY WAS A SUNNY MONTH
There were only four days during February on which the sun failed to shine. The total hours of sunshine was .176, about 30 hours loss than the recording for January. The dav on which the sun shone most was February 4, 13 hours 36 minutes registering at the Karoro weather station. The rainiest day of rhe month was on the 23rd, on which day 1.24 inches fell. The total rainfall for the month was 4.42 inches, this falling on 12 days. The maximum temperature for February averaged 61 degrees, although a figure much higher than that, 76.7 degrees, was registered on the fourth day. The minimum screen and grass temperatures occurred on the same day, February 22. The screen minimum temperature for the day was 44.3 degrees, and the grass minimum was 39.3 degrees.
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Grey River Argus, 1 March 1948, Page 6
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