DRY SEPTEMBER

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 60, Issue 4341, 9 October 1950, Page 5

DRY SEPTEMBER

WEATHER IN PAEROA 1.67 INCHES OF RAIN 28.86 INCHES THIS YEAR Only on three occasions during' the past 37 years has the month >of (September in Paeroa been as dry as the last September, when the rainfall for the month was only >. 1.67 inches as against an average of 3.67 token over 37 years. September of 1914 was a record (for the rainfall was but .86 of an inch. In September, 1922, only 1.34 inches of rain were recorded and in 1940 1.46 indicts of rain fell’in Paeroa during September. There were 13 days on which rain fell last month bringing the total rainfall this year to the end of Sep- - ' tember to 28.86 inches which is well * below the average of 39.70 inches recorded over the past 37 years. Only one frost was recorded m Paeroa during the month of September last and that on September 2 when

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which he has won, while he was* placed by the judge on 38 occasions. During his racing career Betterman has raced over a distance of 158 miles and 5 furlongs, while his stake earnings amount to £5232. It would be interesting to knowhow many miles Betterman has travelled on trains and floats to reach all the meetings he has raced at. Looking into his record, it must be several thousand, as Jie has raced at widely spaced places as Whangarei and Riccarton.

Year Inches Raindays 1914 .86 1915 5.22 — 1916 1.88 8 1917 5.25 12 J 1918 2.69 15 1919 2J53 10 1920 3.92 13 1921 2.02 7 '* 1922 1.34 9 1923 3.91 15 1924 4.15 8 1925 , 4.56 24 1926 3.06 15 1927 3.17 17 ■ 1928 5.27 22 1929 2.55 14 1930 3.59 ' 24 1931 5.34 | 21 * 1932 2.75 1 14 . 1933 7.10 18 1934 6.54 16 1935 4.29 16/ 1936 3.61 25 1937 2.84 18 1938 3.97 22 ’ 1939 4.36 17 1940 1.46 20 1941 2.78 16 1942 5.44 22 1943 5.99 28 1944 1.68 13 1945 4.93 14 1946 6.19 15 1947 2.88 16 1948 ' 2.77 14 . 1949 3.33 13 1950 1.67 13