WEATHER AT HOME.
RAINFALL BELOW AVERAGE. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, March 12. The heavy rain which occurred during the week-end, and forecasts indicating a continuance of unsettled weather, with snow and sleet in the north and further rain in the south of England, have somewhat lessened anxiety regarding water supplies, particularly in rural districts where restrictions have been enforced. Thunderstorms occurred in many parts on Saturday and _ Sunday. A summer drought in Britain often ends in thunderstorms, but it is unusual for a long spell of drought in January and February in England to be followed by thunderstorms in March. Statistics compiled by the meteorological section of the Air Ministry show that the rainfall over England and Wales has been less than the average for no less than nine out of the last 11 months. In December the rainfall was only 29 per cent, of the average a.nd in February only 22 per cent, of tile average for those months.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 89, 14 March 1934, Page 7
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