Shannon

Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 264, 6 November 1941, Page 7

Shannon

(From Our Own Correspondent.) Mrs. W. Moynihan, who was staying in Wellington xor tne ‘xrenenam races, returned nome on Sunday mgnt. xvev. E. F. Busn, accompanied oy Mrs. Busn text on monuay to attend the General Assembly ox the Presbyterian Church of xsew z<eaiand whien opeued at Timaru on xuesuay. Mr. Busn will away xor a iorungut. Mrs. xven xxenry, tv no was a ween-end visitor to ttnannon, returned to Wellington on monuay accompanied oy ner mocner, Mrs. Gunning, our. Mr. and Mrs. a. irerry, x'lmuner Terrace, commenced their journey to Cnristcnurcn on Wednesday (vnere they will spend a xortnignt s Holiday. Mrs. j. nanam is staying at xtotorua.

in common witn otner districts, ttnannon nas nad its wet period xor uuring tne months of August, September and Cccouer, which equals 92 days—6o of these were wet and tne rainiali for the past ten montus was 45.7 inenes whereas xor tne wnoie of last year it was only •±2.62 in. Octooer, 1941, was tne wettest Octooer since 1920. Tne measured rainfall at Mangoare for Octooer, 1941, was 6.81 m wnich fell on 21 days, for Octooer, 194 U, 4.58in on 13 days and Octooer, 1939, 2.79in on 12 days, lhe neaviest rainiali on any one day was 3.21in on tne 9th. At No. 1 dam, Mangahao, 14.64in fell during Octooer, 1941, 27 days being wet, in October, 1940, 15.96in fell on -3 days and 10.7in on 21 days in Octooer, 1939.

Temperatures recorded in the shade at Shannon for the month of October were as follows, those in parenthesis being for October, 1940: The hignest day temperature was 67 deg. ou the 14th (69 deg. on the 20th) and the lowest 55 deg. on the 7th (53 deg. on the 9th). The highest night temperature was 56 deg. on the 3rd (56 deg. on the 17th and 18th) and the lowest 41 deg. on the 17th (36 deg. on the 3rd). Mr. J. Hallani supplied these figures.