Whangarei’s Rainfall Just Over Average For March
In Whangarei, March was about an average month as far as rainfall was concerned. The total was 6.05 ins., whereas the average for the month over the past 10 years is 5.18 ins. There werp 14 days of recordable rain.
The wettest March during these 10 years was in 1935, when 11.51 ins. fell, and the driest in 1930, when only .79 in. was recorded. THE FALL AT RUATANGATA. The March rainfall at Ruatangata was 5.73 inches, 2.85 inches of which fell on the 26th. There were 16 days of recordable rain. For the corresponding month last year, the total registered was 4.76 inches, 2.78 inches on. the 25th being the maximum day’s fall and there were 15 wet days.
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Northern Advocate, 1 April 1937, Page 2
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