Driest Month On Record
i ■ K The month which has just * fi closed was the driest March on a i record in Whaugarei. Only .69in. a i was recorded, compared with the * 1 average over the past 10 years of s ! 5.50 in. « i * i The heaviest March fall ever * 5 recorded in Whangarei was in | { 1920, when 12.26 ins. were regis- a i tered, while up to last month the s ® driest Marcli was in 1930, the fall a b then being only .79in. *
s g i In March last year the fall was B \ 6.05 in., in March, 1936, it was li a 5.90 in., and in March, 1935, 11.51 ! 8 in. I i *
g Last night there was a change * a in the weather and some rain 8 fell but not in any great quantity, i ! s k r ihe fall at Ruatangata was ■ _ *1 , even less than it was at Wha- * 8 . ii ngarei, only .66 in. being re- # a corded, as against 5.73 inches for jj i March last year. The maximum * ■ SI * fall was on March 5, when .15in. ji a fell. There were nine days on jj I which recordable rain fell. \ ■ \ • ■•BiiianßiiHaaamHHßßiggaigtiß
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Northern Advocate, 1 April 1938, Page 6
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