RAINFALL IN APRIL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18388, 2 May 1923, Page 10

RAINFALL IN APRIL.

[TOTAL* 5.73 inches;

MUCH ABOVE THE AVERAGE.

RECORDED, IN TEN DAYS.

;:V The ■ total 7 rainfall 7: in Auckland daring April, 'i'as';.'. registered ;at the Albert ; Park Observatory '■. by the official observer; Captain; W. , Whiteford,s was 5.73 in., which, is nearly. four times as great as the rainfall for March and considerably greater than the average for. the month, -which, is 3.30 in. It is higher also than the total for April, 1922, which was 4.16 in. : l The * month was characterised 7by exceptionally ; heavy downpours, the total having been ■ recorded during 10 ; days. The heaviest fall on any one day was-that on Thursday; April '< 19, when the fall* for the 24 ;^oura: ended nine o'clock ; the next morning Tvas2.34in. This -was the heaviest day's : fall , experienced .;• this year," beating the next heaviest fall, that of January 25. by 20 points. ;! There were four days last 'month on ■which? no sunshine was recorded. Id The rainfall for ; the first four months of this year totalled 17.78 in., compared with 20.52 in. ;, for. = the ."; corresponding • period A of lost year, a :decrease of 2.74 in. The following table shows the falls for the first four months of this year and, of the three previous years :— , ' 1923 1922 1921'. 1920 January fy v V 6.44 3.91 3.07 55 February ~■ 3.85 6.25 2.37 4.59 March *. 1.76 « 6,20 : 1.37 4.18 April k . 5.73 4.16 2.92 6.12 17.78 20.52 ■ 9/73 19^44