PHENOMENAL RAINFALL.
SEVERE APRIL STORM. HIGH SOUTH ISLAND FIGURES*. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON. "WednesdayIn his notes on the weather for April, Dr. E. Kidson, director of meteorological services, stated that although the weather for the greater part of April was fin# and mild, with an absence of strong winds, there were three stormy periods and a fourth commencing at the end of t.he month. Two of the storms were of unusual severity. The first of the storms occurred on April 2 and 3, about Cook Strait and was the rtiost severe northerly gale recorded for many years. - Rain was practically general, but in the Tararua Mountains and where the ranges of Northern Nelsou and Marlborough faced the wind directly the falls were of unprecedented magnitude. Unfortunately the total fall was registered at few "stations owing to the gauges overflowing or being washed away. Some of the total registrations for the two days were over 8.75 in. at Collingwood, over 24.05 in. at. Bainham (near Collingwood), 16.84 in. at Kararnea, 10.21 inches at Millerton, 15.15 in. at Tiroroa (near Westport), 11.17 in. at Otira and 13.55 in. at Yncyca Bay, Pelorus Sound.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20866, 7 May 1931, Page 8
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PHENOMENAL RAINFALL.
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20866, 7 May 1931, Page 8
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