YEAR'S RAINFALL
THE AVERAGE EXCEEDED DECEMBER UNUSUALLY WET Although the total rainfall for the past year of 50.91 in. was about lOin. less than the total for 1935, it was well above the average. Official figures of the rainfall are not yet available, the figures given being based on records taken in the city by the Herald gauge. The rainfall for the past month of December totalled 3.31 in., which is nearly an inch more than the average for the month. The average rainfall for the past 80 years is 44.50 in. In 1935 the total fall was 60.57 in., which was the largest since 1926. About three inches of the past year's total was recorded during the past few days.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22616, 2 January 1937, Page 11
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121YEAR'S RAINFALL New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22616, 2 January 1937, Page 11
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