Rainfall for July.

Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 18, 29 August 1905, Page 3

Rainfall for July.

We are m receipt of the meteorological returns for tbe month of July, published by the Meteorological Department- They make very interesting reading, and must help to dispel to a large extent the idea common m the nor- - them parts of the colouy that Southland is a wet looality. - The figures are as follows :— Place. Days of Rain. Total Fall. Inches. InvercargiU .. 11 „ 1.22 Christchurch .. 14 .. 1.86 Timaru ..13 .. 217 Wellington . . . . 2 19 Dunedin ;'.""" 14 . . 2.22 Stewart Iriand . . 18 . . 2.51 Auckland .. 18 .. 3.70** Nelson .. 11 .. 4.98 New Plymouth .. 24 .. 5.17 Rotorua .. IS .. 7.45 Hokitika .. 18 .. 12.27 Comparison for 12 months— lst August, 1904, to 31st July, 1905 ;— Place. Total M'thlyAv'geN Inches. Inches. Christchurch .. 34.92 2.91 Nnlson .. 37.30 3.11 Auckland .. 40.34 3.36 InvercargiU . . 40.54 3 38 Dunedin . . 47 59 8.96 Rotorua .. 57.10 4.76 Stewart Island .. 57.31 4.78 Wellington .. 58.10 4.92 New Plymouth .. 54.52 5.38 Hokitika „ 106.82- 8.90