SEPTEMBER RAINS
LOWEST FOR 10 YEARSSPRING FIGURES LIGHT NINE MONTHS’ COMPARISON Rainfall registered in Gisborne during September was lower than for any of the past 10 years, there being a total of _l.2J.in. recorded, as against 5.32 in. in September, 1935. The total fall for the nine months of the year is only slightly below the average for the past 40 years, but exceptional falls during the autumn gave the year an excellent start, the figures from April to September, inclusive, on the other band, having fallen well below the averages- of the period during which rainfall records have been preserved in this district. Eleven days of September, 1936, brought showers of rain, but the largest individual recording was not much above a quarter of an inch, and most of the falls were of less than one-tenth of an inch. The details of recordings are as under: September 2, .09in. ; September 3, .25in.; September 4, ,09in.; September 7, ,06in.; .September 10, .02in.; September 13, .13in.: September 23, .OTiin.: .September 24, .29in.; September 25, ,03in.; September 2-7, .21in. ; September 28. .Olin.; total, 1.21 in. The average rainfall for September in Gisborne is 3in, The. following table of recordings for the first nine months of ihe past three years affords an interesting comparison:
HANGAROA RECORDINGS LOWEST FOR SIX YEARS Rainfall recorded during September at Hangaroa, on Air. R. C. Barker’s gauge, totalled 3.36 in., compared with b.4om. for September, 1955. The fall last month was the lowest for the past six years, and probably over an even longer .-pan. Twelve days were rainy during the month. The total rainfall recorded at Hangaroa for nine months up to September 30 was 44.74 in., whereas for the same period lust year the records showed a total of 51.57iu
Month 1934 1935 1936 Avg Ins. Ins. Ins. Ins. January ... 2.28 1.12 4.36 2.69 Fobrnavy ... 4.89 4.89 10.86 3.46 March ... .60 3.90 5.45 4.41 April ... 1.01 4.76 2.86 4.05 May ... 2.38 3.39 2.81 5.38 .7 unn ... 2.03 6.91 2.15 4.90 July ... 4.29 6.28 3.83 5.06 August ... 2.61 2.10 2.43 4.32 September ... 2.13 5.32 1.21 3.00 Totals ... 28.59 38.67 35.96 37.27
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19134, 1 October 1936, Page 4
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354SEPTEMBER RAINS Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19134, 1 October 1936, Page 4
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