HIGHEST FOR 60 YEARS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19622, 3 May 1938, Page 15

HIGHEST FOR 60 YEARS

GISBORNE APRIL RAINFALL 10IN RECORDED ON 20 DAYS DOUBLE THE AVERAGE Gisborne’s rainfall last month, 10.29 in on 20 days, was the highest total for April for over 60 years. On only one other occasion, in 1929, had Gisborne had so many wet days in April. The 10.29 in was gauged at the harbour signal station, the aerodrome's total being 8.15 in. There were 12 successive wet days towards the end of the month.

Exceptionally Wet Aprils

Since rainfall records were first kept in Gisborne in 1878 exceptionally wet Aprils have 'been experienced as follows:

For the four months of the year to date Gisborne's rainfall totalled 22.93 in, as compared with 12.17 in in the same period last year.

Daily Readings Compared

A comparison of the individual daily readings for April at the signal station and the aerodrrome is given below:— Signal Aerostation. drome.

r Four Months’ Rainfall The rainfall recorded in Gisborne for the first four months of 1936, 1937 and 1938 is shown below, together with the averages for these months, estimated over a period of 60 years:—

Year. Wet days. Total 1938 20 inches. 10.29 1895 19 10.18 1883 19 10.00 1929 20 8.63 1918 14 8.51 1899 17 8.03

April in. in. 1 93 .56 2 36 .11 3 12 .05 5 03 .02 9 09 .21 13 04 .04 14 09 .11 15 90 .87 17 07 .11 18 27 .16 19 .09 .05 20 03 .06 21 .02 — 22 .04 .01 23 .98 .53 24 ... 4.92 3.59 25 34 .72 26 .51 .38 27 .04 .04 28 .42 .53 Total ... .. . 10.29 8.15

1936 1937 1938 Avg. in. in. in. in. January . 4.36 5.15 2.69 2.76 February . . 10.86 .73 9.96 3.59 March . 5.43 2.97 2.13 4.31 April . 3.86 3.32 8.15 3.91 Total . 23.51 12.17 22.93 14.57