ABNORMAL DROUGHT
SOUTHLAND’S PLIGHT LESS THAN INCH OF RAIN (Per Press Association.) INVERCARGILL, this day. April, 1938, in Invercargill will be remembered as one of the driest months through which the city has ever passed. Only .70in. of rain fell, and of that amount ,52ins. fell on four days. There were 19 days without rain, and on seven other days the fall was more or less negligible.
Taken over a period of 50 years the average rainfall for April was 4.14 inches, and for the last four years 2.99 inches. It can be seen from these figures that the low rainfall last month was an abnormal one, and its effect has been reflected in a water shortage in some districts and the electric power position.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19622, 3 May 1938, Page 5
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125ABNORMAL DROUGHT Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19622, 3 May 1938, Page 5
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