SIX YARDS OF RAIN
MILFORD SOUND’S RECORD. With a total rainfall last year of 214.9 inches, or nearly six yards, Milford Sound was easily the wettest place in the country. The rainfall records are kept there by the manager of the hostel, and his figure for the year, which was published in the Gazette, had a clearcut win over the many figures supplied from other parts of New Zealand. Upper Mangorei came second with 157 inches and Otira third with 140.54 inches.
The record for the wettest day goes to Maraehako, Opotiki, where on February; 15.11 inches of rain felt Otira and Arthur’s Pass are next with about 10 inches apiece on rainy days in January. . ■ ’ ; ■
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 August 1931, Page 5
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116SIX YARDS OF RAIN Taranaki Daily News, 24 August 1931, Page 5
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