People who arc inclined to make comparisons of tho weather here with that experienced, say, in Auckland, to the disadvantage of Now Plymouth, should read the following comparison of weather reports for November in the two places. Auckland had rain on 23 days, totalling 5.32 inches; New Plymouth, 22 days, 71)85 inches. Auckland had 171 hours of sunshine. New Plymouth 189 hours, Auckland’s mean temperature for tho month was 59.9 degrees, Now Plymouth's 5(3.2 degrees, or only 3.7 degrees lower. In tho matter of wind Auckland fared little or no better than New Plymouth, tho report saying that tho month was exceedingly windy and stormy, an nnnsualy largo number of days having been experienced on which high winds and even gales blew for hours at a time.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144853, 3 December 1915, Page 7
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127Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144853, 3 December 1915, Page 7
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