THE RAINFALL.
CONTINUANCE FORECASTED. j A light rain began to fall shortly after eleven o'clock last nigni. and today developed into a steady downpour. Records at the Observatory, Hagley Park, show that from twenty niiiiutos past eleven la-it night to one (.'chick this morning 0.30 inches oi' rani ioI!. Tlie vain ceased then until 7.15 a.m., and from that time to 9.30 a.m. th-re was a. further fall of 0.21."> inches, makinp; the total for the vwenty-iour hc.'.irs ending 9.30 a.m. to-day 0.-li nieces. Welcome as the tall is, it is l>y no means sufficient. and a rapidly risim.; barometer at midd:'.y fom-asied a rontitmanee of the showery condition,-.. The heaviest rainfall during the past six months was on \lav 31, wh-en 1.100 inches were recorded. Tlie fain on' October 20 (O.oiiO inches) and on November 9 (0.722 inches) also exceeded this morning's total. The rain is reported to be general throughout the province. A curious, fact about yesterday's ifmperature i.-> that the maximum heat was experienced mi ,lato in the day as f1.1.> p.m. Vet within an hou.- the temperature fell lo decrees.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11574, 18 December 1915, Page 6
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184THE RAINFALL. Star (Christchurch), Issue 11574, 18 December 1915, Page 6
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