SOLWAY RAINFALL
FIGURES FOR DECEMBER. Mr H. M. Boddington reports that rain was measured at Solway on 14 days in December, the maximum fall being 39 points on the 18th, and the minimum 2 points on the 25th. The total for the month was 2.85 inches, as against 1.09 (1940), 3.03 (1939), 4.95 (1938), 1.69 (1937), 3.12 (1936); average for 38 years, 3.1 inches. The rainfall for 12 months was 43.96 inches, as compared with 36.51 (1940), 29.57 (1939), 47.33 (1938), 32.60 (1937) and 44.09 (1936). The average for 38 years is 39.50 inches. The following is a summary of the rainfall for 1941: —
Month Days Rainfall Inches January 12 3.61 February 10 3.94 March 13 3.87 April 12 2.60 May 9 5.01 June 19 5.04 July 15 2.91 August 26 6.41 September 12 2,36 October 17 3.98 November 16 1.38 December 14 2.85 ■ — I 1 ■— Totals 175 43.96
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 January 1942, Page 8
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