TiiEiiis has been a more satisfactory rainfall in this district during the past year than in tho previous ono, when it was far below tho average. Tho corresponding monthly totals for tho two years aro as follow: — 1901 1902 January .. 327 4-27 February .. 250 052 March .. 2-93 2-88 April .. .. 2-20 4-91 May .. .. 1-53 4-86 June .. .. 2-83 8-48 July .. .. 8-11 2-11 August .. 3-77 3-87 September .. 1-28 805 October .. 1-25 2-87 November .. I' ( j6 1-81 December .. 278 5-24 34-23 44-67 In the year 1900 the total rainfall was 45"5 d, so that tho return for 1902 is much tho same. In 1900 too, as in this year, there was good rain in the month of December —a time of the year when humidity is of great value, both to to the grazier and to tho agriculturist.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 7349, 31 December 1902, Page 2
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