WET NOVEMBER

Waikato Times, Volume 123, Issue 20668, 1 December 1938, Page 10

WET NOVEMBER

HIGH TOTAL OF RAINFALL THREE INCHES OVER AVERAGE | One of the wettest Novembers in the history of Hamilton was experiI enced last month when 7.20in. of rain "were recorded. There is no parallel |to this in the past decade though in 1929 6.50in. fell during November. The average for the month is 4.09in. | The large total last month was mainly due to three abnormally heavy j falls. 1.15in. on November 2, 1.46in. lon November 3 and 1.94in. on November 30. On two other days, j November 4 and November 26, the 24 j hours total exceeded half-an-inch. ] An indication of the unusually heavy t amount of rain last month can he appreciated when it is noted that by November 11 the average rainfall for j the month had been exceeded. g Temperatures In November

The following temperatures wei recorded in the hall of a private res j dence in Hamilton last month: —Higl lest day, 74 degrees; lowest day, 61 I highest night, 64; lowest night, 51 average day, 69; average night, 59. The average day temperature f November 1937 was 69 and avera: night 56 degrees. a November records for period 192 c 1937 are:—Highest day, November b< 1934, 80.5; lowest day November la 1926, 59; highest night, November 1934, 66; lowest night, November 1925, 44.