THE WETTEST YEAR
WELLINGTON EXPERIENCE OVER 62 INCHES RECORDED (By Telegrann.—pr.p?s xssnriatlon) WELLINGTON, Thursday With three days yet to go. the year 1938 at 9 o'clock this morning established the record of being the wettest year in the past 49 years of Wellington’s meteorological history. The station at which recordings have been made over the longest continuous period is the Karori Reservoir, where observations were begun in January, 1890. Up to and including the 9 a.m. reading to-day, the total rainfall this year at Karori was C2.05in.. as against the previous highest yearly total of 62.01in. in 1928. Thus, with more rain yet expected this year, the record has been broken by .04in.
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Waikato Times, Volume 123, Issue 20692, 30 December 1938, Page 4
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113THE WETTEST YEAR Waikato Times, Volume 123, Issue 20692, 30 December 1938, Page 4
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