SLIGHT RAIN

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 29, 4 December 1945, Page 5

SLIGHT RAIN

DRYING WIND FOLLOWS LINE SPELL CONTINUES The rainfall last Saturday amounted to barely .30 inches according to the local guage. The fall was hardly sufficient to do lasting good to the fast-dry-ing pastures in the Easternßßaty t and it was further ' nullified by the drying wind which blrw continuously the day following. As a result November has registered the lowest fall for the figures for the weekend being the only taste of rain for the whole month. Prior to this registration a fall of a little over half an inch was recorded on October 26 bringing the total for over six weeks to .80 inches. Reports from many of the outlying districts indicate that the rain has hlone little more than to sei'vc as a short refresher. In many cases there is the gravest concern already as to the possible outcome of the long unbroken spell which continues to show little or no prospect of breaking. "What we need on the Plains/' said one district farmer to a Beacon representative yesterday "is three or four days unbroken Avet weather, so that the mositure gets a real chance to sink in." This view appears, to be a general one though the same individuals are of the opinion that the chances of such a wet spell coming before Christinas are remote. In this contention 4hey are backed by Maori observers who claim that the sultry warm weather now with the low-lying haze is the usual recedent for a continuation of the settled dr}' weather. At Ohope Beach the water shortage for those who tlepend entirely on tank .supply is already acute. In many baches there remain only a few rungs of water and as many are permanent residents the greatest caro has Lo be e.yercised to avoid waste. Several residents are already carrying water from springs and streams.

MEAGRE RAINFALL

FIGURES FROM EDGECUMBE

In F/dgecumbe live total fall for the moillh of November amounted lo .41 inchcs. When compared with the average rainfall for November over the past ten years (3.91. inches) it Avill be seen that only one,-ninth Ihe normal amount of rain /ell. Tire total fall for the year to date stands at 51.80.