Wet, cloudy month
Last month was the wettest and cloudiest March on record in Christchurch, according to the Weather Office. Total rainfall for the month, recorded at the Botanic Gardens, was 187 mm, compared with the average March figure of 54mm. The previous highest rainfall of 172 mm was recorded in 1965. H6avy rain on March 20 and 21 produced a total of 131 mm. To the end of March, total rainfall for the year was 244 mm, compared with an average figure for that period of 154 mm.
Ten wet days (on which rainfall exceeded I.omm) were recorded at the Botanic Gardens and Christchurch Airport. Eighty-four sunshine hours recorded at the airport was also a record. The average figure for March is 169 hours and the previous lowest total, 92 hours, was recorded in 1972. On 14 days last month no sunshine was recorded at the airport. In spite of the rain and cloud, temperatures were about normal. The average temperature for March, recorded at the airport, .was 14.6 degrees. The highest maximum, on March 3, was 28.4 degrees, and the average daily maximum was 18.3 degrees.
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Press, 9 April 1979, Page 26
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188Wet, cloudy month Press, 9 April 1979, Page 26
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