THE RAINFALL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5270, 4 May 1928, Page 2

THE RAINFALL.

' PAEROA FIGURES FOR APRIL. RAIN ON THIRTEEN DAYS. Records s upplied by the local office of the Piiiblic Works Department show that tlie rainfall for Paeroa for. the month 'of April was. 2.48 inches, which 'is 0.1>7 of an inch more than for the co rresponding month last year. «Raiii .was Recorded on 13 daysi, the heaviest; fall being on April 17, when -98 of an inch fell. Tha first nine days of the month there .was no rain. The total, ra'.infalil for the four, months of this. year, is 13.76 inches, which is 1-02 inches less than for the corresponding period in 1927. The barometer averaged; 30.33, the. highest reading—3o.s4—being on April 10 t»nd 11, and the lowest on April 21 and 27, when; the reading was 29.98. The prevailing, wind was northeastqrly. ,The thermometer averaged 60 degrees, the highest reading being 67 and the lowest 57 points. PLAINS FIGURES. GAUGING FOR APRIL. The rainfall for the '.month of April ag recorded at t'he Lands Drainage Department’s, office a>t Kerepeehi totalled 1-9 inches. Same rain fe.l'l on eight days during the 1 , month, the heaviest being on the 16Ch, when .62 of an inch was recorded. The total for, .the- year to date is 7.60 I’nches, and tlae number of wet days is 23.

For the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. cin May t a iflctal of 2.30 indues of rain wtas recorded.

At Ngatea tho month’s totals arc, practically the same as at Kewepeahi. Observations takeur at t’he Ngatea Dis.trict High School show that tPio temperature has dropped fairly fast during the month. Oid, the 4th aind 7th it reached 80 degree: =, and on the night ■of tha 4tli tlie .lowest t)emper ft ature was recorded —49 filigrees. *