THE RAINFALL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5470, 4 September 1929, Page 3

THE RAINFALL.

FIGURES FOR PAEROA. P LESS RAIN THAN LAST YEAR. Last month 5,09 inches of rainfaH were recorded in Paeroa, .50' of an inch less than in July, but 1.53 inches more ,th an in July last year. The * *whole of the year so far.'has been drier—with 36.81 inches -than the corresponding period .in, l‘J2B, when 44.43 inches were, recorded. Rain last montb fell on 17 days, with the 6th, showing .89, the worst day. From the 12th to the 16th, and 24th to 29th, there was no rain, the wettest week being the third in the j 4/ month, with 2.78 inches. W The ; v.’aimest day was the 15rh. with 61 degrees, five degrees than the warmest in July ; and the coldest was the 2nd, with 41 degrees. The prevailing wind came from the west, bn 11. days altogether, the direction of the wind for the balance of the- month being north on two days, north-east on two days, north-west on five days, south-east ch two days, south-west on eight days, and east on one day. HAUKAKI PLAINS FIGURES. ► ■ . Falls of rain were recorded on 14 days during last month by the gauge ? at the office of the Lands Drainage A Department at Kerepeehi, the , total rain being 4.51 inches, which brings the total for the year to date to 27.56 inches The heaviest fall last month was during the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. on the 6fh. when 1.05 inches were re ■corded. Tn the period from the sth to the 11th, 2.21 inches fell, from the 17th to the 21st 2.04 inches, and on the 24th and 25th just one point over a quarter of an inch was the amount recorded. The month’s fall was 1.2 inches above the average for August during • the last 18 years, and the total for the eight months of the present year is mZ11.59 inches below the average of the similar periods in the previous 17 years.