Observations on a plateau near Calcutta show an annual rainfall of nearly 500 m, while another plateau near by, just over 4000 ft high, has an annual fall ranging from 427 in to 449 in. At one point in the Hawaiian Islands the rainfall recorded in 1918 was 562 in. In comparison, the highest annual rainfall in the British Isles last year was observed at Ben Nevis, where SS.lOin fell.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19994, 11 January 1927, Page 10
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70Page 10 Advertisements Column 4 Otago Daily Times, Issue 19994, 11 January 1927, Page 10
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