A WET YEAR.
OVER FIVE FEET IN AUCKLAND AUCKLAND, January 3. The heavy, rainfall in Auckland du.ing the Christinas holidays provided the climax to an exceptionally wet year, the rainfall for the 12 months beinijf (32.98 in., eompaied with a yearly average of 43.79 in. The rainfall foi the last month was 6.39 in., or 3.85 in. above the average for December, and within 2.20 in. of the wettest December, which was in 1916, when the fall for the month was 8.59 in. Rain fell during the pastyear on 209 days. The heaviest fall during 24 hours was 3.40 in. on May 19th. That was the wettest month of the year, the total fall being 13.70 in. October and November were also very wet, over 7-Jin. of rain falling during each month.
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Shannon News, 4 January 1927, Page 4
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132A WET YEAR. Shannon News, 4 January 1927, Page 4
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