WHERE IT RAINS.
RECORDS FROM THE SOLOMON ISLANDS.
FORTY-FIVE FEET A YEAR.
If any impression exists to the effect that New Zealand is entitled to rank among the wettest countries of the world, it may be removed by a study of the rainfall registered in the Solomon Islands. There are certain other parts of the world also where deluges of rain are more or less constant —notably the south coast of Chili and a section of the north coast of Queensland —but the Solomons can, probably challenge them for an unfailing supply of moisture. Records received in Levin show that the rainfall in October last was 97.49 inches and from the beginning of the year up till the end of that month the total was 546.77 inches —about 15 yards. The returns for the. respective months were: January, 10.40 inches; February, 24.15; March, 32.56; April, 42.60; May, 47.89; June, 58.94; July, 67.78; August, 77.82; September, 87.14; October, 97.49. In October, 1925, the fall was 115.8 inches and in November of that year, 129 inches. . -
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Shannon News, 14 January 1927, Page 2
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174WHERE IT RAINS. Shannon News, 14 January 1927, Page 2
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