RAINFALL FOR 1892.
|! :;':The following comparative stute,oont of the rainfall at Olahuabas been supplied lo us by Mr J. Bonuett:—
December, 1892—1-89 on 6 davs December, 1891—1-91 on 7 duya ■ December, 1890- -69 on 7 daj* Total rainfall for 12 montba ending Deoember 81st, 1892,41-18 inches. : : 41:18—1892 j 28G8-1891: 81-80 -1890 } 27-05—1889 -33-51—1688. MrS. Mawley, of Ditton,, Wangaehn, also sends the result of hia observations at that place which are as follows: .. I'
The rainfall for 1892 was 84/.76" inches. The wettest month'was February, when 793 inches fell,' and the driest month December, with 1-71 inches of rain, The greatest rainfall during twenty four hours was recorded on the 6th of February when 3-77 iuches fell. The average for the past eleven years is 4899 inches, imd 1892 has the distinction of being the wettest year since 1887 by nearly I) inches,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4309, 4 January 1893, Page 2
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142RAINFALL FOR 1892. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4309, 4 January 1893, Page 2
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