Mrs. P. D. G. Gain then presented the following certificates and prizes: heavy rainfall of over three inches m two days has practically made up he total rainfall' for the year to average, last Monday 1.18 inches of rain falling, and on Tuesday 13i ches. At ihe beginning of June the rainf*ll for 1940 was 14.60 inches, and average 1487, but so little rain s opposed to the 20.81 figure. for the average of the past 67 years. With the recent rain, however, this total will be brought up to 1858 inches, Which is only two inches below the average.
Temperatures for the month have correspondingly peculiar, the high, reaching a maximum of 1004 degrees on June 19, as compared to 3.8 degrees for the same day last year. There have also been large changes of temperature in a single day, as much as 30 degrees being recorded recently.
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