BARRINGTON TOPS (Hunter Springs) Observations
from 1960 |
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All
observations courtesy of Mrs Cathleen Wright |
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Hosted by |
http://www.raymondterrace.hunterweather.com |
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Year |
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Observation |
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Year |
Month |
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Observation |
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1960 |
January |
12 |
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Heavy storm |
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1965 |
January |
3 |
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Very dry |
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February |
10 |
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Storm |
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24 |
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Storm, extremely dry |
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18 |
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Storm |
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25 |
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Storm |
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28 |
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Heavy mist |
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Conditions becoming serious |
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March |
1 |
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Heavy showers |
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February |
7 |
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Mist, seriously dry. Rain
desperately needed, pasture dead. |
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4 |
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Heavy misty showers |
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10 |
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Storms & lovely soaking rain |
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15 |
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Heavy showers |
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11 |
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Light showers |
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22 |
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Storms |
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18 |
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Storm |
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April |
4 |
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Storms |
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Daily becoming drier, green shoots
started by storm has died off |
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5 |
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Heavy storm with little hail |
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& it is bad as ever.
Temperatures high 80°F's & 90°F's. |
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10 |
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Storm |
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March |
9 |
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Showers, very hot |
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11 |
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Heavy storm with hail |
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10 |
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Lovely storm |
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16 |
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Storms |
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13 |
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Scattered storms |
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21 |
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Storms all day |
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Driest in my memory |
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22 |
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Continued storms then cold snap |
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April |
9 |
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Mist clearing, warm |
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24 |
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Almost no frost, lovely day |
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13 |
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Storms |
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May |
13 |
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Showers & cold |
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14 |
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Storms, beautiful day |
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14 |
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Showers & very cold |
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Began irrigating for the first time
in this locality. Feed becoming |
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16 |
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Snow showers ½" (1.3cm) |
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short. |
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19 |
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Showers |
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May |
1 |
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Showers |
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20 |
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Showers |
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15 |
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Showers |
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26 |
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Heavy mist |
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Record frosts from the 15th, lovely
days, very dry still. |
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27 |
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Heavy mist |
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June |
1 |
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Heavy cloud, showers |
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31 |
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Heavy rain, sleet & snow |
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3 |
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Heavy sleety showers |
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June |
16 |
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Heavy storms |
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21 |
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Shower |
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26 |
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Fog frozen on trees to 10-11am |
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22 |
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Showers |
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27 |
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Rain & snow ½" (1.3cm) |
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24 |
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8½" (21.6cm) snow |
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July |
5 |
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Snow 1" (2.5cm) |
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28 |
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Heavy mist, mild |
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10 |
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Rain |
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29 |
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Grass growing slightly |
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11 |
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General rain |
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July |
1 |
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Steady rain |
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18 |
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Rain & snow showers |
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14 |
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Sleet, light covering snow |
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19 |
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Snowy all day 32°F (0°C) |
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17 |
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Snow all day, melted |
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20 |
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Fine but very cold, 2" (5.1cm)
snow |
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18 |
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2" (5.1cm) snow on ground |
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23 |
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Rain |
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19 |
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Snowed heavily then coastal gale |
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Fine & very warm the rest of the
month with no frosts |
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20 |
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Snow in night, gale continuing |
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August |
2 |
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Heavy showers |
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21 |
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Gale persisting, wind lighter |
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3 |
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Heavy rain & 4" (10.2cm)
snow |
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22 |
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Finer |
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4 |
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Further 1" (2.5cm) snow |
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28 |
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1" (2.5cm) snow, very cold |
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6 |
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Slight covering of snow |
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August |
3 |
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Showers |
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10 |
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1½" (3.8cm) snow |
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4 |
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Showers |
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11 |
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1½" (3.8cm) new snow |
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6 |
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Sleet & showers |
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12 |
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2" (5.1cm) snow |
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7 |
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Snow all day in morning 2"
(5.1cm) |
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20 |
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showers |
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16 |
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Showers |
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September |
9 |
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4" (10.2cm) snow & rain |
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17 |
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Showers |
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14 |
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Storms |
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20 |
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Steady rain |
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18 |
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Storms |
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21 |
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Steady rain |
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20 |
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Storms |
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26 |
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Misty showers |
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27 |
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Sleet showers |
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27 |
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Misty showers |
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October |
21 |
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Heavy showers |
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September |
5 |
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Storms, hail, warm |
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22 |
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Heavy showers |
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6 |
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Storms |
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November |
22 |
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Storms |
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7 |
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Storms, hail |
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December |
15 |
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Storms |
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9 |
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Storms, hail |
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16 |
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Storms |
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10 |
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Showers |
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26 |
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Very hot |
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17 |
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Showers |
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29 |
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Began irrigating |
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1961 |
January |
16 |
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Coastal showers |
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October |
18 |
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Light rain |
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17 |
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Coastal showers |
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28 |
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Lovely steady rain |
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February |
19 |
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Steady rain |
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November |
4 |
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Nice little storm |
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20 |
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Steady rain |
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10 |
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Nice rain, rather wild |
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21 |
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Showers |
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11 |
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Cold day, very windy |
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24 |
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Storm |
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12 |
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4½" (11.4cm) snow, first in
memory |
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25 |
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Storms |
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13 |
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Garden all cut, heavy frost |
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March |
1 |
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Storms |
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29 |
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Mist (still irrigating, dry) |
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23 |
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Storms |
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Very dry |
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April |
17 |
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Light frost |
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December |
1 |
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Heavy coastal showers |
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20 |
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Coastal mist |
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2 |
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Heavy shower |
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24 |
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Western storms |
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5 |
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Showers, very sultry |
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May |
4 |
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1" (2.5cm) snow after rain |
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6 |
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Lovely steady storms |
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June |
5 |
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Warm rain |
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7 |
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Thick heavy shower |
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6 |
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Warm rain |
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8 |
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Showers, sultry |
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9 |
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Warm rain |
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9 |
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Showers |
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12 |
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Misty showers |
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15 |
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Lovely steady rain, real xmas gift |
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13 |
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Heavy rain |
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Feed good but drying off again. Much
rain needed. |
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20 |
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2" (5.1cm) snow, first frost in
4 weeks |
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Heavy frosts & lovely days |
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1966 |
January |
9 |
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Mist, very dry again |
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July |
1 |
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Storms, warm |
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17 |
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Lovely storm, hail, extreme heat |
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3 |
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Storms, warm |
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27 |
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Paddocks sown with turnips,
re-commenced irrigating |
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6 |
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Sleet |
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31 |
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Extremely dry |
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7 |
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Sleet, very cold |
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Water level falling rapidly |
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8 |
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Patchy sleet, very cold |
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February |
4 |
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Storm |
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17 |
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Light snow cover |
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5 |
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Good heavy storms, some hail |
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19 |
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Showers |
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14 |
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Light showers |
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25 |
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Heavy rain |
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16 |
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Nice showers, extreme heat |
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28 |
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Sleet, rain |
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17 |
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Lovely showers |
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31 |
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Showers, little sleet |
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18 |
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Showers |
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August |
4 |
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Very light snow |
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24 |
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Storms |
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7 |
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Showers |
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Still dry, nights cold from coast.
Feed green but short, irrigating |
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10 |
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Showers, snow all day 1½"
(3.8cm) |
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turnips |
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11 |
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Heavy rain |
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March |
10 |
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Storm |
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12 |
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Coastal showers |
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11 |
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Lovely storms |
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17 |
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Heavy showers |
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17 |
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Beautiful storms |
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18 |
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rain & snow all day, did not lay |
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19 |
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Heavy storms |
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22 |
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2" (5.1cm) snow |
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25 |
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Misty showers |
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24 |
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Snowed all night & day 2"
(5.1cm) melted quickly |
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27 |
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Misty showers |
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25 |
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Snow still falling 3½" (8.5cm) |
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28 |
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Light frost, nothing cut |
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27 |
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Heavy showers |
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April |
16 |
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Storms, hot lovely weather |
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September |
3 |
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Heavy rain & snow |
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27 |
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Good rain |
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15 |
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Storms |
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30 |
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Flowers cut |
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16 |
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Showers |
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May |
6 |
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Showers, light frost |
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18 |
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Showers |
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21 |
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11" (27.9cm) snow (record for
May) |
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19 |
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Showers |
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June |
1 |
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Steady rain |
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20 |
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Showers |
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13 |
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7" (17.8cm) snow |
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October |
4 |
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Getting dry with hot days |
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14 |
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Showers |
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5 |
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Storms |
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Days warm, heavy frost all June |
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6 |
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Coastal showers |
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July |
3 |
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Showers overnight, warm 42°F (5.6°C) |
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7 |
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Coastal showers |
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7 |
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Showers, cold 32 to 40°F (0.0 to
4.4°C) |
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8 |
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Coastal showers |
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17 |
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Sleet |
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16 |
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Storms after a hot dry week |
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28 |
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Very light snow |
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17 |
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Storms |
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29 |
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Light snow |
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18 |
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Heavy storms |
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Terrific frosts |
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24 |
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Storms |
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August |
11 |
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Steady rain |
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November |
2 |
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Storms |
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18 |
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Light rain |
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3 |
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Storms |
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19 |
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Nice steady rain |
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5 |
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Storms |
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20 |
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Nice steady rain |
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6 |
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Heavy storms |
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23 |
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2" (5.1cm) snow |
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8 |
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Storm |
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25 |
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Light snow |
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17 |
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Showers |
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26 |
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Misty showers |
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18 |
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Heavy rain |
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31 |
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Lovely steady rain |
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21 |
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Heavy rain |
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Cold month |
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23 |
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Heavy showers |
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September |
1 |
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Showers, dull |
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December |
7 |
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Very hot, storm |
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2 |
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Showers, little sun |
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14 |
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Showers |
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3 |
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Light showers |
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15 |
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Heavy showers |
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4 |
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Showers |
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16 |
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Heavy showers |
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8 |
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Showers |
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18 |
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Heavy showers |
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14 |
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Nice heavy rain |
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19 |
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Heavy showers |
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16 |
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Steady ain |
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17 |
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Heavy wind till 21st |
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1962 |
January |
1 |
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Heavy rain |
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25 |
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Sprinkle |
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5 |
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Heavy storms |
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26 |
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Little hail, storms |
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9 |
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Heavy rain |
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29 |
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Storm, warmer |
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11 |
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Showers |
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October |
3 |
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Showers, sleet. 36°F (2.2°C) min |
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12 |
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Heavy rain |
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4 |
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Snow, sleet all day, covering 33°F
(0.6°C) |
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13 |
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Heavy rain |
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5 |
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Sleety showers 35°F (1.7°C) min |
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29 |
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Heavy storms |
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7 |
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Snow showers, sleet. 35°F (1.7°C)
min |
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31 |
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Very heavy |
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8 |
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½" (1.3cm) snow. Temps 32 -
48°F (0.0 - 8.9°C) |
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February |
1 |
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Storms |
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14 |
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Lovely storms, some hail. Min 46°F
(7.8°C) |
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9 |
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Storms |
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16 |
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Storm, glorious day 42 - 77°F (4.6 -
25.0°C) |
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10 |
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Heavy storms |
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17 |
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54 - 78°F (12.2 - 25.6°C) |
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11 |
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Heavy storms |
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18 |
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Storm, 48 - 80°F (8.9 - 26.7°C) |
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14 |
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Storms |
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19 |
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Thunderstorms. Min 50°F (10.0°C) |
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22 |
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Storms |
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20 |
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Steady rain |
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March |
11 |
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Storm |
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21 |
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Dull, cool & showers. Min 42°F
(4.6°C) |
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14 |
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Heavy mist |
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22 |
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Sleet, rain 38°F (3.3°C) |
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April |
5 |
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Steady rain |
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26 |
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Heavy storms |
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6 |
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Coastal cyclone |
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November |
1 |
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Lovely steady rain, warm. Feed
beautiful everywhere |
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7 |
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Coastal cyclone |
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2 |
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Stormy & hot, min 56°F (13.3°C) |
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8 |
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Coastal cyclone |
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3 |
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Min 36°F (2.2°C) |
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25 |
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Showers |
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4 |
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Still very cold |
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May |
10 |
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Heavy coastal rain |
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7 |
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Mist, little warmer |
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11 |
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Heavy coastal rain |
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8 |
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Steady rain |
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13 |
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Heavy rain |
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9 |
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Showers |
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14 |
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Heavy rain |
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13 |
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Steady rain |
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17 |
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Storms |
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14 |
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Hail storm |
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22 |
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Storms |
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25 |
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Heavy storm, sultry hot. 88°F
(31.1°C) |
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29 |
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Heavy coastal rain |
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27 |
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Heavy storms, sultry. 80°F (26.7°C) |
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June |
2 |
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Showers |
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28 |
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Heavy storms |
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3 |
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Storms |
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December |
5 |
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Showers |
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July |
2 |
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Hail, rain. Heavy frost, sunny |
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6 |
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Continuing showery |
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10 |
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Coastal gale |
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7 |
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Cool & showery |
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11 |
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Coastal gale |
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8 |
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Cool & showery |
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23 |
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Showers, lovely day |
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15 |
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Nice rain, hot |
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24 |
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Showers, lovely day |
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26 |
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89°F (31.7°C) |
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26 |
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Showers, cold |
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27 |
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Wild storm |
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August |
1 |
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First snow, light covering |
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28 |
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Showers |
|
|
|
8 |
|
Storms |
|
|
|
30 |
|
Good heavy storm |
|
|
|
9 |
|
Stormy showers |
|
|
|
|
Feed very good, soaking rain needed. |
|
|
|
15 |
|
Heavy rain |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20 |
|
Heavy rain |
|
1967 |
January |
5 |
|
Heavy storms, hail |
|
|
|
21 |
|
Rain then snow 3" (7.6cm) |
|
|
|
17 |
|
Storm |
|
|
|
22 |
|
Another 3" (7.6cm) snow, now
6¼" (15.9cm) |
|
|
|
26 |
|
Heavy coastal mist |
|
|
September |
16 |
|
Showers |
|
|
|
27 |
|
Heavy showers |
|
|
|
17 |
|
Misty showers |
|
|
|
|
Feed very good |
|
|
|
18 |
|
Misty showers |
|
|
February |
1 |
|
Steady rain |
|
|
|
25 |
|
Storms |
|
|
|
14 |
|
Nice rain |
|
|
October |
14 |
|
Welcome storms, hot |
|
|
|
18 |
|
Welcome rain |
|
|
|
20 |
|
Storms |
|
|
|
25 |
|
Showers |
|
|
|
24 |
|
Storms |
|
|
|
26 |
|
Showers |
|
|
|
25 |
|
Rain & sleet |
|
|
March |
3 |
|
Nice steady rain |
|
|
|
29 |
|
Heavy storms |
|
|
|
8 |
|
Lovely steady rain |
|
|
|
30 |
|
Storms |
|
|
|
9 |
|
Steady rain, coastal mist |
|
|
November |
10 |
|
Storm |
|
|
|
13 |
|
Windy, SE mist |
|
|
|
17 |
|
Storm |
|
|
|
14 |
|
Heavy mist, cool |
|
|
|
29 |
|
Nice storm |
|
|
|
15 |
|
Windy, misty |
|
|
December |
5 |
|
Storms |
|
|
|
16 |
|
Still blowing |
|
|
|
6 |
|
Misty rain |
|
|
|
17 |
|
Little more sun |
|
|
|
8 |
|
Misty rain |
|
|
|
23 |
|
Garden all cut |
|
|
|
15 |
|
Storms |
|
|
|
31 |
|
Heavy mist |
|
|
|
21 |
|
Heavy storm |
|
|
April |
1 |
|
Patchy rain |
|
|
|
24 |
|
Coastal mist |
|
|
|
2 |
|
Mist, gale |
|
|
|
25 |
|
Heavy coastal rain |
|
|
|
3 |
|
Misty showers |
|
|
|
26 |
|
Heavy coastal rain |
|
|
|
4 |
|
Misty showers |
|
|
|
27 |
|
Heavy coastal rain |
|
|
|
9 |
|
Heavy mist |
|
|
|
28 |
|
Heavy coastal rain |
|
|
|
11 |
|
Heavy mist |
|
|
|
29 |
|
Heavy misty rain |
|
|
|
12 |
|
Heavy mist |
|
|
|
30 |
|
Heavy misty rain |
|
|
|
13 |
|
Heavy mist |
|
|
|
|
Good season, hot & rather dry
till early Dec. Rain at Xmas |
|
May |
24 |
|
Rain & flying snow |
|
|
|
|
brought pastures along, cattle very
good. |
|
|
June |
7 |
|
Coastal mist |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8 |
|
Coastal wind, mist |
|
1963 |
January |
3 |
|
Heavy storm |
|
|
|
9 |
|
Coastal wind, mist |
|
|
|
4 |
|
Heavy storms, hail |
|
|
|
11 |
|
Steady rain |
|
|
|
5 |
|
Showers |
|
|
|
12 |
|
Coastal gale |
|
|
|
16 |
|
Showers |
|
|
|
13 |
|
Coastal gale |
|
|
|
30 |
|
Hot & sultry, then nice storms |
|
|
|
14 |
|
Coastal gale |
|
|
February |
12 |
|
Showers |
|
|
|
15 |
|
Heavy showers |
|
|
|
13 |
|
Showers |
|
|
|
17 |
|
Heavy mist, wet fog morning |
|
|
|
15 |
|
Storms |
|
|
|
20 |
|
Heavy shower |
|
|
|
18 |
|
Storms |
|
|
|
21 |
|
Heavy rain |
|
|
March |
15 |
|
Storms |
|
|
|
22 |
|
Heavy rain |
|
|
|
17 |
|
Storms |
|
|
|
23 |
|
Showers |
|
|
|
19 |
|
Heavy rain |
|
|
|
26 |
|
Coastal gale 40°F (4.4°C) |
|
|
|
20 |
|
Heavy rain |
|
|
|
27 |
|
Coastal gale continuing |
|
|
|
24 |
|
Heavy storm |
|
|
|
28 |
|
Coastal gale, wind eased morning |
|
|
|
25 |
|
Heavy storm |
|
|
|
29 |
|
Mist, wind dropped |
|
|
|
31 |
|
Rain |
|
|
July |
3 |
|
Misty showers |
|
|
April |
5 |
|
Storms |
|
|
|
4 |
|
Misty showers |
|
|
|
22 |
|
Storm, little hail |
|
|
|
5 |
|
Misty showers |
|
|
|
28 |
|
Coastal rain |
|
|
|
6 |
|
Misty showers |
|
|
|
29 |
|
Heavy rain |
|
|
|
10 |
|
Storms |
|
|
May |
6 |
|
Coastal rain |
|
|
|
28 |
|
Unusually warm, mist |
|
|
|
7 |
|
Coastal rain |
|
|
|
29 |
|
No frosts, warm, mist |
|
|
|
8 |
|
Gales now blowing |
|
|
August |
1 |
|
Light covering snow, rain. 36°F
(2.2°C) all day |
|
|
|
9 |
|
Gales now blowing |
|
|
|
2 |
|
Snow showers, 28°F (-2.2°C)
overnight |
|
|
|
12 |
|
Storm |
|
|
|
6 |
|
Heavy rain, little flying snow |
|
|
|
19 |
|
Warm storms |
|
|
|
7 |
|
2" (5.1cm) snow |
|
|
|
24 |
|
First heavy frost |
|
|
|
8 |
|
Rain & snow |
|
|
|
31 |
|
Heavy shower |
|
|
|
11 |
|
Showers, windy |
|
|
June |
1 |
|
Shower |
|
|
|
14 |
|
Little snow |
|
|
|
2 |
|
Heavy shower |
|
|
|
20 |
|
Showers, warmer |
|
|
|
5 |
|
Storms |
|
|
|
23 |
|
Heavy showers |
|
|
|
8 |
|
Heavy coastal rain |
|
|
|
25 |
|
Heavy showers |
|
|
|
9 |
|
Thick rain |
|
|
|
27 |
|
Showers |
|
|
|
14 |
|
Heavy coastal rain |
|
|
September |
2 |
|
Sleet & showers |
|
|
|
20 |
|
Fog frozen on trees |
|
|
|
7 |
|
Heavy rain, wind |
|
|
|
26 |
|
Heavy coastal rain |
|
|
|
10 |
|
Windy & warm all week, then
turning |
|
|
|
27 |
|
Heavy coastal rain |
|
|
|
16 |
|
Cold, little snow |
|
|
|
29 |
|
Showers |
|
|
|
27 |
|
Showers, hot |
|
|
July |
3 |
|
Snow like frost, trees frozen |
|
|
October |
5 |
|
Light showers |
|
|
|
7 |
|
Showers |
|
|
|
12 |
|
Lovely soft rain |
|
|
|
8 |
|
Cold |
|
|
|
13 |
|
Good steady rain |
|
|
|
9 |
|
Sleety showers |
|
|
|
14 |
|
Heavy storms, warm |
|
|
|
10 |
|
2" (5.1cm) snow, 32°F (0°C) |
|
|
|
15 |
|
Heavy storms, warm |
|
|
|
11 |
|
4" (10.2cm) new snow, warmer |
|
|
|
19 |
|
Storms, hot |
|
|
|
13 |
|
6" (15.2cm) new snow, still
falling, 32°F (0°C) |
|
|
|
20 |
|
Coastal rain, 52°F (11.1°C) |
|
|
|
|
About 14" (35.6cm) at 10pm,
only 9½" (24.1cm) the next |
|
|
21 |
|
Heavy coastal rain, 45°F (7.2°C) |
|
|
|
|
morning, 34°F (1.1°C) |
|
|
|
22 |
|
Gale easing, cold, 42°F (5.6°C) |
|
|
|
17+18 |
|
Beautiful sunny days, still a good
deal of snow on ground |
|
|
25 |
|
Lovely morning |
|
|
|
21 |
|
Most snow gone |
|
|
November |
6 |
|
Storm, hot |
|
|
|
22 |
|
Heavy showers |
|
|
|
8 |
|
Storm |
|
|
|
28 |
|
Nice pleasant week, quite warm |
|
|
|
9 |
|
Storm |
|
|
|
29 |
|
Electrical storms |
|
|
|
15 |
|
Cold snap, showers |
|
|
|
30 |
|
Sleety showers |
|
|
|
26 |
|
Windy all week |
|
|
August |
11 |
|
Heavy mist |
|
|
|
28 |
|
Feed browning off |
|
|
|
16 |
|
Storms, gale |
|
|
|
|
Drying winds last week. Very hot
92°F (33.3°C) |
|
|
|
23 |
|
Showers |
|
|
December |
2 |
|
Becoming very dry |
|
|
|
24 |
|
Storms |
|
|
|
3 |
|
Welcome storms |
|
|
|
25 |
|
Storms |
|
|
|
25 |
|
Mist, extremely dry, cold |
|
|
|
29 |
|
Storms |
|
|
|
30 |
|
Thundery storms |
|
|
|
30 |
|
9" (22.9cm) snow |
|
|
|
|
Strong winds continued for the whole
month. Extremely dry, |
|
|
31 |
|
Snow & rain continued |
|
|
|
|
water dropping |
|
|
September |
7 |
|
Light covering of snow |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Windy & dry, fairly cool till
3rd week |
|
1968 |
January |
5 |
|
Lovely steady rain |
|
|
|
25 |
|
Coastal gale |
|
|
|
6 |
|
Steady showers |
|
|
|
26 |
|
Wind easing |
|
|
|
7 |
|
Misty showers |
|
|
|
27 |
|
Weather easing |
|
|
|
11 |
|
Light showers |
|
|
October |
13 |
|
Shower |
|
|
|
12 |
|
Warm steady rain |
|
|
|
14 |
|
Storms |
|
|
|
13 |
|
Showers, very warm |
|
|
|
15 |
|
Misty showers |
|
|
|
14 |
|
Misty showers |
|
|
|
16 |
|
Misty showers |
|
|
|
15 |
|
Heavy showers |
|
|
|
|
Lovely hot clear days |
|
|
|
16 |
|
Heavy showers |
|
|
|
30 |
|
Welcome rain, beautiful morning |
|
|
|
17 |
|
Showers |
|
|
|
31 |
|
Weather perfect |
|
|
|
23 |
|
Ground dry amazingly, lovely storm |
|
|
November |
1 |
|
Storms |
|
|
|
26 |
|
Dry storms |
|
|
|
4 |
|
Storm |
|
|
February |
3 |
|
Storms, extreme heat |
|
|
|
8 |
|
Very wild storm |
|
|
|
8 |
|
Lovely steady rain |
|
|
|
12 |
|
Showers (steady) |
|
|
|
14 |
|
Mist over two days |
|
|
|
15 |
|
Showers |
|
|
|
16 |
|
Showers, warm |
|
|
|
16 |
|
Showers |
|
|
|
|
Extremely dry again |
|
|
|
17 |
|
Showers |
|
|
March |
3 |
|
Heavy storms |
|
|
|
24 |
|
Storms |
|
|
|
4 |
|
Very welcome storms |
|
|
December |
8 |
|
Storms |
|
|
|
14 |
|
Showers |
|
|
|
9 |
|
Steady rain |
|
|
|
19 |
|
Showers |
|
|
|
10 |
|
Steady rain |
|
|
|
21 |
|
Showers |
|
|
|
11 |
|
Heavy mist |
|
|
|
25 |
|
Lovely storm, hot |
|
|
|
13 |
|
Storms |
|
|
|
27 |
|
Nice heavy storm, hot |
|
|
|
15 |
|
Heavy storm |
|
|
|
31 |
|
Shower |
|
|
|
24 |
|
Storms 89°F (31.7°C) |
|
|
April |
16 |
|
Lovely weather for 2 weeks, dry |
|
|
|
25 |
|
Storms 87°F (30.6°C) |
|
|
|
17 |
|
Storm |
|
|
|
26 |
|
90°F (32.2°C) |
|
|
|
18 |
|
Showers |
|
|
|
27 |
|
Storms |
|
|
|
19 |
|
Storms |
|
|
|
31 |
|
Storms |
|
|
|
23 |
|
First frost |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24 |
|
frost, no more till 3rd May |
|
1964 |
January |
13 |
|
Storms |
|
|
May |
10 |
|
Warm & stormy, 50°F (10.0°C) min |
|
|
|
14 |
|
Steady rain |
|
|
|
11 |
|
Steady rain, warm |
|
|
|
24 |
|
Storms |
|
|
|
12 |
|
Steady rain, warm |
|
|
|
25 |
|
Storms |
|
|
|
13 |
|
Heavy rain |
|
|
February |
8 |
|
Storms |
|
|
|
15 |
|
Rain, first snow 6" (15.2cm) |
|
|
|
11 |
|
Sharp storm |
|
|
|
19 |
|
½" (1.3cm) snow, 28°F (-2.2°C) |
|
|
|
16 |
|
Hot & dry |
|
|
|
21 |
|
Showers |
|
|
|
29 |
|
Very hot |
|
|
|
24 |
|
Showers |
|
|
March |
6 |
|
Storms |
|
|
|
25 |
|
Mist, cold wind 38°F (3.3°C) |
|
|
|
7 |
|
Storms |
|
|
|
26 |
|
2 - 4" (5 - 10cm) snow, 32 -
34°F (0.0 - 1.1°C) |
|
|
|
9 |
|
Heavy mist |
|
|
|
27 |
|
30 - 44°F (-1.1 - 6.7°C) |
|
|
April |
9 |
|
Western change |
|
|
|
28 |
|
30°F (-1.1°C) |
|
|
|
10 |
|
Showers. First frost |
|
|
|
29 |
|
Sleet |
|
|
|
20 |
|
Heavy mist |
|
|
June |
1 |
|
Fair frost, 32°F (0.0°C) |
|
|
|
21 |
|
Coastal rain |
|
|
|
2 |
|
Showers, 39°F (3.9°C) min |
|
|
|
22 |
|
Heavy rain |
|
|
|
3 |
|
Miserable |
|
|
|
23 |
|
Heavy showers |
|
|
|
4 |
|
Very cold morning, 24°F (-4.4°C) |
|
|
|
24 |
|
Heavy mist |
|
|
|
5 |
|
Cold windy, showers. 40°F (4.4°C) |
|
|
May |
27 |
|
Very cold |
|
|
|
23 |
|
Good run of weather for frosts, 28°F
(-2.2°C) |
|
|
June |
9 |
|
Steady rain |
|
|
|
29 |
|
Cold, steady rin. 27°F (-2.8°C) min |
|
|
|
10 |
|
Steady rain |
|
|
|
30 |
|
21 - 50°F (-6.1 - 10.0°C) |
|
|
|
12 |
|
Heavy showers |
|
|
July |
3 |
|
Steady rain, warm |
|
|
|
19 |
|
Storms |
|
|
|
5 |
|
Showers |
|
|
July |
4 |
|
First snow, light covering |
|
|
|
14 |
|
Misty showers 26°F (-3.3°C) |
|
|
|
11 |
|
Showers |
|
|
|
18 |
|
Steady showers |
|
|
|
13 |
|
Western gale |
|
|
|
19 |
|
Heavy cold |
|
|
|
14 |
|
Western gale |
|
|
|
22 |
|
30 - 32°F (-1.1 - 0.0°C), 1"
(2.5cm) snow still falling |
|
|
|
15 |
|
1" (2.5cm) snow, gale still
blowing |
|
|
|
23 |
|
30 - 36°F (-1.1 - 2.2°C), 12½"
(31.8cm) dry snow falling |
|
|
17 |
|
Showers, sleet |
|
|
|
24 |
|
Melted a little, snowed off &
on, light frost, melting 8am, 8½" |
|
|
21 |
|
Showers, sleet |
|
|
|
|
(21.6cm) left, 30 - 40°F (-1.1 -
4.4°C) |
|
|
August |
12 |
|
1½" (3.8cm) snow |
|
|
|
25 |
|
23 - 48°F (-5.0 - 8.9°C), 7"
(17.8cm) snow still on ground |
|
|
25 |
|
1" (2.5cm) snow |
|
|
|
26 |
|
22 - 42°F (-5.6 - 5.6°C), still 5 -
6" (12.7 - 15.2cm) left |
|
|
|
|
Very dry winter |
|
|
|
27 |
|
22 - 46°F (-5.6 - 7.8°C) |
|
|
September |
21 |
|
Lovely steady rain |
|
|
|
28 |
|
Patches of grass appearing at last.
24 - 50°F (-4.4 - 10.0°C) |
|
October |
3 |
|
Storms, sleet |
|
|
|
29 |
|
Still plenty snow left, lovely days.
30 - 52°F (-1.1 - 11.1°C) |
|
|
6 |
|
Shower |
|
|
|
30 |
|
30 - 52°F (-1.1 - 11.1°C) |
|
|
|
7 |
|
Showers |
|
|
|
31 |
|
Overcast & windy, 40 - 48°F (4.4
- 8.9°C) |
|
|
|
9 |
|
Storm |
|
|
|
|
Snow clearing, still deep in shade |
|
|
|
11 |
|
Heavy storms |
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August |
1 |
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Cold, bright & windy. 27 - 52°F
(-2.8 - 11.1°C) |
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16 |
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Storms |
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5 |
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Lovely day, burning grass. 22 - 52°F
(-5.6 - 11.1°C) |
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17 |
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Odd stormy shower |
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7 |
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36 - 58°F (2.2 - 14.4°C) |
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24 |
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Welcome storm |
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8 |
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36 - 58°F (2.2 - 14.4°C) |
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31 |
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Heavy storms, sleet |
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9 |
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Storms all night. 42 - 42°F (5.6 -
5.6°C) |
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November |
20 |
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Storm |
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10 |
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Very windy, cold |
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23 |
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Storms |
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13 |
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Windy with coastal cyclone |
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Wonderful spring |
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14 |
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Gale easing |
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December |
10 |
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Storm |
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16 |
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Rain & snow all night, ½"
(1.3cm) snow laying |
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27 |
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Storm |
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17 |
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Rain & snow showers all day max
34°F (1.1°C) |
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28 |
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Storm |
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19 |
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Rain & sleet. 31 - 56°F (-0.6 -
13.3°C) |
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29 |
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Storms |
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20 |
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Wind & rain |
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21 |
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3" (7.6cm) snow, windy (6"
top {15.2cm}). 30 - 36°F (-1.1 - 2.2°C) |
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22 |
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Snow all afternoon (21st), 30 - 46°F
(-1.1 - 7.8°C) |
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29 |
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Heavy rain |
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September |
3 |
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Heavy rain |
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13 |
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Showers |
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14 |
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Stormy, min 43°F (6.1°C) |
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NOTE: I have deliberately
emitted the comments simply labelled "mist" as this would |
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15 |
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Stormy |
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have made the file much
longer. |
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26 |
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Flying snow. Min 23°F (-5.0°C)
record low for this time [of year] |
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30 |
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Lovely steady welcome rain |
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October |
1 |
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Showers |
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7 |
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Warm, nice showers & windy |
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21 |
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84°F (28.9°C) |
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22 |
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Dry, 68 - 80°F (20.0 - 26.7°C) |
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25 |
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Snow falling, min 34°F (1.1°C) |
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Very dry |
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November |
3 |
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Early storm |
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5 |
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Lovely showers |
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7 |
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Nice steady storm |
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9 |
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Storms |
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10 |
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Showers |
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19 |
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97°F (36.1°C) |
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Very dry wind for months |
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December |
4 |
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Lovely steady rain |
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5 |
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Welcome rain |
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6 |
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Showers |
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9 |
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Showers, hot |
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10 |
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Stormy |
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17 |
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Lovely storms |
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21 |
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Storms |
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23 |
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Storms, foggy |
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28 |
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Showers |
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Water
fairly low, days very hot & most nights cold. Soaking rain |
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needed to replenish water in ground. |
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January |
1 |
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Storms |
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2 |
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Showers, warm |
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New book |
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Snow |
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June |
1 |
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1" (2.5cm) |
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July |
22 |
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1" (2.5cm) |
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23 |
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1" (2.5cm) |
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24 |
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1" (2.5cm) |
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August |
15 |
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6" (15.2cm) |
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September |
14 |
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1½" (3.8cm) |
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24 |
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3½" (8.5cm) |
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