1938

Table X.

STATEMENT OF RAINFALL FOR THE YEAR AT VARIOUS POINTS IN THE COLONY.

(INCHES)

Month Royal
Observatory Tytam
Public
Garden Tytam
Tuk
Reservoir Pokfulam
Reservoir Wongnei-
chong
Reservoir Shing Mun Aberdeen
Reservoir Shing Mun
Valley
No. 1. Shing Mun
Valley
No. 2. Shing Mun
Valley
No. 3. Kowloon
Reservoir Shek Li Pui
Reservoir Taipo
Quarters Fanling Un Long January .355 .17 .39 .38 .11 .49 .16 .04 .04 .04 .26 .16 .64 .37 .13 1 February 4.685 4.42 3.60 3.17 3.79 3.39 3.87 4.96 5.37 4.57 5.05 4.64 6.07 3.86 4.13 .... March 5.745 6.11 6.28 6.24 5.64 6.09 6.14 6.42 7.69 6.39 6.33 6.17 8.52 7.96 8.52 April 1.855 2.00 2.41 2.10 2.00 2.26 1.69 2.68 2.78 2.60 2.37 2.32 3.21 3.77 2.92 May 8.705 10.42 14.42 13.25 14.20 11.75 13.64 6.83 6.64 5.44 6.08 4.61 7.17 8.97 7.85 June 2.990 1.93 4.37 3.43 1.87 5.20 3.49 2.68 2.59 1.96 1.88 1.10 3.13 1.29 1.68 July 12.235 11.36 11.51 11.14 9.16 13.88 9.54 12.71 11.89 10.39 9.13 7.59 10.88 7.45 4.31 August 7.885 9.87 10.82 11.00 9.92 9.69 8.60 15.29 13.95 12.91 11.41 10.67 9.35 14.90 7.83 September 4.265 5.48 4.80 5.31 3.92 5.27 5.65 7.85 7.27 6.45 8.13 7.07 4.78 8.20 5.26 October 6.095 5.13 7.04 5.90 6.17 7.14 6.90 10.95 10.46 9.69 8.45 7.66 6.91 6.88 6.80 November .530 .56 .64 .51 .43 .30 .32 .24 .19 .17 .37 .25 .54 .43 .05 .06 .09 December .010 .03 .11 .11 .05 .06 .02 Total 1938. 55.355 57.48 66.39 62.54 57.26 65.52 60.02 70.65 68.87 60.61 59.46 52.24 61.26 64.17 49.48 Total 1937. 82.500 79.94 96.87 89.86 74.12 93.94 32.58 99.13 101.08 97.87 92.85 85.25 92.83 70.19 57.07 Increase or
Decrease. - 27.145 -- 22.46 -30.48 - 27.32 - 16.86 -28.42 + 22.56 - 28.48 - 32.21 -37.26 - 33.39 - 33.01 - 31.57 - 6.02 - 7.59

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