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    Winter rains a good omen

    Busisiwe HohoBy Busisiwe HohoJune 10, 2010No Comments2 Mins Read
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    Substantial rain over the last few days is certainly a good omen for the Albany farming community. Roger Rowswell, who regularly sends Grocott’s Mail rainfall figures from his home at 4A Darling Street reports that we are currently experiencing the second wettest June in 25 years.

    Substantial rain over the last few days is certainly a good omen for the Albany farming community. Roger Rowswell, who regularly sends Grocott’s Mail rainfall figures from his home at 4A Darling Street reports that we are currently experiencing the second wettest June in 25 years.

    The wettest was in 1997 when he recorded 119mm for the month. Rowswell also recorded 62mm on Wednesday which was the highest figure for a single day since 3 August 2006 when 88mm fell.

    Robin Stobbs reporting from Grant Street also recorded substantial rainfall figures on Wednesday but not quite matching the Darling Street downpours.

    Rhodes University recorded 52.5mm and Jim Cambray on Park Road had slightly less with 52mm. On the coastal front there has also been good rain with a station in Kenton reporting 40mm before lunch time on Wednesday.

    While the recent rains are encouraging, they are only breaking records because June and July are usually dry months as our rainy season is in summer.

    We are still in the middle of a serious drought and it will take a considerable amount of rain to build  up some run-off to flush out our river systems and begin to fill up our dams.

    Remember that municipal regulations are still in place you may not wash your car or water your garden with a hosepipe.

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