Honiara Counts Its

Sunshine and Showers

From Our Own Correspondent

Honiara, Jan. 7.

FIRST full year’s rainfall and tem perature figures were recorded at Honiara during 1950, when a total (of 99.6 inches of rain fell. March was the wettest month with 1,732 points, and June was the driest,, only 103 points of ram being recorded.

The average temperature for the year was 79.3 degrees with a mean maximum of 72.0 degrees. The warmest month was June, with a mean maximum of 87.8 degrees, and the coolest was August, with a mean minimum of 70.9 degrees.