DBOUGHTS AT NATAL 



Natal. 



Period. 



1873 April to July 



1874 July to October 

 1876 February to May 



1876 October to 1878 April 



1878 July to December 

 1880 June to September 



1881 February to July 

 1881 December to 1882 



March 

 1883 June to September 



1884 July to September 



1885 February to 1886 

 January 



1886 August to October 

 1889 June to 1890 January 



1890 May to September 

 1892 March to July 



1894 January to March 

 1094 June to August 



1895 May to 1896 June 



1897 April to September 



1898 June to September 



1899 February to 1900 

 May 



1902 December to 1903 



March 

 1003 July to October 



1904 August to November 



Monthly percentage 

 of Normal Rainfall. 



83, 42, 0, 69 

 36, 70, 53, 45 

 23, 59, 168, 21 



41, 72, 41, 92, 56, 46, 

 93, 3, 77, 85, 43, 

 73, 68, 62, 52, 48, 

 95, 65, 85 



18, 16, 5, 32, 90, 65 

 70, 0, 50, 31 



66, 45, 33, 20, 59, 50 

 63, 73, 39, 54 



24, 4, 210, 24 



18, 37, 83 



50, 58, 68, 57, 35, 3, 

 44, 267, 63, 72, 83, 

 70 



36 22 13 



32, 20, 91, 28, 93, 45, 

 26, 44 



29, 42, 11, 46, 28 



27, 28, 73, 0, 49 



39, 79, 44 

 82, 37, 27 



74, 11, 86, 40, 42, 60, 

 44, 232, 68, 83, 86, 

 163, 57, 15, 82 



34, 17, 535, 2, 65, 120 



66, 28, 150, 51 



29, 83, 45, 91, 24, 56, 

 17, 43, 144, 46, 75, 

 89, 56, 43, 47, 22 

 82, 56, 52, 83 



20, 133, 16, 27 



13, 15, 58, 83 



Remarks. 



Daily values not available : 

 ? cause of excess in April. 



The longest drought on record. 

 The nearest approach to 

 normal rainfall occurred in 

 1877 January, 92 per cent., 



1877 April, 93 per cent., and 



1878 February, 95 per cent. 

 Practically a continuation of 



previous drought. 



Included as a drought pro- 

 visionally ; daily observa- 

 tions may show that the 

 heavy rain in August fell on 

 one or two days only. 



Total rainfall in August and 

 October nearly normal, ow- 

 ing to somewhat heavy rain 

 on August 17th, 30th, and 

 October 23rd. 



Most severe winter drought on 

 record. 



The whole of the June rainfall 

 occurred from the 25th to 

 the 28th. 



Severe prolonged drought bro- 

 ken by very heavy rain on 

 December 12th to 14th and 

 April 7th. 



Severe drought broken by heavy 

 rain on June 8th to 10th and 

 September 10th to 11th. 



60 per cent, of the August rain- 

 fall occurred on the 5th and 

 6th; 70 per cent, of the Sep- 

 tember rainfall occurred on 

 the 30th. 



Severe prolonged drought bro- 

 ken by very heavy rain on 

 October 22nd. 



Severe drought broken by 

 heavy rain on August 27th. 

 Practically a continuation 

 of previous drought. 



