SEASONS

CHONTON)

¢Ceont'd)

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OBSERVATIONS

ON SEASONS OF YEAR

Summer

season of maximum rainfall in the year*

rainv season on Ailuk

May,

June,

November,

Rainfail

July, August;

slows down September, October,

December

decreases as you go north
average rainfall:

Jaluitc - 160"

Majuro — 120"

Vielang

Wake Island 30 to 50"
(350 miles further north)

- 30"

Eniwetak - 60 to 70"'*
Winter

Temperature

December ~- April, season of strong winds from the northeast.
Dry period of the year.*
QO

F

range varies less than 10-12°%
Minimum:
Maximum:

*Brvant Jr.,

689
80°

E. H., Life in the Marshall Islands, p.

- 33 -

135-36.

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