SEASONS
CHONTON)
¢Ceont'd)
Taro
Spokesman
Nagal - Ailuk
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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.