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Show EQUINOCTIAL STORMS. Tha Rainfall llnrlni; this BIeoh la Much Header thB the Awri(. The heavy rainfall of the last two days ii believed by many people to be quite the usual tiling and that it always al-ways comes at this tinia of the year. Observer Salisbury said this morning lhatsiich was not always the case. It is true that there is frequently a heavy rain. during the equinox, but tho records of the local oilice show many exceptions. Last year was ono, when there was only a trace of ram during the entire month of September, and there have been several other vears since the station was first established here when tbero has been no rainfall of auy consequence on these dates. The average fur the mouth since has been .H'.i inches. The precipitation precipi-tation in this storm up to noon today has been .35 inches and 1.10 inches lor the mouth. The heaviest rainfall siuce '71 was in f:i, when 3.15 inches fell. There have been ouly three years since '7t when the rainfall during the month has exceeded that of thii year. |