The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-05
Rain In Spots Is
Only Sign of
.BreakinD Drought
sonAe Parts Of Hawaii Much
Benefited and All Receive a
Little Moisture - Some Good
Rains In Highlands Of Maui
Reported

In spots only there have been signs
of a breaking in the drought. Last
week there were more rains in Hawaii
than in the near past but they did not
visit all sections. The dry sections had
slightly more rainfall but the total is
a fractional inch at most of the obser-
walton stations in those sections. Thus
far this week no advices of good rains
have come from the Big Island.
In the higher lands of Maui there
have been some good rains. A local bust
ness man who has lust returned from
lIaleakaia said yesterday that on the
way down from the mountain the upper
plantations were wet but that the low
or lands. were, dry and on these the
cane looked had, was dried and yellow.
Northern Hawaii Dry
North KOhala. had little rain last
week and no reports of good rains so
far this week. Government reports
gave Puakea Ranch OH, Kohala Mill
GEO, Honokaa 0.07, and Paauhau OO3
are the Hamakua reports and OOkala
0.42, and Laupahoehoe 0.66 are the
North HilO reports. ...
Summarizing the weather conditions
the government report says:
Showers were more frequent and the
! cane showed decided Improvement ins
most sections of Hawaii during the
past week. Good rains were received
in the Hilo districts, but more is need
ed. On Maui only light showers were
received which were. not sufficient to
wet the ground to any depth. Light
scattered showers occurred generally on
) Oahu and Kauai. BY islands, the aver
! age rainfall for the week was as fol
lows: Hawaii LA inches; Maui, OBI
| inch; Oahu, 0.43 inch; Kauai, 0.69 inch.
Some Encouraging Reports
The following local reports from var
Gus observation stations are given:
Hononu, Hawaii-The first part Of
the week was hot and dry, the last
| much cooler with heavy rains in some
parts Of the lower, middle and upper
| lands. The 1919 crop is in fine cOndi
ton and the cane q dark green color.
Fine weather for clearing timber land
to be planted next year. More rain is
needed. The streams are the lowest in
| wears.
| Ponahawai, Hawaii--The rainfall of
! LBS inches was very much needed, The
prevailing showery weather at night
and the sunny days are rapidly restor-
ing the natural color to growing crops
and Frightening the prospects for plant
ers and farmers.
! Volcano Observatory, Hawaii-Show-
ers and driGzle during the afternoons
and nights. Fresh and gusty N. f. trade
winds prevailed. Drought situation i'm
proved.
|, KapOhO, Hawaii-ClOudy weather
with gentle Northeast winds.
Haiku Experiment Station, Maui
Light nightly showers are proving very
! favorable for limited paintings of beans
! in the Haiku district. However, the
moisture has not yet penetrated sufti
GENTLY for the planting of potatoes and
other deep rooted crops.
Reports from Maui yesterday were
of threatening weather with wind veer-
ing forward and back and such cloudy
weather had prevailed for several days
with only light rains in the lower lands.
From Hawaii there were no rain re-
ports. No word had come to the Olaa
agency but it was said there that word
would have been received had there
been break in the drought.