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1 RAINFALL AND EVAPOTRANSPIRATION

Samara gets little rain fall during spring and summer (main) seasons. Of
the total amount of rainfall recorded each year, Samara gets little annual
rainfall of less than 330 mm. The mean annual rainfall recorded over the
five years (2008-2012) from Samara station has shown that the month of
July is the highest rainy month with a mean annual rainfall of 58.3 mm.
In addition the 0 mm is least recorded for both town at different month as
shown in the table.

Table 1: Rainfall Data of from Samara branch metrological office

Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Average
Rainfall
(mm) 1.0 0.0 19.5 3.8 50.3 7.5 58.3 27.9 25.1 3.0 43.6 0.0 240.0