{"id":18816,"date":"2026-01-31T21:06:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T10:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inkcinct.com.au\/?p=18816"},"modified":"2026-01-31T21:09:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T10:09:50","slug":"recording-rainfall-this-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inkcinct.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/01\/31\/recording-rainfall-this-january\/","title":{"rendered":"RECORDING RAINFALL THIS JANUARY"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"18816\" class=\"elementor elementor-18816\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d1ff562 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d1ff562\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 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