METEOROLOGICAL
MOON FOR OCTOBER.
Last quarter, sixth day, 4.57 p.m.; new moon, thirteenth day, 8 a.m.; .first quarter, twentieth day. 2.24 p.m.; full moon, twentyeight day. 6.12 p.m.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1939. The Sun. —Rose today 5.0 a.m.; sets 6.13 p.m. Rises tomorrow 4.59 a.m.; sets 6.14 p.m. (Standard Time.) Bright Sunshine. —Yesterday: Morning, 4.7 hr; afternoon, I.shr. Total, 6.2 hr. Temperature at 9 a.m., 06.8deg. Relative humidity at 9 a.m., 91 per cent. Maximum temperature yesterday, 60.0deg; minimum temperature last night, 49.4deg; minimum temperature on grass, 49.0deg. Mean wind velocity for 24 hours ending 9 a.m. today, 12.7 m.p.h. Rainfall in previous 24 hours, 0.45 in; rainfall to date this month, 1.24 in; rainfall to date this year, 27.31 in; rainfall average for October 3.51 in; rainfall average from January 1 to the end of October, 36.38 in. Barometer, 9 a.m., 1004.5 millibars; noon, 1003.6 millibars.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 93, 17 October 1939, Page 4
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147METEOROLOGICAL Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 93, 17 October 1939, Page 4
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