THE HOTTEST DAY.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 42, 29 November 1937, Page 4

THE HOTTEST DAY.

TEMPERATURE OF 87 DEGREES. RECORDED ON SATURDAY. Following a spell of consistently fine weather, the highest temperature this summer was reached on Saturday when 87 degrees were recorded. There was a moderate north-east wind, which increased in force later in the day. The previous highest temperatures this summer were 81.4 degrees on November 15, and 79.6 degrees on November 7. Sunny conditions, with a light northeast wind, were experienced yesterday, and continued to-day when the clouds of the early morning disappeared quickly. The maximum temperature yesterday was 70 degrees. The inside minimum last night was 52 degrees, and on Saturday night 50.7 degrees. The barometer at 9 o’clock this morning showed, a slight drop, pressure having fallen to 30.17 inches, compared with 30.25 inches yesterday morning. NINETY-ONE DEGREES AT HINDS The hottest day this year was experienced on Saturday with 91 degrees in the shade. Yesterday was fine and warm with a north-easterly wind. At Springburn, Saturday, with a temperature of 88 degrees, was the hottest day of the year and possibly as hot as any November day ever recorded. TO-DAY’S FORECAST. (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. The Government Meteorologist, at noon to-day, issued the Sallowing statement regarding the weather:— General inference: A rather intense anticyclone still covers the New Zealand "area, its centre being located to the east. A moderate depression is advancing slowly across the south Tasman Sea. The forecast for the east coast of the South Island from Blenheim to Oamaru is as followsLight to moderate northerly winds predominating and freshening somewhat. Weather fair to cloudy and warm. Seas slight to moderate.