A SHARP FROST.
RECORDED. AS 4.5 DEGREES. GROUND WHITE THIS MORNING. Following a very cold, bitter snap yesterday nfternpon Ashburton had its sharpest frost of the winter last night. This morning tho ground was frozen ha*rd and was coated in white. An actual fresi. of 4.5 degrees, recorded on the screen, and a ground frost of 10.9 degrees were registered at the Ashburton Domain weather station this morning. , , . The frost of 4.5 degrees this morning is equal to 11.6 degrees, under the method of reading frosts in use last year. The rain that fell yesterday afternoon and last night amounted to 21 points. The maximum and minimum temperatures yesterday were 44.3 and 27.5 degrees respectively, compared with 54.5 and 39.0 degrees on Sunday. The barometer read 29.65 inches this morning. Tho reading yesterday was 29.25 inches. .
TO-DAY’S FORECAST. (P.A.) WELLINGTON, This Day. ■ Tho forecast for the east coast of tho South Island from Blenheim to Oamaru is as follows: Winds becoming light to moderate and variable. Weather fine. Cold nights with lianjl frosts, but day temperatures moderating. Seas moderate, with a southerly swell.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 185, 20 May 1941, Page 4
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183A SHARP FROST. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 185, 20 May 1941, Page 4
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