OVERCAST AND CHILLY

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 248, 1 August 1941, Page 4

OVERCAST AND CHILLY

THE WEATHER IN ASHBURTON. Overcast and chilly condition again, prevailed in Ashburton to-day. . The maximum and minimum temperatures yesterday were 46.0 and 37.0 degrees compared with 46.3 and 34.8 on Wednesday. The barometer read 29.81 inches compared with 29.75 inches yesterday. OBSERVATIONS AT METHV&N. The following are the meteorological observations for July, recorded by Mr James Oarr, “Rudstono," Methven: — Rain fell on nine days, the maximum being 92 points on the 10th. The total for the month was 2.24 inches (July, 1940, 4.49 inches). The average for July for the past 32 years is 3.32 inches. The driest Julys during that period were in 1914. and 1928, when only 78 points was recorded. The wettest was in 1912, when 11.15 inches fell. The total for this year to date is 23.43 inches, compared with 24.77 inches for the same period of 1940. The highest value of the barometer was 1133.9 milibnrs on the 18th (last July 1025.1) and the lowest was 1003.1 on the 26th (1004.4). 'flic highest reading of the maximum thermometer' was 58.9 degrees on the 7th (66.4) and the lowest minimum reading was 27.3 degrees on the 18ih (29.2). The lowest, reading on the grass was 13.4 on the 2nd (17.-1 L Other readings were:—Range of temperature 12.9 degrees (13.5), average mean temperature 42.3 (42.8), miles of wind 2158 (2114), evaporation 1.481 in (1.569), hours of sunshine 131.7 (133.4), days of frost IS (24), snow 1 (1). TO-DAY’S FORECAST (P.A.) WELLINGTON, This Day. The forecast for the east coast of the South Island from Blenheim to Oamaru is as follows: — Moderate southerly to south-westerly winds. A few isolated showers still likely from Banks Peninsula northward, but weather otherwise fair to cloudy. Temperatures cool with sharp frosts inland.