THE WEATHER

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 66, Issue 69, 2 January 1946, Page 4

THE WEATHER

PLEASANT DAY^YESTERDAY

The sunniest day for some time was experienced in Ashburton yesterday, when there was an easterly breeze. The sky to-day was lightly clouded and the atmosphere cool. There was an easterly breeze. The maximum and minimum temperatures yesterday were 67.5 and 46-6 degrees, compared with 56.1 and 42.6 on Monday.

The barometer to-day had fallen from 29.72 inches to 29.622.

December in Ashburton

Unseasonable rains and cold winds were a feature of the weather in Ashburton last month when 5.0 S inches' of rain fell. The rainfall in the previous December was. a record, 9.56 inches.

The highest maximum, temperature was 79.8 degrees on the 22nd, when there was a nor’westerly wind blowing. This compares with 77 degrees on the 11th of the previous December. No frosts, were recorded for the month, the lowest temperature being 31.1 degrese on the sth. The barometer fluctuated between 29.31 and 30.07 inches.

TEMPORARILY FAIR (P.A.) WELLINGTON, This Day. The Government Meteorologist, at noon to-day, issued the following statement regarding the-weather: General situation: Pressure is high north of New Zealand. A shallow depression, .west of Cook Strait, is moving east and another south-west of the South Island. The forecast for the east coast of the South Island from Blenheim to Oamaru to 5 p.m. to-morrow is as follows:

Moderate variable winds, southerly directions predominating; weather, cloudy and cool with some drizzle tonight' and scattered showers developing from the south to-morrow. 'Further outlook: Temporarily fair.

SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun rose 10-day. 4.55 n.m.; sets, 8.17 p.m. Sun rises tomorrow. 4.56 a nt.; sets, 8.17 p.m.

New Moon, January 3, 1.0 a.m. First Quarter, January 10, 8.57 a.m. Full Moon, January 17, 3.16 a.m. Last, Quarter, January 24, 5.80 p.m. High tide on the County coast to morrow 3.29 a.m. a-ud 3.51 p.m.