THE WEATHER
WIDE TEMPERATURE RANGE Ashburton experienced an outstandingly Avide range of temperature during the 24 hours ended at 9 a.m. today, there being 33 degrees difference between the maximum and minimum figures. The most pronounced fall came in the half hour after midnight. The grass minimum was 33 degrees, only 2.7 above a frost. Today was again very warm, with only a slight breeze. Yesterday there were 9.2 hours of sunshine. The maximum temperature during the period was 77 and the minimum 44 degrees, compared Avith 64 and 42 for the pre\ T ious 24 hours. The earth temperature to-day Avas 60.5 degrees, against 58-2 yesterday. The barometer rose sharply during the 24 hours, this morning’s reading being 30.03 inches against 29.67 yesterday at 9 a.m.
FAIR TO FINE (P.A.) WELLINGTON, This Day. The Government Meteorologist, at noon to-day, issued the following statement regarding the weather: General situation : An anti-cyclone extends from the Tasman Sea on to NeAv Zealand. The forecast for the east coast of the South Island from Blenheim to Oamaru to 5 p.m. to-morrow is as follows: Light to moderate north-east, Avinds-, Aveather fine, cool night and mild day temperatures. .Further outlook: Fair to fine. SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun rose to-day, 4.51 a.m.; sets, 7.55 p.m. 1 Sun rises to-morrow, 4.51 a.m.; sets, 7.56 p.m. First Quarter, December 9, 1.57 a.m. Full Moon, December 16, 9.11 p.m. Last Quarter, December 23, 5.12 p.m. NeAv Moon, December 30, 9.44 p.m. High tide on the County coast tomorroAv: Approximately 11.51 a.m. and p.m.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19481209.2.28
Bibliographic details
Ashburton Guardian, Volume 69, Issue 51, 9 December 1948, Page 4
Word Count
256THE WEATHER Ashburton Guardian, Volume 69, Issue 51, 9 December 1948, Page 4
Using This Item
Ashburton Guardian Ltd is the copyright owner for the Ashburton Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Ashburton Guardian Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in