88 DEGREES IN SHADE.
in VEBCAR6ILL SWELTERS. (P.A.) IXVERCARGILL, Monday. With the temperature touching 88 degrees in the shade, the highest for at least 26 years, Invercargill eweltered at the week-end. For four days in succession 14 hours of "bright" sunshine have ibeen recorded, but a* the sun liar- been rising before 5 a.iu. and setting at 8.40 p.m. there have been about 15} hours actual sunshine each day. A temperature of *88 degree* wag reached on Saturday afternoon. Sunday was also very hot, So degrees being recorded. To-day vw again bright and sunny, but & cool south-west breeze made conditions more bearable.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 310, 31 December 1940, Page 9
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10288 DEGREES IN SHADE. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 310, 31 December 1940, Page 9
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