WEATHER REPORT
OFFICIAL FORECASTS (P.S.S.I WELLINGTON, Sept. 15. The weather forecast for Canterbury, Issued at 5 p.m. by the Meteorological Office, Wellington, and dealing with the 24 hours following the time of issue, is as follows: Winds between north and west predominating and freshening at times; scattered rain in the ranges, but weather otherwise fair to cloudy, with moderate to mild temperatures. CHRISTCHURCH WEATHER The day in Christchurch yesterday Was fine, with intermittent sunshine. A light wind blew from the south-west. At 1 o’clock this morning the sky was cloudy, and there was a light wind from the south-west. The barometer at 29.62 Inches (1003.1 millibars) was rising slowly. Meteorological observations taken at the Magnetic Observatory. Christchurch, on Tuesday, September IS;9 a.m. 3 p.m. Barometer (inches) .. 29.453 29.355 (millibars) .. 997.4 994,1 Falling Falling, slowly. ThermometerDry bulb .. .. 52.4 53.4 Wet bulb .. •• 49.8 52.7 Maximum prev. 24 hours 60.9 Minimum prev. 24 hours 46.8 Minimum on grass .. 39.7 Maximum during day Humidity, per cent. ..82 83 Wind W.S.W. W.S.W. v. It. v. It. Cloud (0-10) .. ..8 9 Rain •• .. ,06in Nil 1942. 1941. Rainfall to date .. .. 19.361n 26.V8in Observations taken up to 1 a.m. to-day at “The Press’’ Office:— 5, 9 p.m. 1 a.m. Barometer (millibars) .. 1001.7 1003.1 (inches) .. 29.58 29.62 Rising , slowly. Rainfall for 24 hours ended 1 a.m. .. .. nil SUNSHINE hj. m. Yesterday .. .. 3 5 1939. 1940. 1941. 1942. hj. m. hj. m. hj. m. hj. m Jan. .. 239 5 202 10 247 35 138 58 Feb. .. 192 6 221 15 222 42 144 13 Mar. .. 158 6 224 25 171 30 114 35 April .. 186 36 137 40 156 20 183 0 May .. 155 18 119 12 160 30 84 2 June 102 18 138 0 117 0 141 20 July .. 95 30 132 30 126 30 115 30 Aug. .. 117 0 141 0 89 36 175 5 Sept. .. 179 36 141 0 194 50 *Bl 44 "To September 15. SUN, MOONi AND TIDES (Summer Time) Sun—To-day: Rises, 6.31 a.m.; sets, 6.18 p.m. To-morrow: Rises, 6.29 a.m.; sets, 6.19 p.m. High water at Lyttelton—To-day, 8.47 a.m. and 9.14 p.m.; to-morrow, 9.41 a.m. and 10.8 p.m. Phases of Moon for September New moon, September 11, 4,53 a.m. First quarter, September 18, 4.56 a.m. Full moon, September 25, 2,34 a.m.
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Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23744, 16 September 1942, Page 4
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