HOT WEATHER YESTERDAY

Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26050, 1 March 1950, Page 8

HOT WEATHER YESTERDAY

87 DEGREES IN CHRISTCHURCH

Christchurch sweltered yesterday. Although the temperature narrowly missed being the highest this year, the heat was so sustained throughout the day that most people were certain that new records must have been set. For 45 minutes —from 12.45 to 1.30 the thermometer at the Christchurch Geophysical Observatory did not vary from the maximum of 87.3 degrees. On January 11 it reached a peak of 88.5 degrees for a short period. The day broke fine and clear, and b - 9 a.m. the reading was 71.4 degrees. The temperature mounted steadily toward midday and by 3.30 p.m. it had dropped back only to 84 degrees. Tne weather office at the Royal New Zealand Air Force Station. Wigram, recorded the peak in the middle of the afternoon. A steadily mounting thermometer showed 85 degrees at noon and 86.9 degrees about 3 p.m. Half an hour later it was back to 83 degrees, but it did not drop further until 5 p.m. The maximum temperature recorded at Rangiora yesterday was 85.5 degrees. The maximum temperature on Monday was 84 degrees. The borough baths, the Ashley River, and the beaches were popular last evening. At north Loburn 88 degrees were registered, and at Whiterock Main 90 degrees were recorded.