JULY WEATHER
OBSERVATIONS AT LINCOLN
July was notable for light winds, mild days, and a larger number of frosts than usual, according to observations made at the Canterbury Agricultural Collge, Lincoln. There were few hard frosts, and r&infall was below average. Soil conditions, however, were wet because of a general lack of drying through light winds and little sunshine. Recordings, with those for July, 1952. In parenthesis, were as follows:—Mean height of barometer, in inches, 29.885 (30.141); mean humidity, per cent.. 84.4 (85.9) mean maximum temperature degrees, 50.4 (51.1); highest maximum temperature 60.9 on the 9th (59.0); mean minimum temperature 32.1 (28.7); lowest minimum temperature 23.0 on the 14th (21.9) mean grass minimum temperature 25.2 (22.6): lowest grass minimum temperature 12.9 on the 14th (12.7); mean temperature 41.3 (39.9); mean range of temperature 18.3 (22.4): mean earth temperature at 8 inches, 40.0 ( 38.1); days of frost, 24 (25); rainfall in inches, 2.29 (0.88); rainfall to date, 20.39 (9.86); hours of sunshine. 128.6 (166.2); mean amount of cloud, 0 to 8, 5.2 (4.3); miles of wind, 4998 (4266): mean force of wind, 1.7 (1.8): evaporation for month, 0.829 (0.789).
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Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27112, 7 August 1953, Page 6
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