CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33100, 15 December 1972, Page 10

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

Yesterday in Christchurch was sunny.

Observations taken at the: I Meteorological Office, Hare wood, yesterday:— Barometer: 6 p.m. 11p.m.: Inches 29.65 29.70, Millibars .. 1004.2 1007.0 Thermometer: Degrees Maximum .. 15 Minimum (grass) .. 4 Minimum (air) 6 Humidity: Per cent at 6 p.m. .. 63 Rainfall: Yesterday: 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Trace 24 hours to 9 a.m. 15mm. To date this year .. 595 mm. To date last year .. 435 mm. Average to date .. 609 mm. Sunshine: h m Yesterday 12 54 Month to date 84 36 Average for Dec. .. 200 00 To date this year .. 2032 42 ‘ To date last year .. 1813 48 SUN, MOON AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 4.42 a.m.;i sets, 8.6 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises. 4.42 am.; sets, 8.7 p m. High water at Lyttelton—Today: I 11.24 a.m. and 11.56 p.m. Tomorrow: — a.m. and 12.18; p.m. Moon—Today: Rises, 1.56 p.m.;l | sets. 12.34 a.m. Tomorrow:'

Rises 3.12 p.m.; sets a.m.

Phases of Moon Full moor: December 20. 946 p.m. ■ Last quarter: December 27, 10.28 . P-m. (New moon: January 5. 3 43 am. First quarter: January 12, 5.28 p.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 16deg., partly cloudv, S.W., 24 knots. Wellington 13deg., fine, S.. 23 knots. Christchurch: 15deg., partly cloudy, S.W., 10 knots. Dunedin: 12deg.. cloudy, S.W., 10 knots. WORLD WEATHER The world’s weather on Wednesday was: Rome, cloudy. 3deg minimum, 12deg. maximum; i Paris. rain, 4. 10; London, ' drizzle. 12, 13; Berlin, fair, —l. 5; Amsterdam, cloudv. 8, 10; (Brussels, overcast. 6, 12; Madrid, 'fog, 2,5; Moscow, overcast. 1, ■3: Stockholm, overcast, 1. 5; Tokyo, fair, 3. 9; Hong Kong, overcast. 11, 14; Johannesburg, i sunny, 14. 25; Buenos Aires, 'sunny, 17, 24; Saigon, showers, 22, 31; Rio de Janeiro, cloudy, 15. 30; Lisbon, fog. 7. 15; Sydney, i cloudy. 17, 23; Melbourne, fine, 111, 23; Brisbane, fine. 22. 28 Perth, fine. 10. 21.