CHRISTCHURCH READINGS
Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m, 11 p.m. Millibars 992.7 995.1 Temperatures: deg Maximum (to 8 p m.) 28 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Trace To date this month 7 To date this year • • 7 To date last year .. 9 Average to date .. 23 Average for Jan. .. 47 Wettest Jan. (1923) .. 139 Driest Jan. (1897» .. 5 Sunshine: hours Yesterday' Bhr oml n To date this month 130 To date this year . 130 To date last year .. 140 Average for January 211 Humidity: Per cent at noon 41 Per cent at 6 p.m. . 28 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. —Maximum 20deg minimum lldeg, grass 12deg, rainfall trace. Sun—Today: Rises, 6.8 a.m.: sets. 9.9 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.8 a.m.; sets, 9.9 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—Today: 7.39 a.m. and 8.2 p.m. Tomorrow: 8.26 a.m. and 8.49 p.m. Phases ©f Moon Last quarter: January 21. midnight. New moon: January 28, 7 p.m. First quarter: February 4,2 p.m. Full moon: February 'l2. 4 p.m.
NOON WEATHER Auckland: IBdeg, cloudy. N . 7 knots. Wellington: 18deg, cloudy, NW, 31 knots. Christchurch: 18deg, overcast, N.W.. 10 knots. Dunedin; 19deg, partly cloudy, calm. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were;— Adelaide. 18. 31; Amsterdam, —4, 2; Athens. 5, 10; Bangkok, 25. 31; Belgrade, —2, 2; Berlin, —3, 0; Bogota, 5. 21. Brisbane, 21. 31; Buenos Aires, 20. 30; jCairo. 9. 21; Canberra. 18. 34; Caracas, 13, 27; Chicago. —5, 0; Copenhagen. —5, —2; Curitiba, 16. 21; Frankfurt. —5. 3; Geneva, —l2, —1: Helsinki. —3, 2; Hong Kong. 17. 18; Jerusalem. 5. 17; Johannesburg. 6. 28; Kiev. 0,5; Lima, 19, 24: Lisbon. 10. 16. London, 0. 6: Los Angeles. 6, 20; Madrid. 4, 15; Manila. 16. 28; Melbourne, 17 21; Miami. 21, 25; Montreal. —lB —l6; Moscow. —7, —2; New Delhi, 7. 24; New York. —5, 2; Nicosia. 8, 17: Oslo, —6, —4; Paris, -9. 2; Rio 19. 31; Rome, —2. 10; San Francisco, 9. 11; San Juan, 23, 29; Sao Paulo. 18. 24: Seoul. —IL —4: Singapore. 22. 30: Stockholf 1,4: Sydney, 22, 26; Taipei. 14, 18: Tel Aviv. 8, 22; Tokyo. 0,6; Toronto, —lO. 0; Vancouver. 1. 4; Vienna. —2, 1
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