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Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterdax. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 p.m. Millibars . 1016.6 1015.3 Temperatures: deg. Maximum 'to 6 pm.) 12* Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 pm. Trace; To date this month 45' To date this year -. 287 To date last >ear .. 273 Average to date .. 228* Average for Max .. 76 Wettest May «195<h .. 198 Driest May (1960» .. 131 Sunshine: hours Yesterday 12min To date this month 24 To date this year . 803 To date last year .. 856 Average for May .. 126 Humidity: Per cent at noon .. 78 Per cent at 6 p.m. 77 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday — Maximum 12deg. minimum 2deg. grass —ldeg. rainfall trace/ SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Toda'- Rises. 7.32 a.m.:’ sets 5.21 p.m Tomorrow: Rises 7.33 a.m.; sets. 5.20: p.m. Moon—Todav: Rises. 4-35 p.m.; .«< ts. 4.58 am. Tomorrow: Rises 5.8 pm: sets. 6.1; a.m. High tide at Lyttelton.—Todav: 245 a m and 3.9 p.m. Tomorrow; 3.27 a.m. and 3.52 p.m. Phase of Moon Full moon Max 12. 2 p.m. Last quarter: May 19. noon.
New moon: May 26. noon. First quarter: June 3. 11 am/ NOON WEATHER Auckland: 19deg., overcast. S.E.. 12 knots. Wellington: lldeg., cloudy. S.E.. 11 knots. 'Christchurch: 12deg.. overcast, calm Dunedin: lldeg., cloudy, calm. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the mam cities ot the world in the last 24 hours were: Adelaide. 6. 17; Amsterdam. I 6. 16; Athens. 18. 26; Bangkok.28. 36: Beirut. 17. 24; Belgrade. P. 16: Berlin 5. 17; Birmingham, 8. 10: Bogota. 9. 19; Brisbane, 15 25; Brussels. 7, 16; Buenos Aires. 8. 19; Cairo. 16. 32; Canberra. 2. 16: Caracas. 21. 33: Chicaeo. 13 27: Conenhagen. 6. 10; Curitiba i Brazil), 14. 21; Dublin. 7. 11; Edinburgh, 0. 11; Frankfurt. 0. 15; Geneva. 3. 16; Helsinki. 4. 9; Hong Kong. 24., 29; Honolulu. 21. 31; Jerusalem.) 13. 26: Johannesburg, 3. 16; Kiev. . 7. 15; Lima, 17. 22: Lisbon. 10, ’ 19: London. 8. 14: Los Angeles. I , 12. 19; Madrid. 8. 18: Manchester, j 8. 9: Manila. 23 35: Melbourne. 3. 15: Mexico City. 12. 29. Miami. ?1. 26: Montreal. 7. 16; Moscow,! 4. 15: N’andi. 22 30: New Delhi/ 23, 41: New York. 12. 24: Nicosia.) 14. 32; Oslo. 3. 10; Paris. 7. 17; | Rio de Janeiro 18. 32: Rome. 7.. ’ 17: San Francisco. 11. 14: San | Juan 23. 38; S a o Paulo. 18. 25; • - Seoul. 11. 23; Sin°aoore. 26. 33;! <tf »ckho)m. 2. 7' Sx-dnev, 12, 10; Taipei. 19 **6: Teh-nn, IL 25: Tel Aviv. 17. 74; Tok?* 17, 20; Toronto. 9. 16 Vancouver. 8. ’5; Vienna. 6. 15.
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