Noon forecast
General forecast: Showers in the west of New Zealand, but mainly fine elsewhere. District forecasts: Canterbury: Fresh northerlies; showers about the western ranges, high cloud at times, otherwise mainly fine. Nelson: North-easterlies predominating, cloudy and mild with areas of mist and rain.
Marlborough: Fresh northerlies; high cloud and some showers, especially about the Sounds, otherwise mainly fine and mild. Buller, Westland: Moderate northerlies; cloudy and mild with areas of mist and rain. Outlook: Mainly fine in the east, from Gisborne to Dunedin, but unsettled elsewhere with occasional showers.
CHRISTCHURCH READINGS
Observations taken at the Meteorological Office. Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: Spin. 11 p.m Millibars 1008.7 1011.6 Temperature: deg. Maximum (.to 6 p.m.) ~ 24 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m...... nil To date this month. ... . Tee To date this year 110 To date last year 392 Average to date. • 226 Average for May 76 Wettest May (1959).... 198 Driest May (1960) 13 Sunshine: hrs Yesterdav 2 hr 36 mm To date this month. . . 43 To date this year 804 To date last year. ... . 723 Average for May 126 Humidity: per cent at noon al per cent at 6 p.m 4/ Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum .19 deg mtmmum , deg, grass 6 deg, rainfall Tee SUN, MOON, AND TIDES HiclUide at Lyttelton—Today: 9.1 High nae av w Tomorrow: sna • r inoo n<n .’ Levy, “to.ci * 30min).
PHASES OF MOON First quarter: May 11. 10 a.m. Full moon: May 19, midday. Last quarter: May 27, 9 a.m. New moon: June 3. midnight. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 18 deg., cloudy, calm. Wellington: 18 deg., cloudy, N., 15 knots. Christchurch: 21 deg, overcast, N.W.. 5 knots. Dunedin: 21 deg., fine. N.E.. 4 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam. 2, 10: Athens. 12, 20: Bahrain, 24, 28; Bangkok, 28, 34: Beirut, 15. 18; Belgrade, 8. 16; Berlin, 5.18: Bogota. 9. 19; Brussels, 10, 22; Buenos Aires. 14. 20: Cairo. 18. 34; Caracas, 21. 29; Chicago, 3, 10; Copenhagen, 5. 11; Dublin. 5, 12; Frankfurt. 6. 12; Geneva, 6. 17; Helsinki, 4. 12;. Hong Kong. 23, 29; Honolulu, 20, 28; Jakarta. 24, 33; Jerusalem. 10.23; Johannesburg. 16, 21; Kiev, 12. 22; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima. 17. 22; Lisbon, 11, 23; London, 12. 19: Los Angeles 14, 23' Madrid, 9. 27; Manila, 24. 36Mexico City, 12, 28; Miami, 25, 27; Montreal. —2. 13; Moscow, 13. 23; New Delhi. 26. 39; New York. 11,22Nicosia. 12. 26; Oslo, 3,10; Paris io’ 18; Rio de Janeiro, 17, 30; Rome 12’ 21; San Francisco. 10.19; San Juan’ 25. 31; Santiago. 13. 18; Sao Paulo, 15. 25; Seoul. 12, 23; Singapore, 25 31; Stockholm, 5. 13: Taipei. 20, 30 : Tel Aviv, 16. 24: Tokyo. 14, 16; Toronto, 5. 15; Vancouver, 9, 13; Vienna. 4. 6. Temperatures in the main Australian cities were: Adelaide. 12, 18; Brisbane, 14, 23; Canberra, 5, 17: Hobart, 7.; 14; Melbourne, 10, 16; Perth, 11, 24 (noon): Sydney. 12, 22.
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