Noon forecast
General forecast:! ;A’ifew’showers on the east, coast ;qE.the'. South . Island, fine elsewhere. • - , District forecasts: Canterbury:, 'South-westerlies freshening' '.’with a few •'show.ers;;. becoming fine later today with the winds decreasing. , Nelson: Light variable winds, • fine and cool.
Marlborough: Cool southerlies freshening about the coast, accompanied by a few showers, remaining fine inland. . Buller, Westland: Fine and cool light south-westerlies predominating. Outlook: Mainly fine in all districts of the South Island.
CHRISTCHURCH READINGS
Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars ...;. 1017.1 1019.8 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) .. 15 Rainfall: ,mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m n il : To date this month. ... 2 To-date this year 112 /■'To date last year 392 Average to date. ...... 240 Average for May 76 Wettest May (1959)'. ... , 193 Driest May-(1960) 13 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 4 hr 42 min To date this month. ..; 74 , To date this year..... 836 . To date last year. .... 755 • Average for May ~... 126 Humidity: Per ceht:.at n00n...... 42 ■ Per cent- at 6 p.m..... 58 : 'Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday Maximum 12 deg, minimum -01 deg, grass -4 deg, rainfall nil . SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun-Today: Rises, 7.36 a.m.; sets, 7.14 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.37 a.m. sets, 7.13 p.m. ...., .. Moon— Today: Rises, 3.49 p.m.; - sets, 3.22 a-fn. Tomorrow: “ Rises, 4.14 p.m.; sets 4.22 ' a.m. High tide at Lyttelton-Today: 1 - 1.47 a.m. and 2.14 p.m. To- ■ morrow: 2.31 a.m. and 2.56 p.m. ' (Akaroa, subtract .. 45min;; Port Levy, subtract
30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25min; Lake Forsyth, subtract 60mm;Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min). PHASES OF MOON Full moon: May 19, midday. Last quarter May 27, 9 a.m. New moon: June 3, midnight. - First quarter June 10, midnight. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 14deg., cloudy, W., 7 knots. Wellington: lldeg.,. fine, W., 7 knots. . • , Christchurch: 12deg., ? partly cloudy, calm. Dunedin: 12deg., cloudy, W., 13 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday, were: Adelaide, 7,21 k Brisbane, 16, 21; Canberra, 0, 19; Darwin, 25, 33; Hobart, 5, 13; Melbourne, 7, 19; Perth, 16, 19 (noon); Sydney, 11, 22. Minimum and. maximum temperatures. in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam 13, 26; Athens, 16, 26; Bahrain, 24, 36; Bangkok, 29, 30; Barbados, 24, 29; Beirut, 17, 21; Belgrade, 8; 18; Berlih; 16,-25; Bogota, 9, 18; Brussels, .11; 19;’ Buenos Aires, 18,19; Cairo, 18,19; Caracas, 18, 29; Chicago, 0, ’ 16; Copenhagen, 12, 22; Dublin, 9,16; Frankfurt. 9, 20; Geneva, 8, 15; Havana, 25, 30; Helsinki, 6, 12; Hong Kong, 22, 24; Jakarta, 24, 32; ■ '
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