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Capital has hot day

PA Wellington Wellington sweltered yesterday in the hottest day for 87 years: the temperature in the capital peaked at 30.2 degrees in mid-afternoon. It was the highest temperatnre in the capital since

31.1 recorded in 1895, a Meteorological Office spokesman said. Wellingtonians flocked to the beaches, the Basin Reserve, throbbed with the heat, and the cricket, and office workers wiped their ; brows. j But the capital was still i some way behind Methven. I the hottest spot in the coun- - try yesterday, with 36 degrees.

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Press, 10 February 1982, Page 6

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Capital has hot day Press, 10 February 1982, Page 6

Capital has hot day Press, 10 February 1982, Page 6