Heaviest frost of year
Christchurch had its heaviest frost of the year yesterday. A 7deg. frost was recorded at Christchurch Airport and a sdeg. frost in the central city. More frosts have been predicted for the next three days. A Meteorological Service spokesman, Mr N. D. White, said that Christchurch probably had fewer frosts than usual for this time of the year. The heaviest frost before yesterday was 6.9 deg.,
on May 29. The record for a frost in June was lO.ldeg. in 1978. The cold weather gave 420 pupils of Isleworth Primary School, in Bishopdale, ah extra holiday. The school was closed yesterday when a fault in the school heating system, discovered on Friday, was repaired. The school’s principal, Mr I. E. Cummins, said that it was far too cold for pupils to work yesterday, but, the school should reopen this morning. " ' .
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Press, 9 June 1982, Page 1
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