General forecast: Over much of the South Island, fine and mild, but along the east coast from Marlborough to North Otago rather cloudy with drizzle night and morning. District forecasts: Canterbury: Moderate north-easterlies; mainly fine near the Alps; low cloud about the plains morning and night, with areas of drizzle.
Marlborough: Mostly cloudy with easterlies; drizzle patches, chiefly about the coast. Nelson, Buller, and Westland: Fine and mild; skies cloudy at times. Tomorrow: Fine after clearance of morning cloud in Canterbury; fine and cloudy at times in Nelson, Buller, and Westland; fine in Marlborough.
CHRISTCHURCH READINGS
Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11p.m. Millibars .... 1019.4 1022.1 Temperature: deg Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 16 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m Trace To date this month. ... 52 To date this year 141 To date last year 20 Average to date 76 Average for February. . 455 Wettest (1945) 144 Driest (1973) 5 Evapotranspiration .... 1.3 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 0 hr 0 min To date this month. ... 83 To date this year 332 To date last year 362 Average’ for February. . 186 Humidity: Per cent at noon . . 73 Per cent at 6 p.m 72 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday Maximum 19 deg, minimum 13 deg grass 12 deg, rainfall Trace. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun-Today: Rises, 6.51 a.m.; sets, 8.35 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.52 a.m.; sets, 8.34 p.m. Moon-Today: Rises, 9.7 p.m.; sets, 6.17 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 9.39 p.m.; sets, 7.40 а. High tide at Lyttelton-Today 5.8 a.m. and 5.33 p.m Tomorrow: 6.5 a.m. and б. p.m. (Lake Forsyth subtract 60min; Akaroa, subtract 45min; Port Levy’ subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25min; Kaikoura, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Phases of Moon Full moon: Today.
Last quarter: February 24. New moon: March 3. First quarter: March 11. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 21 deg. cloudy, S.W.. 7 knots. Wellington: 18 deg., cloudy, E., 6 knots. Christchurch: 14 deg., recent drizzle, E., 11 knots. Dunedin: 14 deg., cloudy, N.E.. 5 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 14, 26; Brisbane, 22, 27; Canberra, 16, 31; Hobart, 14, 21; Melbourne, 16, 22; Perth, 20, 28 (noon). Sydney, 20, 28. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, -2, 2; Athens, 3, 10; Bahrain, 15, 21; Bangkok, 27, 33; Barbados, 22, 29; Belgrade, -2, 8; Berlin, -7, 0; Bogota, 5, 18; Brussels, -4, 5; Buenos Aires, 20, 30; Cairo. 10, 18; Caracas, 19, 29; Chicago, -5, 13; Copenhagen, -2, -1; Dublin, ■ 1,7; Frankfurt, -1, 4; Geneva, - 6,0; Havana, 20, 26; Helsinki, - 1,1; Hong Kong, 13, 16; Honolulu, 21, 29; Jakarta, 23, 31; Johannesburg, 20, 29; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 20, 26; Lisbon, 4, 16; London, -1, 6; Los Angeles. 14, 22; Madrid, -5, 9; Manila, 20, 32; Mexico City. 8. 23; Miami, 21, 29; Montevideo, 20, 28; Montreal, 5,9; Moscow, -9. -5; New Delhi, 8, 24; New York, 1, 11; Nicosia, 8, 18; Oslo. -4, -3; Paris, -1. 6; Peking, -9. 2; Rio de Janeiro. 23, 38; Rome, - 1,9; San Francisco, 5, 14; Santiago, 11, 28; Seoul. -6, 1; Singapore, 23, 29; Taipei, 13, 17; Tokyo, 1. 7; Toronto, 4,8; Vancouver. 2,9; Vienna, -5, 1; Warsaw, -8, -3.
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