General forecast: Mainly fine throughout New Zealand. District forecasts: Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson: Fine and mild, light to moderate northeasterlies. Buller, Westland: Some cloud, coastal sea
breezes. Tomorrow: Scattered showers on the West Coast, increasing cloud in the east. Extended range forecast to Sunday: A cool, showery southerly change should pass by the. week-end.
CHRISTCHURCH READINGS
Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m. 11" p.m. Millibars 1023.8 1026.0. Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 20 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. ..... nil To date this month . ... 85 To date this year 104 To date last year ..... 96 Average to date 90 Average for February . . 45 Wettest February (1945) . 144 Driest February (1973). . 5 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 12 hr 42 min To date this month .... 187 To date this year 466 To date last year 416 Average for February . . 186 Humidity: Per cent at noon 59 Per cent at 6 p.m 54' Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday: Maximum 25 deg, minimum 8 deg, grass 3 deg, rainfall nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 7 a.m.; sets, 8.20 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 7.2 a.m.; sets, 8.19 pjn. Moon—Today: Rises, 2.38 a.m.; sets, 7.1 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 3.58 a.m.; sets, 7.39 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton Today: 2.38 a.m. and 2.52 p.m. Tomorrow: 3.21 a.m. and 3.45 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 New moon: February 28. First quarter March 8. Full moon: March 16. . Last quarter March 23.
NOON WEATHER Auckland: 21deg., fine, S.W., 9 knots. Wellington: 20deg., fine, S., 11 knots. Christchurch: 19deg., fine, E., 12 knots. Dunedin: 17deg., cloudy, S.W., 19 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 16, 21; Brisbane, 23, 29; Canberra, 13, 26; Darwin, 26, 30; Hobart, 13, 26; Melbourne, 12, 29; Perth, 15, 26; Sydney, 20, 28. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, —l, 2; Athens, 10, 16; Bahrain, 16, 22; Bangkok, 26, 33; Barbados, 21, 28; Beirut, 17, 22; Belgrade, 3,8; Berlin, —5, 1; Bermuda, 14, 18; Bogota, 18, 22; Brussels, — 4,3; Buenos Aires, 21, 30; Cairo, 6, 26; Calgary, —2O, —l7; Caracas, 15, 27; Chicago, 0,6; Copenhagen, —5, 4; Denpasar, 25, 30; Dublin, 5,8; Frankfurt, 0,2; Geneva, —3, 4; Havana, 23, 30; Helsinki, —lO, —5; Hong Kong, 18, 20; Honolulu, 16, 27; Islamabad, 9, 14; Istanbul, 9, 16; Jakarta, 23, 30; Jerusalem, 13, 22; Johannesburg, 16, 28; Kiev, 0,2; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 33; Lima, 20, 26; Lisbon, 3, 13; London, 2,7; Los Angeles, 10, 17; Madrid, —5, 10; Manila, 20, 32; Mexico City, 13, 26; Montevideo, 21, 26; Montreal, —2, 15; Moscow, —l, 0; New Delhi, 13, 28; New York, 0, 10; Oslo, —B, 0; Paris, 3,4; Peking, —3, 8; Rio de Janeiro, 22, 36; Rome, 2,7; San Francisco, 7,19; Stm Juan, 20, 30; Santiago, 10, 26; Seoul, 3,9; Singapore, 24, 32; Stockholm, —4, 1; Tel Aviv, 15, 29; Tokyo, 3, 12; Toronto, —B, 3; Vancouver, —l6, —l3; Vienna, 2,7; Warsaw, 0,2.
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