OVER NINETY IN SHADE
0 TROPICAL HEAT IN CHRISTCHURCH BY Telegraph.—priss association. Christchurch, February 17. Tropical heat was experienced in Christchurch to-dav, and with a blazing hot sun and very little wind, the mercury began to climb early in the day. Conditions outdoors were very trying, as the occasional breeze was light and from the north-west. It was soon apparent that the temperature .would approach the record, and so it proved. The temperature of 92.3 degrees Fahrenheit, which was a maximum for the day, and which was reached near 4 p.m., is the highest recorded here since that of 92.6 Fahrenheit recorded on January 11. 1924. The extreme record here is 90.3 degrees ■Fahrenheit. This was recorded as far back as 3 -°« I- 9 - 08 -*.
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 120, 18 February 1928, Page 8
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125OVER NINETY IN SHADE Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 120, 18 February 1928, Page 8
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