YESTERDAY’S WEATHER

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 131, 27 February 1937, Page 10

YESTERDAY’S WEATHER

Wellington.—Overcast and muggy, with light, misty rain during the afternoon; a light north-westerly wind prevailed. Minimum temperature on Thursday night, 52.3 deg.; maximum yesterday, 67.6 deg.; at 3.30 p.m., 60.2 deg. Rainfall at “The Dominion” buliding for 24 hours ended midnight, ,44in. Total for the month, 3,82 in.; for the year, 7.28:n. Palmerston North.—Close and hot with a light east-north-east breeze. Masterton. —Fine and warm ; passing clouds ; practically no wind. Wanganui.—Overcast and cloudy ; heavy rain in the afternoon and evening; westerly breeze. Waipukurau.—Another extremely warm day with a temperature at 1 p.tn. of 78deg„ which fell by 7 p.m. to 71deg. This week the weather has been thy hottest this summer. Napier and Hastings.—Cloudy aud overeast in the morning, clearing toward midday and becoming tine aud warm. Aloderate north-east breeze. Auckland. —Fine but cloudy with a fresh northerly wind and a heavy haze. Temperatures were warm, and the barometer was steady at 30in. Christchurch.—Light rain fell intermittently during the morning from a heav-ily-overcast sky. A strong north-east breeze blew in the afternoon with a few more points rain. The maximum temperature was 61.1 deg. The barometer .fell during the day, but at 7 p.m. was steady at 29.97. Dunedin. —The sky was overcast and the barometer was unsteady in the afternoon falling to 29.95 in. The maximum temperature was 02deg., and there was again practically no wind.