WEEK-END WEATHER

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 178, 26 April 1938, Page 10

WEEK-END WEATHER

Wellington.—Overcast and threatening since Friday. Except on Saturday morning, when .there were sharp showers. there was little rainfall during tne daytime. A strong breeze blew from the south on Saturday. After then light easterlies and southerlies prevailed. The maximum temperature on Saturday was 57.1 deg., the minimum, on Saturday night 54deg., and the maximum on Sunday 61.6 deg. On Sunday night the minimum temperature was 54.9 deg. and the maximum yesterday was 59.7 cleg* Palmerston North.—Saturday : Intermittent rain and wind, with cool temperatures. Sunday : Dull and overcast sky, cold breeze and low temperature. Monday: Wet and cold, with heavy skies all day. . Masterton. —Almost continual ram tell in Masterton pn Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Temperatures were low. Wanganui.—Saturday was fine, with a cold northerly wind blowing in the afternoon. Dull and tureateniug weather prevailed on Sunday, with heavy rain at nightfall. Continuous rain fell throughout Sunday right and Monday morning, easing about noon. New Plymouth.—Saturday was warm and sunny. Sunday morning was sunny and the afternoon overcast, with showers. Yesterday was also cloudy. Waipukurau.—Heavy rain set in on Sunday morning and continued for 3o hours. It was still raining heavily at 10 o’clock last night. Napier and Hastings.—Almost a weeks rain culminated in very heavy falls on Sunday and yesterday. Auckland. —Generally unpleasant weather was experienced over the long weekend. Heavy rain fell on Saturday afternoon and Sunday afternoon, with cold showers yesterday. The wind was mostly from the south-west. The maximum temperature was 70deg. and the barometer had a falling tendency, the reading at 5 p.m. being 29.77 in. Christchurch.—The weather was fine but overcast on Saturday, with spme light rain early in the morning. Sunday and Monday were fine but overcast. A fresh north-east breeze blew throughout the week-end. The maximum temperature yesterday was 58.4 deg.. The barometer fell to 29.98 in. at 5 p.m. Dunedin. —Beautiful weather prevailed in Dunedin on Saturday, but a northeasterly breeze kept the temperature down to 58deg., the barometer being steady at about 30.27 in. A strong southerly wind marred the weather on Sunday, but temperatures were warin, with a maximum of 58deg. and the barometer fell to 30.00 in. in the evening. when misty rain began to fall. Yesterday morning was wet but mild, conditions improving in the afternoon, when the barometer was steady at SO.OOin.