YESTERDAY’S WEATHER

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 242, 9 July 1938, Page 10

YESTERDAY’S WEATHER

Wellington.— Fine and sunny, with a few scattered clouds. The morning was calm, but there was a light southerly breeze during the afternoon. Temperatures were cold, maximum yesterday being 46.8 degrees; minimum on Thursday night was 35 degrees, with six degrees of frost. The temperature at 3 p.m. yesterday was 44.6- degrees, and the barometer reading 30.352 inches. Palmerston North.— Fine and cloudless after a heavy frost, with a chilly southerly breeze. Masterton.— Sunny after a sharp frost of 11.6 degrees. There, was a light westerly breeze off the snow-coated Tararuas. Wanganui.— Fine and sunny, with a light northerly wind. There was a heavy frost in the morning, and temperatures were low throughout the day. Napier and Hastings.—A line day followed the heaviest frost of the winter — six degrees at Napier and seven at Hastings. Bright sunshine but a cold southerly breeze. Waipukurau.— A heavy frost of eight degrees was followed by beautiful sunshine. The maximum temperature was 51 degrees. New Plymouth.— There was bright sunshine all day with a cold southerly breeze. The barometer at 5 p.m. read 30.30 inches, Auckland.— Fine and sunny with cool temperatures, the wind being light from the south-east, and the maximum temperature 54 degrees. Barometric pressure fell slightly. The reading at 5 ji.in. was 30.27 indies. Christchurch. —A brilliantly fine day followed a frost of 13.8<leg. The maximum temperature during the day was 43.3 deg. The barometer at 5 p.m. read 30.35 in. Dunedin.— Fine hut dull, wih cold emperatures, the maximum being 46 degrees. There was a frost in the morning, but the weather tended to be milder toward evening. The barometer, after remaining steady for some time at ■ 30.50 inches, fell sharply in the afternoon. and the reading last evening was 30.42 inches.

The. Rev. J. 1). McLennan Wilson, of St. Andrew's Church, New Plymouth, will arrive in Wellington this morning and will conduct both services in St. John's Church, Willis Street, to-mor-row.