METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 137, 13 June 1910, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

WELLINGTON'S WEATHER. THE STJN. Rose to-day — 7h 12m a.m. ; sets 4h 27m p.m. Rises to-morrow— 7h 13m a.m. ; sets 4h 27m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday— Mo'-ning, 4h 20m; afternoon, 4h 15m; total, Sh 35m. THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) D. H. M. Last quarter 1 9 54 a.m. New moon ... ••• ■■> 8 0 46 a.m. First quarter 15 3 49 a.m. Full moon 23 7 42 a.m. Last quarter 30 i a p.m. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday — Maximum, sS.6deg. ; minimum, 40.6tteg. ; mean, 49.Cdeg. To-day, at noon — 54deg. RAINFALL. For th« 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-daj— • t Nil. Total to date during the month— l.77in. Total rainfall during May— 3.3sin. WIND. Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding. 9 a.m. to-day— ll miles per hour. BABOMETEB. Ycsterdaj— s p.ra., 29.82. To-day— 9.3o a.m., 30.07; noon, 30.04. NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF THE PAST 48 HOURS Westerly winds, strong to gale, have prevailed, with strong southerlies m many parts yesterday. Severe hail squalls were experienced in the extreme south on Saturday night. Rain has fallen in many parts, and the weather has been generally cold and changeable. Frosts were experienced last night in many parts, and seas have been very heavy on the West Coast. The barometer has risen steadily noithward of East Cape and Kawhia, but fell in the south till late on Saturday night, and has risen steadily since.