METEOROLOGICAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 101, 1 May 1911, Page 6

METEOROLOGICAL

♦ ■ ■- ■ WELLINGTON'S WEATHER, THE SUN. Rose to-day— 6h 35m a.m. ; setß 4h 69m p.m. ' Rises to-morrow— Oh 36m a.m. ; sets 4h 56m p.m. BRIGHT SUNSHINE. Yesterday— Morning, 2h sm; afternoon, 3h 50m; total, 5b Csm. THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time.) D. H. M. First quarter C 0 44 a.m. Full moon 13 5 40 p.m. Last quarter 21 8 53 p.m. New moon 28 5 54 p.m. TEMPERATURE IN THE SHADE. Yesterday— Maximum, 67deg. ; minimum, 50.2deg. ; mean, 53.6deg. To-day, at noon— s9deg. RAINFALL. Bat tbe 24 hour? preceding 8 a.m. to-day— i O.Olin. , ' Total rainfall for April— 2.s3in. Maximum /all : o,C2in, on the 26th April. Wet days: 18. 1 WIND. Average velocity for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-<lay— l2 miles per hour. BAItOMKTEB. Yesterday— s p.m., 30.20. To-day— 9.3o a.m., 30.30; noon, 30.25. NEW ZEALAND. SYNOPSIS OF THE PAST 48 HOOP B The weather ( has been cool and changeable, and showers have fallen in many parts, but fair conditions have succeeded generally and prevail to-day. Cold nights have been experienced throughout tbe country, frosts being recorded at scattered stations inland. Moderate to strong southerly winds have generally prevailed, but the direction is more easterly to-day northward of Kawhia and Kast Cape. Atmospheric pressure is considerably above normal everywhere. TO-DAY'S WEATHER. From observations taken at 9 a.m.

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