METEOROLOGICAL
WELLINGTON'S WEATHER
MOON FOR AUGUST. Last Quarter, 7th day, 5.58 a.m. New Moon. 14th day, 7.57 a.m.- First Quarter, 20Hi day, 11.6 p.m. Full Jloou, 28tu day,- 2.40 p.m. ' ' THURSDAY, 27th- AUGUST. The sun rose today, 6.25 a.m.; sets, 5.20 p.m. ■ Rises to-morrow, -6.24' a.m.; sets, 5.21 l'.tn- . ■ -.■•■'■ ■'•' ','- ■ , Bright Sunshine.—Yesterday: .Morning, 3hr 12mln; afternoon, 4hr 4Smin; total, Bhr. Temperature in Shade.—Maximum, 49.0deg; minimum. 43.1deg; mean, 46;0deg. Rainfall for the .24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day,'nil; total to date during the month, 1."21n. •' -". • ■ •-■.-_ ...■.-• : Wind.—Velocity of the wind for the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. to-day, 8.3 m.p.h. Barometer.—Yesterday,' 9 a.m., 29.9ain; today, 9 a.m., 29.95 in. ' • ■ - ' ' SYNOPSIS OF LAST: 24 HOURS. Owing to the development >of a cyclone iv the vicinity of the Kermadec Islands, the anticyclone over the .Tasmari Sea^ and New Zealand'has made very little eastward ' pi-ogress since yesterday. Consequently southerly winds have continued to prevail,. mainly light to moderate in force, but strong at places in the.far north and along the east coast of the Xofth Islands The weather has been fair-to fine generally, but showers = have fallen north of Auckland and in the far south, arid a few scattered showers also were'reported last higlit in the Cook Strait area. Temperatures have remained cool everywhere:
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 50, 27 August 1931, Page 12
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208METEOROLOGICAL Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 50, 27 August 1931, Page 12
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