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1940 RECORD. CHRISTCHURCH, January 8. The exceptionally sunny autumn and spring of 1940 resulted in a record in the hours of sunshine for the year being established, according to the annual returns of the Christchurch Magnetic Observatory. The total of 2151.8 hours of sunshine recorded in 1940 exceeds Me previous record of 2088.5 hours in 1933 by 63.3 hours. February was a sunny month. March produced a sunshine figure 49 hours above normal, while the June figure was 59 hours above normal. October, November, and December exceeded the average number of hours of sunshine for those months by 32, 12, and 35 hours, respectively. Heavy cloud and fogs in mid-win-ter however, offset the improvement shown in the warm months. The lowest figure in sunshine records for Christchurch was 1875.8 hours in 1938.
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Grey River Argus, 9 January 1941, Page 2
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