THE WEATHER.
Beinlts of Meteorological Obsecrations taken at Christehurch. Latitude,32'l6" 8.; Longitude, 17i° 38" 59" B. Height above sea level, 21 feet,
The following are the readings of the barometer and thermometer for the above days, in order, at 9.30 a.m, (Barometer corrected and reduced to 32 deg. F.) 28.383 1 29.412 1 29.221129.351129.809 1 23.876 1 29.696 Temperature in shsde, ffl.B | 62.8 | 51.9 | 51.4 I 64.2 [ 60.8 | 67. iT Bright sunshine, but cool and very pleasant on the 6th, loth 11th, and forenoons of the 7th and 12th. Thunderstorm with mid lightning, Bnd reu arkably h*My rain and hail at 3 p.m. on the 7th, followed by a very wet night. Very cold on the Bth and 9th, with frequent heavy showers of rain from B.W. Hon.—During the thunderstorm on the 7th the raintall measured 1.205 inches in 24 minutes B. L. HOLMES, Meteorological Observer,
R Daily Ueim of Thermometers. Wina. i i p 9 ►3 f'4 si * s w M 0 o 0 li a . ""a o „• •« S a £6 a . © •"0 51 1 .s| II 6 7 8 » 10 V 29.37Q 29.392 29.200 29.396 29,796 28.838 29.661 57.0 M.3 61.2 60.6 86.0 61.9 69.6 101.5 121.5 91.0 82.2 101.0 87.3 99.0 lli 17.8 10.1 39.0 39.0 51.1 55.6 63.0 69.7 607 55.5 63.0 67.5 78.0 51.0 51.0 17.7 15.8 19.0 56.3 61.2 8W. SW. 8E, 8W. SW. SW. BB« VS. E. KB. B. 160 - 108 2.253 107 0.062 1770.172 90 - 108 - 188 -
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Lyttelton Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2205, 15 January 1868, Page 2
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