METEOROLOGICAL
CAWTHRON INSTITUTE METEOROLOGICAL STATION Report for 24 hours ending 9.30 a.m. Friday, 6th December, 1940. Rainfall: Nil. Weekending 9.30 a.m. Sunday Ist Month to date: Nil. Year to date: 32.43 in. Temperature at 9.30 a.m.: 63.5 deg. Max shade temp.: 71.6 deg. Mtn. temp, in screen: 61.1 deg. Min. temp, on grass: 57.0 deg. Soil temperatures at 9.30 a.m. • lft depth : 66.0 deg. 3ft. depth: 61.6 deg. Barometer. 9.30 a.m.: 30.19 in Wind, 9.30 a.m.: N.E., light air. Sky, 9.30 a.m.: Overcast and drizzle. Bright sunshine (sth) : 4hrs 15min. GOVERNMENT RESEARCH ORCHARD REPORT Report for 24 hours ending 9.30 a.m. Friday, 6th December, 1940. Rainfall: Trace. Week ending 9.30 a.m. Sunday. Ist .29 in. Month to date: Trace. Year to date: 29.29 in. Humidity, 9.30 a.m.: 87 per cent. Ait temperature at 9.30 a.m.: 65.0 deg. Max shade temp.: 72.3 deg. M : n. temp, in screen: 59.0 deg. Mm. temp, on grass: 53.2 deg. Soil lft. depth : 67.5 deg. Soil 3ft. depth: 63.5 deg. Wind. 9.30 a.m.: N.E., light air. Sky, 9.30 a.m.: Overcast, drizzling rain. OBSERVATIONS ELSEWHERE Manukau Heads: Not received „ A “f l Klar ‘ f i: Bar 1026; ther. 65; wind w N.W., slight breeze; sky overcast; sea cam. Cape Palliser: Bar. —; ther. 60; wind L., gentle breeze; sky overcast, hazy sea slight. Caoe Egmont: Not received Wanganui: Bar. 1024; ther.' 70; wind Iv W.. light air; sky overcast; bar slight Wellington: Bar 1024; ther. 55; wind S.S z... slight breeze; sky overcast, intermittent drizzle; sea slight. Cape Campbell: Bar. 1024; ther. 59; wind. S.. slight breeze; sky overcast; sea slight. Farewell Spit: Bar. 1023; ther. 61; wind W. gentle breeze; sky overcast, intermittent drizzle; sea slight; 8 points rain Westport: Bar. 1021; ther. 59; wind W.S.W., light air; sky overcast; bar slight; 33 points rain. Greymouth : Bar. 1023: ther. 59; wind fa gentle breeze; sky overcast; bar moderate Oor ist church : Bar. 1025; ther. 53; wind E N E.. slight breeze; sky overcast. intermittent rain. Puysegur Point: Bar. 1025; ther. 51; wind, SW. slight breeze; sky cloudy; sea slight; 11 points rain.
i TO-DAY’S WEATHER FORECAST ; WELLINGTON. This Day. , A snallow depression lies across cen- < tral New Zealand, and separates anticyclones located to the north-east and l south The forecast is for light vari- • ab e winds The weather is likely to prove cloudy with some further drizzle l or rain, but improving to-morrow. Tem- • pe r atures moderate. Seas slight. rilE MOON—DECEMBER
D. H.M. Fiist Quarter 7 4.01 a.m. Frill Moon 15 7.38 a.m. Last Quarter 22 1.45 p.m. New Moon 29 8.56 ajn.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 6 December 1940, Page 1
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