PAST WEEK'S WEATHER.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18322, 12 February 1923, Page 6

PAST WEEK'S WEATHER.

. HALF AN INCH OF RAIN.. 'M MONTH TO DATE, 2.31 INCHESTS MONTH TO DATE, 2.31 INCHES. Following the heavy rain which fell at Auckland on Friday morning fine weather v has been experienced since. The wind, $f| which had been from the westward, 111 changed to the south after * the ma and ;|fll caused a noticeable fall in the temperature. ' • * - ':M For nearly two months until last week ;4iil the barometer had been very erratic, and ranged between 29.00 in. and 29.75 in, On ?! Monday and Tuesday its mean register -l was about 29.95 in., and on Wednesday it if steadied at SO.OOin. The rain on Friday. .|§ did not effect the reading, and that night '?! it rose ito 30.10 in., where it • remained steady for the next 48 hours. -y. i;| " The past week was a fairly fine one. The greatest : number of . hours :of bright sunshine ,in any one day occurred on .Mori: : " ] day, when 10 hours.;. 5 minute? were | registered. The least number 7 wis} on Tuesday, when only five hours firs' minutes' J were registered. The total ' rainfall •' lor ' 1 the • week ended 9 a.m. yesterday , was • '-4 .49in.," and for the month to date 2.31 in. Thero was no rain on Wednesday, Friday or Saturday, but ~4lin. fell between 9 a.m. on • Thursday and the same time oas?sj Friday.-.. . ' i . The highest temperature in the shade .'-xj for the week . was 77 degrees; registered on Thursday, and the lowest 55 degrees, registered , on Friday. . - )