FROST IN SUBURBS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23044, 23 May 1938, Page 8

FROST IN SUBURBS

CITY'S FINE WEEK-END TWO VERY COLD NIGHTS LOW WAIKATO TEMPERATURES Cold nights and warm sunny days distinguished the week-end in Auckland. On both Saturday and Sunday it seemed to many that there had been a frost in the city, but although there was a heavy dew* in each instance and lawns and gardens seemed to be white with frost, on both days the temperature was above freezing point in the higher districts. In low-lying areas in the suburbs, however, a frost was experienced yesterday morning.

If Friday and Saturday nights were cold, the bracing air in the early morning was generally welcomed as a guarantee of good weather.and for this time of the year there were remarkably large numbers of people who made the most of the week-end in the open. Sports attractions on Saturday were all very well patronised. High Barometer Reading

The slight frost yesterday was particularly noticeable in such districts as Morningside, and much of the ground was still covered with white up to 9 a.m. Other low-lying suburban areas also experienced light frosts, and even m the higher city areas the air was cold enough to persuade many early risers that there had been a general frost. Yesterday morning was much colder than Saturday, the lowest reading on grass at Albert Park being 34 degrees, compared with the 39 degrees on Saturday. A token of the apparent steadiness of the fine weather was provided by the barometer yesterday, the reading of just over 30.5 in. having been exceeded only once this year, in January. Activities on Waterfront The warm sun was sufficient encouragement for a fairly large number of boat-owners to make short daylight cruises. Most of the craft on the harbour, however, were power boats. Many yachtsmen took advantage of a good midday tide to bring their boats up out ot the water and groups of them were to be seen at St. Mary's Bay, Judge's* Bay, Cox's Creek, Hobson Bay and along the Heme Bay waterfront dragging their craft on to high ground for the winter. Motorists and pedestrians also made the most of the week-end sun. No heai'ier frosts hare been recorded this year than those experienced on Saturday at Hamilton and Cambridge. At Hamilton the recording was 8 degrees and at Ruakura it was 8.5 degrees. Only two. other frosts have been recorded at Hamilton this year, one being of 3 degrees on May 12 and the other of 2 degrees on May 13. The recording at Cambridge was 9.5 degrees, this being the town's first heavy frost of the winter.