MILD JULY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27157, 12 August 1949, Page 4

MILD JULY

HIGH TEMPERATURES IN DUNEDIN During July, the sun shone an hour and a-half longer on Dunedin than on Alexandra. In Oamaru, 126.3 hours of sunshine were recorded, while the figures for Dunedin and Alexandra were 110.5 hours and 109.0 hours respectively. Dunedin had the highest rainfall, with a total recording of 2.71 in, while Balclutha was not far behind with 2.17 in. At Alexandra, 1.33 in of rain fell, while 1.16 in were recorded at the Waitaki Hydro. Oamaru had the lowest total with a fall of 0.81 in. Throughout the Dominion, last month was the mildest July on record, and everywhere mean temperatures were 2deg above the average, while in Central Otago the difference was as much as sdeg. In Dunedin, the highest temperature recorded during the month was 63deg—the highest since 1942 when 66deg were recorded. In Alexandra the highest temperature was 61.9 deg. The lowest temperature recorded in Dunedin during the month, 32.0 deg, was higher than the corresponding July figure for the past 20 years. The lowest temperature in Alexandra was 23 2dc^ In Balclutha. rain fell on 17 days and in Dunedin on 15 days. Alexandra experienced 13 rain days and the Waitaki Hydro 11, while in Oamaru rain fell on eight days only.