THIRD EDITION. 86.5 IN THE SHADE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17175, 27 October 1926, Page 13

THIRD EDITION. 86.5 IN THE SHADE

| A TOUGH OF SUMMER TEMPERATURE VAGARIES 1 Gisbcrne to-day experienced the first i real touch of summer since early in the |! year, the mercury rising to the unusual I level, for Octobers, of 86.5 degrees. It j is probable, in fact, that this reading I is a record for the month, but as per- • manent records of temperature readings J have not been kept, it is not possible I tu be definite on this point. J Over a considerable period of years, I when records were maintained, however, j there was only one occasion in October | when SO degrees was passed, this being I in 1906, when the mercury mounted; to II 85 degrees, or considerably lower than j to-day's reading. At. 9* o'clock this I! morning Gisborne was reported to hay.e. in higher temperature than any oilier I town in New Zealand, 75 degrees being | recorded at that early hour. By micl--1 day the level of 86.5 was reached, but 1 I hereafter ihero was a slight fall, acj counted for, no doubt, by the breeze j \rhi< h sprang up.

Insofar ns the thermometer is concerned) the weather in Gisborne this month has shown a remarkable vagary. Early in the month almost humid conditions prevailed, but a week or two ago the position was reversed and falls of snow were general throughout the district, and although not actually experienced) in the town, made their pre seneo fell. The thermometer during the month actually touched freezing point, while on one. day during' the month it- never reached! a. higher point than 47 degrees.