THE WEATHER

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXX, Issue 20165, 20 July 1935, Page 2

THE WEATHER

TIMARU RECORDS Sun rises to-day 7.16 a.m.; sets 4.50 p.m. High water to-day 5.58 a.m.; 6.25 p.m. PHASES OF THE MOON Last Quarter . .. July 23 7.12 a.m New Moon .. .. July 30 9.2 p.m. Moon rises to-day 10.1 p.m.; sets 9.29 a.m. to-morrow. RECORD AT GARDENS The records at the Timaru Gardens yesterday were:— Barometer, 9 a.m.—30.14. Min. temp, on grass—3o.4. Frost —1.6 degrees. Wind—Calm. Rainfall—Nil. Rainfall to date this year—l3.loins. Rainfall to date last year—l7.B2ins. Sunshine yesterday—nil. Sunshine to date this year—B7o.3hrs. Maximum temp, yesterday—sl.B. COUNTRY CENTRES Waimate.—Barometer 30.40 (rising slowly). Thermometer, highest, 60. Thermometer, lowest, 35. Rain, 1 point. Frost, 4 degrees. Wind gauge, miles run in last 24 hours, 26. Bright sunshine 2hrs 25mins. The weather : ;s----terdpy was dull and overcast, with a threat of rain towards evening. Geraldine.—Air temperature, max. 58, min 39; 9 a.m. 42 deg. Frost, nil. Wind, south-east, light. Rainfall, nil. Rainfall to date 13.33 ins.; rainfall to end of June 1934, 19.60in5. General conditions, dull and overcast. Ashburton.—Pleasant weather was experienced in Ashburton again yesterday, when conditions were mild after a frost of three degrees. A light northerly breeze prevailed and the sun shone in a hazy sky. The barometer rose to 30.11 inches. Maximum and minimum readings of the thermometer were 58.9 degrees and 32.7 degrees. Temuka.—Yesterday was overcast and colder than the last few days. At 4,30 p.m. the glass was high and rising slowly. Maximum temperature, 50 degrees; minimum, 26. Frost, 6 degrees. There was no rainfall recorded, although once or twice in the day a few drops fell. DOMINION METEOROLOGIST General situation.—An anti-cyclone now covers New Zealand, its centre being west of the South Island. Pressure is still low over south-east Australia. A shallow depression is now located north of Norfolk Island. Winds.—Sotith-easterly to southerly north of Farewell Spit and Kaikoura, elsewhere variable, light to moderate generally freshening in the far south, later freshening northerlies setting in about and south of Cook Strait. Seas (New Zealand waters)—Smooth to moderate. Eastern Tasman Sea.—Moderate easterly winds in the northern portion, variable in the southern portion, later tending northerly and freshening; seas smooth to moderate. Weather.—Fair to fine generally, but a few isolated showers in the far north and south; cold night with many frosts and some morning fogs. MR F. L. WOOLES Wind—Moderate to fresh easterly to northerly. Weather—Fair conditions ruling.