THE WEATHER

Timaru Herald, Volume CXL, Issue 20283, 5 December 1935, Page 2

THE WEATHER

TIMARU RECORDS (Add half an hour for Summer Time) Sun rose at Timaru to-day4.lß a.m.; sets 7.17 p.m. High water at Timaru to-day, 10.20 i.m.; 10.47 p.m. PHASES OF THE MOON First Quarter .. .. Dec. 3—6.58 p.m. Full Moon Dec. 10—2.40 p.m. Last Quarter .. .. Dec. 18—9.27 a.m. New Moon Dec. 26—5.19 a.m. Moon set at Timaru to-day 12.47 a.m.; rises 1.52 p.m. CONDITIONS IN TIMARU The weather yesterday continued bright, and fine, but a shade temperature of over 77 degrees detracted slightly from the pleasantness of an otherwise perfect day. The records at the Timaru Gardens yesterday were:— Barometer—3o.o4. Min. temp, on grass—44.4. Wind—E.2. Rainfall—Nil. Rainfall to date this year—lß.74ins. Rainfall to date last year—2s.2Bins. Sunshine—9.4 hours. Sunshine to date this year—l63o.2hrs Maximum temp.—77.2. IN OTHER CENTRES Ashburton —The temperature reached 79 degrees in the shade on Tuesday afternoon, the highest since February 21, when 82.7 degrees was recorded. Conditions were similar yesterday. The sun shone in a cloudless sky, and the temperature was high again. Temuka—Maximum temperature yesterday was 77deg., and the minimum 52. The glass last evening was high. Waimate: (24 hours ended 9 a.m. yesterday) Barometer 30.40 (steady); thermometer, highest 78.1, lowest 53.5; wind gauge, miles run in previous 24 hours—so; bright sunshine, 10 hours 20 minutes. Yesterday was very hot with bright Sunshine, becoming cloudy in the late afternoon. DOMINION METEOROLOGIST General situation—Pressure Is very high over both New Zealand and Eastern Australia, with a shallow depression located over the Tasman Sea. Winds—Northerly or north-westerly predominating, strong about Cook and Foveaux Straits, elsewhere moderate, a change to southerlies setting in the far south by the morning. Seas (New Zealand waters)—Rough in the Cook and Foveaux Straits areas, elsewhere moderate. Eastern Tasman Sea—Light to fresh northerly winds changing to southerlies in the southern portion, seas moderate to rather rough. Weather —For the most part fair and warm, but increasing cloud and some scattered rains developing in Westland and the far south. HKF.L WOOLES Wind—Variable breezes. Weather—Continue fair and warm.