WAIHI WEATHER REPORT

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XXXVII, Issue 9205, 5 April 1938, Page 3

WAIHI WEATHER REPORT

CONDITIONS DURING MONTH OF MARCH VERY WARM PERIOD The local observer, Mr M. F. Haszard, reports on weather conditions in Waihi during the month of March as follows:

Barometer: Mean pressure for month reduced to sea level, 30.154 inches ;highest value, 30.350 inches on ISth; lowest value, 29.709 inches on sth; range .531 inches. Temperatures: Mean temperature for month in screen, 05.5 deg. Fall.; highest maximum, SI deg. Fall, on Ist; lowest minimum, 42 deg. Fall, on 7th; lowest grass minimum, 37 deg. Fah. on 7th; mean temperature of earth two feet down, OS deg. Fah. ■ Wind: Total for month, 1052 miles; daily average, 34 miles; greatest run in 2*4 hours, 71 miles on Sin. Sunshine: Total hours of bright sunshine, 205.8 hoursj dnily uvenire, 0.0 hours; brightest day, 10. S hours on 10th and lltli; sunless days, 1. Rain: Total for month, 1.5 S inches; greatest fall in 24 hours, .94 incites on 4th.

Remarks: Probably the warmest March ever experienced in Waihi, the mean temperature being 05.5 dog. Fah. The rainfall, 1.5 X inches, was much below the average. Thero lias been an extraordinary absence of wind —a daily average of only 34 miles. On no less than 19 days there was a flat calm at 8 a.m., when records are taken. The earth temperature at 2 feet down lias been very high and has remained stationary during the whole month. The total rainfall for the year to date is 30.00 inches.