HIGH BAROMETER
READINGS IN CHRISTCHURCH APPROACHING THE RECORD (By TelegrapU—rress Association) CHRISTCHURCH, Monday The barometers in the city were higher than normal this morning, climbing to within ,215in. ot the record established in 1003, when at TI.3U a.lll. on October 20 Ihe olTlrial reading al (tic Magnetic Observatory was 3U.BSajn. This morning Ihe reading at Wigram meteorological station was 30.070111.. or 1035.7 millibars, at 8.30 a.in., this being Ihe highest reading since August li. .1037, when Ihe barometer rose io 30.702in. At the Magnetic Observatory in Ihe city the figure was 30.601in. at 0 a.in..' and it was the same two hours later, when it began to fall slightly. The lowest reading ever registered in Canterbury was 28.3'57in.. on the morning of January 1C of this year during a strong north-west gale.
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20811, 23 May 1939, Page 3
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