THE WEATHER
LOCAL OBSERVATIONS The following local observations on the weather are supplied bv Miss Budd. or Messrs Balfour. Irvine and Webster, Ltd., Hamilton. Baromoter Thursday 29.80 Friday 29.70 Thermometer Max. Min. Wednesday . . 74 64 Thursday .... 71 5S Mean temperature, 04.5 deg. The barometer is steady at 29.70 moo millibars >. Continued stormy weather is indicated tn-d.iy and probably tomorrow. With heavy showers, north-westerly winds prevailing, cool temperatures. The Rsinfa.f Rain I'all I'm- 2 4 hours ended 9 o’clock this morning, ,32in. Rainfall lor previous 2 1 hours. .I2ln. Rainfall lor February to date, 1.77 m. Average rainfall for February, 3.101 a. R.-.lurall Tor year to date. Average yearly rainfall, 46.32 inches. SPECIAL. FORECAST (By Government Meteorologist' The special rorec3't Ly th* Oo\ernmen: Meteorologist, rover ng the Waikalo-Thames Valley General situation: Pressure remains high to the north and west and very low sou Hi or Chatham Islands. Forecast: Fresh to strong winds between south-west and west: weather changeable, with occasional parsing showers and Tair Intervals: moderate temperatures; seas moderate inshore on the east coast, otherwise rough.
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Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21034, 9 February 1940, Page 4
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