THE WEATHER
LOCAL OBSERVATIONS The following local observations on the weather are supplied by Miss Budd, or Messrs Balfour, Irvine and Webster, Ltd., Hamilton. Barometer Wednesday 29.60 Thursday 29.80 Thermometer Max. Min. Tuesday .... 6 8 57 Wednesday .. 67 53 Mean temperature, 60 deg. The barometer reads 29.80 (1009 millibars -, has a rising tenden-.y. Partly rail- and partly cloudy weather j~ indicated today and to-morrow with cool temperatures, scattered showers, westerly winds prevailing. The Rainfall Rainfall lor 24 hours ended 9 o'clock this morning, .30in. Rainfall for previous 2i hours, .3-iln. Hainlall lor February to date, 3.09in. Average rainfall for February, 3. loin. Rainfall for year to date, 10.34iu. Average yearly rainfall, 46.32 inches. BPECIAL FORECAST By Government .Meteorologist' » 1 The special forecast by the - Government .Meteorologist, cover- ‘ ‘ng the YValkato-Tbames Valley GenCTal situation A weak depression is advancing across the South Tasman, while an anticyclone is centred north and west or the North Island. Forecast Moderate to fresh south-westerly to westerly winds. Weather mainly fair but with some showers still likely, especially in the west. Temperatures gradually becoming milder. Seas rough on the west coast, slight to moderate on the east.
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Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21039, 15 February 1940, Page 6
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191THE WEATHER Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21039, 15 February 1940, Page 6
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