THE WEATHER
LOCAL OBSERVATION’S The following local observations on the weather are supplied by Miss Budd, or Messrs Balfour, Irvine and Webster, Ltd., Hamilton. Barometer Thursday 29.80 Friday ‘ 29.90 Thermometer Max. Min. Wednesday .. 67 53 Thursday .... 62 62 Mean temperature, 62 deg. The barometer reads 29.90 (1012 millibars) with a rising tendency. Continued unsettled weather is indicated to-day and to-morrow with heavy showers, higher temperatures. northwesterly winds prevailing. The Rainfall Rainfall for 24 hours ended 9 o’clock this morning, .081 n. Rainfall for previous 24 hours, .301 n. Rainrall for February to date, 3.17in. Average rainrall Tor February, 3.10 m. Rainfall for j’ear to date, 10.421 n. Average yearly rainfall, 46.32 Inches. SPECIAL. FORECAST (By Government Meteorologist* * i.o rpec.ai iorecast by the '.■.vernment Meteorologist, coverrig tlir Waikato-Tbames Valley General situation: Pressure Is high In the north, while depressions are centred considerable distances to the south-east and south-west. Forecast: Moderate to fresh westerly winds; scattered showers In the west, hut weather otherwise fair and milder; seas moderate to rather rough on the west coast, slight to moderate on the east.
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Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21040, 16 February 1940, Page 4
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