THE WEATHER
LOCAL OBSERVATION'S The following local observations on the weather are supplied by Miss Budd, of Messrs Balfour, Irvine and Webster,
Ltd., Hamilton. Barometer
Friday 29.90 Saturday 29.05 Thermometer Max. Min. Thursday 02 62 Friday 7 0 67
Mean temperature, 58.5 deg. The barometer reads 29.95 (1014 millibars) and bas a rising tendency. Improved weather conditions are Indicated to-day and to-morrow with warmer temperatures, scattered showers, westerly winds prevailing. The Rainfall Rainfall for 24 hours ended 9 o’clock this morning. .02tn. Rainfall for previous 24 hours. .OSin. Rainfall for February to date, 3.19in. Average ralnTall Tor February, 3.10. Rainfall for year to date, 10.4 4 in. Average yearly rain rail, 4 6.32 inches. SPECIAL FORECAST (By Government Meteorologist' The special forecast by the Government Meteorologist, cover•ng the Waikato-Thames Valley Is as follows: General situation: An anticyclone remains centred to the north while a weak depression Is crossing the South Island. Forecast: Moderate westerly winds; some scattered light rain possible, but weather mainly ralr and mild; seas slight on the east coast, moderate on the west.
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Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21041, 17 February 1940, Page 6
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176THE WEATHER Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21041, 17 February 1940, Page 6
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