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 Friday 30.00 Saturday 30.15 Thermometer Min. Max. Thursday .... 50 58 Friday .... 43 60 Mean temperature, 51.5 deg. The barometer reads 30.15 (1021 millibars) and has a rising tendency. Generally fair weather 1? Indicated to-day and to-morrow, with mild temperatures, winds variable, scattered rain. The Rainfall Rainfall Tor 24 hours ended 9 o’clock this morning. .201 n. Rainfall for previous 24 hours. .OOln. Rainfall lor August to dale, 2.901 n. Average rainfall for August, 3.96in. Rainfall lor year to date 29.361 D. Average yearly rainfall, 46.32 leches. BPECIAL FORECAST (By Gc c-rmnent Meteorologist) The special forecast by toe Government Meteorologist, coverlog the Waikato-Tbames Valley Is as follows: General situation: An anticyclone extends from the north over New Zealand and a depression Is located In the south-west Tasman Sea. Forecast: Light to moderate and variable winds; weather fair to fine, with rm.-ty night but moderate day temperatures; seas slight.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21200, 24 August 1940, Page 6
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172THE WEATHER Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21200, 24 August 1940, Page 6
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