THE WEATHER
LOCAL OBSERVATIONS The following local observations on the weather are supplied bv Miss Budd. or Me*-:-Balfour. Irvine and Webster. Ltd., Hamilton: Barometer Saturday 30.20 Monday 30.10 Thermometer Min. Max. Friday .... 53 61 Sunday .... oo Mean temperature, 60 deg. The barometer reads 30.10 (lota millibars; and his a railing tendency. f Is indicated to day and to-mor-row with mild temperature, scattered rain, northerly winds prevail tag. The Rainfall Rainfall Tor 48 hours ended 9 o’clock this morning, .0 1 In. Rainfall for previous 24 hours, .ooin. Halnrall for October to date, 3.B»in. Average rainfall for October 4.5 2 in. Rainfall Tor year to date 35.031 n. Average yearly ralnrall, 46.32 Inches. SPECIAL FORECAST (By Government Meteorologist) The special forecast by the Government Meteorologist, covering the Waikato-Thames Valley Is as follows: , General situation: An antil cyclone !~ centred near .Norfolk Island, while an extensive westerly depression i* approaching acres the south Tasman sea. Forecast: Moderate to fresh winds from a westerly quarter, with north-westerlies later predominating. weather changeable, with scattered rain, but Improving from the south and west; temperatures moderate; sea moderate to rather rough.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21243, 14 October 1940, Page 6
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184THE WEATHER Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21243, 14 October 1940, Page 6
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