CHRISTCHURCH READINGS
Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: 6 p.m. 11 P-™. Millibars •• 1023.5 1025.1 Temperatures: deg. jlaxlmum (to 6 p.m.) lb Rainfall: mn *; 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. 0 To date this month 7 To date this year . 238 To date last year 108 Average to date . 183 Average for April 53 Wettest April (1968) 188 Driest April (1973) .. 11 Sunshine: hours Yesterday 6hr 48min To date tills month 114 To date this year . 689 To date last year .. 765 Average for April .. 142 Humidity: Per cent at noon .. 75 Per cent at 6 p.m. .. 84 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. —Maximum 16deg, minimum Edeg, grass 3deg, rainfall nil. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises. 75 a.m.; sets, 5.54 pm. Tomorrow: Rises. 7.7 a m.; sets, 5.52 p.m , Moon—Today: Rises, 10.17 p.m.;l sets. 12.19 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 11.18 p.m.; sets, 1.13 pan. High tide at Lyttelton.—Today: 9.7 a.m and 9.32 p.m. Tomorrow: 9.58 a.m. and 1023 p.m.
Phases of Moon Last quarter: April 20, 7 a.m. New moon: April 27, 1 a.m. First quarter: May 4, 4 p.m. Full moon: May 12, 2 p.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: ISdeg, partly cloudy, NL. 8 knots. Wellington: 18deg, fine. N.W., 9 knots. Christchurch: 15deg, partly cloudv. N.E., 10 knots. Dunedin: 14deg, cloudy, calm. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of tlie world In the last 24 hours Amsterdam 9, 16; Athens 13, 22- Bangkok 27, 34; Beirut 15, 23; Belgrade 9, 21: Berlin 3, 13: Birmingham 5, 16; Bogota 9, 18; Bristol 6, 20; Brussels 10, 21; Buenos Aires 14, 22; Cairo 11, 24; Caracas 21, 31; Chicago 5, 11; Copenhagen —l, 11; Dublin 4,13; Edinburgh 1, 14; Frankfurt 8, 21; Geneva 5, 19; Helsinki 5, 19; Hong Kong 20, 26; Honolulu 18, 28; Jerusalem 6, 18: Johannesburg 11. 22; Kiev —3, 15; Lima 20. 23: Lisbon 8, 16; London 8, 16; Los Angeles 13, 23: Madrid 6. 13: Manchester 4. 13: Manila 24. 34; Mexico Citv 11. 26: Miami 23 . 28: Montreal 4, 10; Moscow —6. 5; Newcastle 4, 11; New Delhi 23, 32; New York 5. 13; Nicosia 7. 22; Oslo 2.6; Paris 11, 13: Penzance 5, 14; Rome 11. 17: San Francisco 11, 19; San Juan 24. 30; Seoul 4, 12; Singapore 22, 30; Stockholm —2. 6: Taipei 21, 28 : Teheran 16: 29: Tel Aviv 13, 21; Tokyo 12, 28: Toronto 5,9; Vancouver 4, 10; Vienna 6, 18.
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