LOW BAROMETERS
WHOLE COUNTRY AFFECTED
Low barometric readings are reported from all over the country, with the area of lowest pressure in the north. The reading at noon in Auckland today was 975.8 millibars (28.82 inches), while in Wellington it was 981.2 millibars (28.94 inches). The Auckland figure is the lowest for a number of years, but is not as low as the record for that city,'which was. established in July, 1867;, when a reading of 28.73 inches was' recorded. As the storm . area passes eastward, barometers are expected to fail still further, indications being that New Zealand is about to experience a wild winter storm.
The lowest pressure ever recorded in New: Zealand was 954.5 millibars (28.187 inches). This was on January 16 this year, when a vigorous storm was centred in the south, the record reading being made at Dunedin.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 2, 3 July 1939, Page 11
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142LOW BAROMETERS Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 2, 3 July 1939, Page 11
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