HOT WEATHER

Hokitika Guardian, 21 January 1929, Page 1

HOT WEATHER

Saturday was easily the hottest day experienced this year, the weather which cleared as the morning wore on remaining fine until the evening, though the sky was overcast. ihe atmosphere was very muggy and hot and altogether uncomfortable till the night wore on and the air became much cooler. CHRISTCHURCH VFRY HOT. Summer visited Christchurch with a vengeance on Friday’, and all day long the city sweltered under tin* sun, which shone in a Cloudless sky, and which seemed intent on making up lor the recent unsummerlike weather. It was seasonable weather, hut it came rather suddenly, and so ior the majority o', people the heat was no doubt trying. At the hottest period of the day, which occurred about 3 p.m., the thermoemter in the shade just tailed to touch the 00 mark. At noon the shade temperature, was 87 degrees. Itv - p.m. it had gone up to 89.2, and between 2 and 3 p.m. it rose to 89.0. It was easilv the hottest day this siimmei _ DUNK DIN SWELTERS. DUNEDIN, January IS. Friday will he long remembered by the residents oi Dunedin. All day people laboured and perspired in sweltering heat. It was the hottest day experienced in the city during the past seven years. Tin* burning rays oif l>* sun tried the endurance of many, and some were almost prostrated. A Iresh wind from the north-west made its i,flueuee felt, the heat waves sweeping fie city like a blast from a furnace, ’lie thermometer stood at 9- degrees a the shade at mid-day. One day i:> .’ebruary, 1922. the thermometer rose to 94 degrees in the shade. To-day’s thermometer reading was 10 degrees higher than that of Thursday, and 22 degrees higher than the reaJßng on January Ist. There v'as a big demand for ice-cream, and the vendors of this cooling article disposed of all then stocks in a few hours. Women engaged i„ their usual Friday shopping lost no time in seeking the shelter of tea rooms and soft drink shops! HOT WAVE, AUCKLAND, Jan. 19 - _ The temperature in Auckland tins week was about 85 in the daytime with little fall at night. The heat was ac. eompai.ied by an oppressive humidity. The beaches were thronged after dark, and in the city restaurants many men removed their coats.