THE WEATHER

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20508, 26 May 1938, Page 8

THE WEATHER

LOCAL OBSERVATIONS The following local observations on the weather are supplied by Miss Budd, of Messrs Balfour, Irvine and Webster, Limited, Hamilton: barometer Wednesday 30.30 Thursday 30.15 Thermometer Max. Min. Tuesday 63 47 Wednesday 64 57 Mean Temperature, 60.5 deg. The barometer reads 30.15 with a falling tendency. Partly fair and partly cloudy weather is Indicated to-day and to-morrow, with higher temperatures. scattered showers and northerly winds prevailing. The Rainfall Rainfall for 24 hours ended 0 o'clock this morning, .08in. Rainfall for previous 24 hours, .09ln. Rainfall for May to date. 3.30in. Average rainfall for May, 4.63in. Rainfall for year to date, 20.09in. Average yearly rainfall, 46.32in. SPECIAL FORECAST (By Go't. Meteorologist). The special forecast by tbe Government Meteorologist covering the Waikato. Thames Valter follows; Forecast: Light to moderate south-westerly to southerly winds, freshening somewhat. Weather changeable with scattered passing showers. Temperatures cooler. Seas smooth to moderate. General Inference: An anticyclone still covers the Tasman Sea. but pressure his fallen somewhat over the Dominion, especially to the south-east. A series of shallow depressions has been passing in the south, and one lay across Northern Otago at 9 a.m.