Shanghai 24 hours ending 7 p.m.:—Yesterday Min. 39.0 Max. 540 Same date, 1939 Min. 37.0 Max. 440 Rainfall 38
Temperature at Siccaw!
Yesterday Min. 392 Same date, 1939 Min. 378
Biccawel's Report State on the morning of the 12th: unsteady pressure over Central China. Depression crossing the Mean Yangtze Valley eastward. North-easterly tọ south-easterly winds along the China Coast. Cloudy weather in the north: misty in our regions and over our Coasts.
State on the morning of the 13th:—Strong westerly gale at about midnight, owing to the depression passing eastward. Low and rapidly rising pressure, Cloudy and cold weather.
Probabilities, 430 p.m. yesterday:—Cloudy and cold weather with strong north-westerly to north-easterly winds over Shantung. Overcast, colder with local rain and strong monsoon in our Valley and along the Coast to the south of the Saddles.—Siccawel Observatory.
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