The Archive · 1939

THE WEATHER Temperature near Holy Trinity Cathedral

Shanghai 24 hours ending 7 p.m.:—Yesterday Min, Max. 565 Same date, 1938 Min. Max. 56.0 Rainfall nil, Temperature at Siccawei:—

Yesterday Min. 345 Max. 594 Same date, 1938 Min. 47.1 Max. 603

Siccawei's Report State on the morning of the 16th:—Anticyclone kening over China and south Japan, Depression crossing Manchuria eastward. Low area almost stationary to the east of Mindanao. "me weather and variable breezes in China and over the Yellow Sea. Overcast and showery ^t places over the Eastern Sea.

State on the morning of the 17th:—Weak anticyclone over China. Depression over Vladivostock, moving eastward. Low area, almost stationary to the north-east of Mindanao.

Probabilities, 430 p.m. yesterday:—A typhoon near the Vizayas and moving west-north-west or north-westward. Fine to cloudy weather with prevailing winds from the northern onad-rant in China and over the Yellow Sea. Overcast with local showers and freshening monsoon over the Eastern Sea.—Siccawei Observatory.

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