Shanghai 24 hours ending 7 p.m.:—Yesterday Min, 350 Max, 41.0 Same date, 1939 Min. 380 Max. 505 Rainfall 14
Temperature at Siccawei:—Yesterday Min, 347 Max. 41.9 Same date, 1939 Min, 374 Max. 469
Slecawel's Report State on the morning of the 28th:—Siberian anticyclone shifting over Japan. Depression crossing Kiangsi east-north-eastward. Fresh northerly to easterly winds along the China Coast. Fine and cold weather in the north: rain or sleet in our Valley.
State on the morning of the 29th:—Overcast and cold weather, North-easterly wind. High and steady pressure.
Probabilities, 4.30 p.m. yesterday:—Cloudy and cold weather with strong north-westerly to north-easterly winds around Shantung. Overcast to cloudy and cold with strong monsoon over our regions and the Coast to the south of the Saddles—Siccawei Observatory.
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