THE WEATHER.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 12028, 1 November 1904, Page 5

THE WEATHER.

The total rainfall for last month, an registered at Rhodes Convalescent Home, was 5.76 indies. Rain fell on fourteen days, the highest rainfall being 1.80 inches on the 13th. The highest reading, of tho maximum thermometer was 72 degrees, the maximum mean was 58.48, the lowest- reading of the minimum thermometer was 32, and tlie minimum mean wa_ 41.61. ] The weather in the North Canterbury arid Ashburton districts! still continues very' unsettled. Showers fell on Sunday afternoon, and yesterday afternoonthunder storms, with hail and. heavy rain, broke over vnrious parti of the Ashburton district. Our Ashburton. con*espondcnt slates that there has been' a. great growth of grass, and there is now an abundance of feed everywhere, but a spell of fine open weather is much needed. The lambing will show a good percentage, the "reaent storms caused a serious mortality amongst many flocks. Very erratic wea*ther still prevails iv Timaru, and as a result all fnrm work is very much behind. The season ia the latest experienced for many years, and the harvest will bo fully a. month later than usual. During the month just ended tho total rainfall in Timaru was 4.34 in, the hmviest fall being ou the llth, when 1.39 in fell. • A telegram from Wellington states that rain fell on Sunday night, bringing the total for the month to 12.94 inches, about. half an inch beyond the record for., any previous month in Wellington. Since tho beginning of June no less than 32.89 inches have fallen, which is just upon 50 per cent, above the average for that; period. Tlie winter was late, and has practically extended over tho whole spring.