WET AND COLD.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17271, 8 October 1921, Page 12

WET AND COLD.

YESTERDAY'S WEATHER. "Yesterday was another wet and cold day, and though early in the evening the rain showed signs of clearing, it came on again with renewed vigour when night settled down. A light rain set in at Akaroa early on Wednesday evening, and continued till yesterday. The temperature fell considerably on Thursday night, and the morning found tlie upper part ot the ranges around the harbour well streaked, with snow. 'i'lio i aim all uuring Thursday and up to 9 a.m. yesterday at bpreadeagle, twenty nules up from Ashourton, was .94in. Just l'.uOin ieli at Ashburton, and there were further showers yesterday. Rain set in at Hanmer Springs on Thursday, with colder conditions t" [ wards night. During the night tne ' rain changed to snow, and at 11 a.m. yesterday was still falling, though there are signs of a change, ihere were o inches of snow oi\ the flat. A light warm ram commenced to fall at Waiau on Thursday morning, but by 10 o'clock it had ceased. Before noon, however, the wind came up from the South, bringing witu it a thick, driving rain, which continued without intermission throughout the afternoon and well on. into the night. Towards evening there was a decided fall in .the temperature, and the night was cold. In the early, hours of yesterday morning snow set in, and at daylight the land was covered with a mantle of white, while snow was still falling thickly. The landscape presented a most picturesque, though unusuai, scene, the trees,, many of them in full foliage, appearing as though festooned in garlands of white blossoms. In tho township snow lay to a depth of about 2 inches, but further onj at Sherwood, Mason Hills, and the W halesbaok, the fall was rather lighter; but the chances are that in these localities it would increase as the day wore on. The rainfall for the twenty-four hours ending 9 a.m. yesterday was 112 points in the township, 130 at Keinton Combe, and 165 at Wandleholm. This rain will still further benefit the country, as it will'thoroughly-penetrate into the subsoil, ensuring no lack "of moisture for some time to come. Tho cold snap, however, will no doubt oause some'mortality among the lambs, more j particularly on the higner. levels, where lambing ia just, commencing.