SNOW.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19986, 22 July 1930, Page 11

SNOW.

PALLS IN COUNTKY DISTRICTS. HEAVY AT METHVEN. Snow fell m many districts of Canterbury yesterday, Kaikoura was chilled by a mixture of rain and snow towards the end of the day, and as far south as Ashburton wintry conditions for the previous twenty-four hours had ended in a fall of very light enow. The heaviest fall took place at Methven, where three inches accumulated on the level between 4.30 p.m. and 8 p.m. From north to south the mountains were heavily covered, while the foothills almost to the border of the plains had unusually thick , coatings. The Kaikoura correspondent of The Press telephoned last night that he could see heavy snow dn the ranges round about. There was a slight fall of rain and snow on Sunday afternoon; the weather was fine yesterday morning, but from 5.30 p.m. onwards a mixture of dr.zzling rain and snow fell. It was very cold. There was every appearance of enow at Cheviot yesterday evening, cold, dull, southerly weather was being experienced, with rain at the end of the day. Methven suffered cold rain all the day, and snow fell at 4.30 p.m.; by middle evening the steady fall had produced a layer of three inches, and it looked as if It had set in for the night. By 7.45 p.m. Oxford had experienced the snow also; it was not a heavy fall," but the air was crisply cold, and a threatening sky promised more snow. The foothills higher up were heavily coated. Hawarden and Darflold had cold rain, but little enow. A light fail in the evening, with indications of more tf come, had succeeded the drizzling day. Rangiora had no snow at all. All daj long it had been exceptionally cold; It had been overcast, and in the evening heavy rain came.

The slight snow which fell at Ash burton did not make an appearance until middle evening. Then it came mixed with the rain, which commenced at 4 p.m. with a heavy shower. Very wintry conditions had prevailed all day.