THE WEATHER

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21247, 20 August 1934, Page 10

THE WEATHER

•; I i ; -♦ - j- ; j HEAVY RAJN GENERAL ; FN CANTERBURY j ■ WOKK OF FAKMEKS HA.MIMIKKDh | < 1 ' The wet weather of Friday even- ( ing continued throughout the carJv J hours of Saturday morning, and by , , tJIO time the rain had finished, a 'total of 1.06 inches was recorded, j ; Nearly all districts in the province ( received a good soaking, and most ; of Saturday's sports fixtures had to 1 be postponed owing to the water- J j logged condition of the grounds. ! i Most parts of Canterbury have ox-' c perienced the same conditions as < Christchurch, and in some parts the rain has hampered farming opera- 'j tions considerably. In North Can- j terbury the land was in good order j for the sowing of wheat after the north-west weather, but operations i will be held up for some time now, 1 owing to the soaked condition of 3 the ground. 1 Frosts were fairly general in the 1 province yesterday morning, and in 1 some places a welcome spell of ( bright sunshine was experienced. I At Darfield the weather cleared on Saturday morning, after a total fall of about an inch of rain, and ] the sun shone in the afternoon. Yesterday there was a cold north- j easterly wind blowing, and last evening was still cold, but there were prospects of the wind chang- c ing to north-west. r Methven experienced a fine weekend, but a cold southerly wind blew j throughout Saturday, Yesterday was fine, with a fairly warm breeze] from the north, and the prospects j were for good weather last even- ] i ing. A hard frost was felt at Akaroa ! yesterday mornr.g, and the forenoon j remained cold, but in the afternoon ' the sun shone and last night there! were prospects of good weather. I 2 Only 30 points of rain were experi- j enced at Oxford, and Saturday, > although fine, was unpleasant. Yes-! 'A terday was fine. A fine and sunny day followed a i hard frost at Cheviot yesterday, and j a light breeze blew from the east.! Last evening was clear and cloud-j less. At Kaikoura the day was fine, but the evening was foggy. ! i