THE WEATHER.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 13969, 27 January 1906, Page 5

THE WEATHER.

Rain set in again yesterday afterw noon, and continued till the, evening, when the weather cleared. Towards four o’clock the fall was fairly heavy, rendering the streets unpleasant for pedestrians. The rain will have the effect of momentarily interfering with harvest operations, which are general in several parts of Canterbury, but will do a great deal of good to turnip and rape crops, which were beginning ! t<? show the effects of the hot weather. There wais a heavy rainfall in North Canterbury yesterday. Although it interfered with the early harvesting, the rain will do good l to the late crope. The thunderstorm which passed over Cust on Tuesday did not cause as much damage as in the adjacent districts. Thursday was uncomfortably hot and muggy, but welcome rain set!in yesterday morning. Rakaia was fortunate enough to escape tire hailstorms which, passer over the county during the week. On Wednesday morning there was a very sharp frost, which did a. considerable amount of damage to gardens. A steady min from the south-east set in about midday yesterday, and last evening there was every appearance of the rain, continuing.