WEEK-END WEATHER

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 159, 7 June 1937, Page 6

WEEK-END WEATHER

A SHARP FROST. MANY VARIATIONS OCCUR. Hail, rain, wind, frost and sunlight with blue skies were all evident at various periods during the weekend, which was one of the most variable experienced for some time m Palmerston North. On Saturday dark banks of clouds approaclnng lrom the Fox ton direction proved ominous in the early afternoon. Mild conditions gave \iav to a keen wind and in mid-afternoon the rattle of hail was heard on rooftops as showers swept the city area. It did not remain to any extent within the city, but on tue Bunnythorpe Line it lay quite tmcKly on both sides of the highway and in the vicinity of Newbury. Rain followed the hail, but betore the afternoon closed sunlight broke through for a short time. Atter a bitterly cold Saturday night the ground was covered on Sunday morning with the heaviest frost experienced for some time in the city. At the Palmerston North Boys’ High School the recording instruments showed that it was of four degrees, and within the city it cut bacK the more susceptible green growths such as nasturtiums and the younger leaves of lemon trees. On the higher levels, such as Fitzherbert, the frost was the heaviest those areas have undergone for some time. The day proved to be a compensation for the morning, for it was hne and clear, and although the sunlight was not strong it was steady. About 3.J0 p.m. a coolness again set in, but a possible frost %:d not-eventu-ate, and light rain lell during the night.

WELLINGTON’S EXPERIENCE. HILLS SNOW COVERED. Per Piers Acsociation. WELLINGTON, June G. Wellington experienced a real cold snap during the week-end. Saturday morning’s light westerly changed to the south, bringing colder temperatures and light rain. In the afternoon there were sleet showers and a light fall of snow which continued for about an hour. The Tinakori and Northland hills were coated in a white mantle which, however, disappeared with the subsequent .rain. The night was clear and cold and to-day wa6 clear and sunny with a. marked drop in the temperature after sunset.

SNOW IN SOUTHLAND. Per Press' Association. INVERCARGILL. June 6. Bitterly cold weather, with snow in some parts, has been experienced in Southland since Friday. There were Bin of snow at Lmnsden vest ere l ,'\y morning, one car being stuck in the snow- in the main street of the township. There was over a foot of snow on the road between Lumsden and Five Rivera and the mad to Queenstown was blocked at Athol. Gore a."d the district, were also covered with snow yesterday. There has been practically no snow in Invercargill, the weather yesterday .afternoon being fine enough, although cold and stormy for Rmrby and hockey to be played. To-day the weather is still extremely co'd and boisterous.