THE WEATHER

Otago Witness, Issue 3524, 27 September 1921, Page 9

THE WEATHER

SOAKINC II AIN IN ('AXTKKBURY. CHIUSTCIiriKH, September 19. K iin, v. hi'-li set in at 4 o'clock 0.11 Situn la y morning, ceased for the first time about noon to-day, and loi an hour watery sunshine v as experienced. Later in the afternoon a soft di i/.zle set- in, and the rainfall in the city and suburbs up to 9 this morning was pram i-ally 2in. hut mncli heavier tov aids the rai - and in North arid South <'anterbury. throughout, the l>ost part, of three days the rainfall lias been fcleudv. and in many pails gentle, and. has added hundreds of thousands of pounds to the value of { anterbury crops, particip lari 7 wheat 1 he weather was fairly warm over a large part of the. plains, hut colder towards the hack country, where there is a probability of con-id. i .1 iiie monality among new-born lambs. Snow iias fallen on rise fool bids, and there lias probably been a heavy fall on the baok ranges, which have been very lightly

capped of late. A good coating now will serve as a reservoir to keep the creeks and streams well supplied with water later on in the season, and help to lessen the shortage which frequently takes place in the water-race system for farms low down on the plains during summer.