THE WEATHER

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 34, 6 March 1863, Page 2

THE WEATHER

February, 1863. — The mean temperature of the month was 7>&i deg., which is 47 deg. i the aver- -c of the four previous j^ears, and 9 2 d z- lower than February, IS6I. The h ; host day temperature was on the 3rd — S9 dc'T. in the shad , and 125 dej. in the sun ; the lowest ni ;ht temperature on the 14th — 27 deg. in the ?ir, and 21 dog. on the grass. [During the thirty days ending Feb. 21, 1861, the thermometer in shade stood above 80 deg. on 24 days, and above 90 d^g. on no fewer than 14 days, reaching 94 d ;. on Jan 23. In the sunshine the mercury several times rose to 134 deg.] A heavy thunderstorm of two hours' duration occurred on the night of the 3rd, followed by fifteen hours' incessant rain. Strong variable winds with showery wether, prevailed up to the 12th, when the usiid summer S.E. winds set in with brilliant weather, the wind blowing - m that quarter during 19 days. A rein. :rkably fi i; e lunar rainbow appeared at 9.5 p. in on the 28th ; the arch was perfe ct and clearly defined ami a faint „ i »,d:\ry bow •ua- visible — :. very rare phenomon. On the .ne ev.iing, at 9.30 p.m., a tremendous . t inn o. thunder and lightning passed l'roni W.N.W. to E.S.E., continuin^till midnight. The lightning was intensely vivid and the flashes • me at in, ervals of about five seconds. In the great s(orm which visited England on August 13th, 1557, the intervals were only three seconds— over 1100 flash . biinj counted in an hour.

Charles Rous Marten. Marten lale, Ryal Bush. (In our last table we misprinted " glass" for "grass" which completely altered the sense.)

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