THE WEATHER.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 3384, 1 August 1885, Page 3

THE WEATHER.

Tho rain which began to foil late on Thursday night continued steadily till a late hour m the morning, and some parts of the town presented o very watery appearance. Not a few of the streets were ankle deep m mud, while tho lagoons north and south were flooded. The majority of the smaller risers m the district wore m fresh, but not to so great on extent as might have been expected. A great deal of snow tell on the hub and ranges, and m some instances on the plains. At Fa : .rlie Creek the weather was miserable, whilo snow was falling at the Orari when the Express train came through. Our Burko's Pass correspondent, writing yesterday morning, says : — We had a northeast drizzlo since Tuesday morning, but it commenced to snow during last night, and this has been falling since. It is not lying much. There are about three inches on the ground now. No floods aro reported m the creeks. From Ashburton we learn that one of the heaviest falls of snow experienced m Ashburton for some years occurred early yesterday morning. Tho Guardian's Bnkaia correspondent wrote : — lt has rained heavily during tho night, and snow and rain aro now falling, with extremely low temporature. Our Gernldine correspondent telegraphed last evening as follows :— This morning about 6 o'clock a snowstorm commenced which m a few hours covered the ground to a depth of several inches. Towards noon a thaw set m and tho snow rapidly disappeared, so that little now remains. The hills at tho bock have a thick coating. Our Pareora correspondent writes : — The extremely cold, though, for the moßt part, dry weather which we have experienced m this district during the lost three or four days has undergone a very marked change. On Thursday evening a drizzling rain set m, which gradually increased till some time m tho night, when it turned to anow, of which a considerable quantity must have fallen on the hills, as they aro covered from top to baso with a white mantle. The low grounds were also covered to a depth of about two or three inches, but there the snow is fast disappearing beforo the rain which began to fall about half-pact six this morning. There aro signs of the weather clearing up, as tho clouds aro rising off the hills. (By Telegraph.) DUNEDIN, July 31. Tho hills surrounding Dunedin are whito with Bnow. In town cold sleet and rain has fallen nearly all day.