THE WEATHER.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 17624, 8 October 1921, Page 11

THE WEATHER.

SOUTH CANTERBURY CON DITIONS..

(By F. L. Woolcs.)

SEPTEMBER.

Fair and mild conditions were the prevaiing features of September a weather the mean temperature being higher than the prev-musrecords for the same month since 1917, Diy con ditions, a prevalence of easterly t northerly winds, with occasional frost at night, marked the period froin the first to the sixteenth inclusive. Many of the days were unusually warm foi so early in the season though the coldness of the nights were m marked contrast. At times the shade temp mature range between night and aaj showed a variation of some degrees, a somewhat extreme range foi eaily September in Canterbury. On the seventeenth a marked change in the weather occurred, a heavy rainfall setting in and continuing to the nineteenth. Three to four inches of rain were recorded throughout the greater part cf the district, the most generous , tall since September, 19-0. liming the storm heavy snow fel i 011 ~; 1S * country almost down to the 2000 feet altitude. A further fall of ram occurred on the twenty-first, but from then on to the end of tho month, fair mild weather ruled. The days ol rain though few accounted for an agcrre££ito rainfall tliu.'fc considerably o.i£ cued the normal precipitation /«**• September tnroughouo the distiict. There was a virtual absence of strong winds during the month, a rather unusual feature for September. OUTLOOK FOE. OCTOBER. Weather, though warm at times, more unsettled than during September. Some high winds to be expected from north-west and south-west quarters. An occasional cold snap likely. RAINFALL RECORDS. Mr A. E. Gillingham reports that the rainfall at Cave for September was 265 points, the maximum fall being 140 points on September 17. Mr P R. Talbot, Claremont, reports the fall in his district as 444 points. For the corresponding montii last year the fall was 467 points. The rainfall for September as registered at Cefu Orchard, Geraldine, was 385 points. The heaviest fall occurred ou September 18, when 223 points fell. Tho highest shac.e tenw perature was 81 on September 27, and tho lowost 32, on September 3 and 16. Mr .L Bishop, Pleasant Point, advises that rain fell on five days, from the 17th to 21st inclusive, the heaviest fall being l.S9in. on the 17Lh ; total 8.23 in. Never was rain more welcome. It has transformed the fare of tbV country/anil crops 1 and’--grass are growing vigorously. Tho rainfall registered at the 11maru Parle last month totalled 3.84 in. Tho recent rain, to 9 a.m. yesterday, measured 85 points.