THE WEATHER

Hokitika Guardian, 29 June 1931, Page 4

THE WEATHER

A FALL OF SNOW. The weather on Saturday was wet: and cold there being several hailstorms, during the aiternoon with a bitter southerly breeze blowing. There was, no improvement at nignt and Sunday morning wet with a bitterly to.d j atmospnero, light rain tailing. Towards noon ieporis cainc in iroxu tlitj country indicating taut snow was falling and siiuriiy after there was a iigiu, fan of snow m town, which lasted or aouut hall an hour and then but it- disappeared as soon as it leached! the gromiu. .At ivameri, Kiniu and Hokataiu the xall was much heavier and the ground was covered in a white mantle ior the r-st or t.. 0 uuy. nm weather cleared in the late afternooni enabling a view to be obtained of thei • white covered hills. There was an improvement in theweather during the night, a light breeze blowing up and tins nioni,.,g was beaiiti.uuy hue and clear, wan only a hgnt frusfc and everything well dried up during th e night by the wind.

Tne last fall of snow locally wa s in 1926.

Yesterday's snowfall was lower down than any for some years jiast in the 'Urey Valley, the ground being wh.Rntd shortly after midday in the Nelson Greek, Ngahere, Kainaka, and Stillwater localities, while the coat was heavier on tilt* PaparOltSi At R'teftoit there was quite it big full of four inchts, find snowballing was indulged in throughout the day. In the Grey district thp rain melted the snow.’ on the low levels quickiy-

FALL IN CHRISTCHURCH

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association)

CHRISTCHURCH, June 28. Though it has been snowhig since ■early afternoon in North Canterbury, no snow was experienced in the city t-II seven o’clock this evening, when it sec an. The snow now shows no signs of ceasing. The ground, however, is too wet for it to lie.

HEAVY FALL IN ASHBURTON. ASHBURTON, June 29, The County last night experienced the heaviest fall of snow for thirty years. There were seven inches at Alettivfn r three to four in Ashburton, and half am inch with heavy hail and sleet along the coast.

After an hour of sunshine this morning, snow is coming again.

The Power Board lost seven poles through the weight of the snow. .

FALL AT TIMARU

TJAtARU, June 29

ifinitli’Uviaiis awoke .this morning to' find the ground mantled instiow which felt during the. night. After daylight there was a further fall, but later th© sun shone and much of the snow thawed. The fall was approximately half an inch. All the- hack ranges are deep, ly coated and the weather, naturally, is cold.