THE WEATHER.

Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 64, 18 June 1863, Page 2

THE WEATHER.

METEOItO]U>GICAI. OBSERVATIONS DURING MAY 1563. The weather was generally fine during the month : although rain fell on 13 days, it was, save in five cases, confined to the hours of darkness, 26 days being uninterruptedly fine from sunrise to sunset. The mean temperatui'e of the month was 41.1 degrees, which indicates a depression of nearly eight degrees below the average of five years. On the 11th and 31st, the depression was seventeen degrees below the average, the thermometer on the former occasion falling to 17 degrees, and in the latter not rising above 39 degrees Fogs occurred twice. A heavy gale from the westward during the 2nd and 3rd (preceded as usual by a vivid red light in tliaf quarter at dusk), and a thunderstorm on the 3rd. In . 1861, the month of May was remarkable for the dense night fogs and the almost total absence of rain ; in 1860, for several unusually heavy falls — 3" 17 inchss being registered in one instance in 24 hours. On the 22nd of April, 1861, the amount wa9 3 24 inches, the largest quantity I have ever recorded, either in New Zealand or Great Britain. In England, on the 14th of August, 1857, 3 - 14 inches fell,— and here, on the 22nd of October, 1858, 3-12 inches.

SUMMARY OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSKRVATIOKS DUHING THE SPUINGAND SUMMER MONTHS. The following table exhibits the comparative states of the wind, weather, and Lempernture in each of the last five years. It will be perceived that the temperature of the present season is several degrees below, and the rainfall greatly above the average; the amount being nearly seven times that registered in the same period of ISo'l. Furious gales have been prevalent, ami some viulcnt thunder storms have occurred.

CHARLES ROUS MARTEN". Marlendale, Ryal Bush.

A Demoralised Soi/dieu. — The New York Tribune tells a story of a stout athletic Zouave, who, running away from the battle of Fredericksburg 1 , was checked l»y a lieutenant with a drawn sword. Said the | latter "Stop Sir! go back to yonr regiment, you coward you are not wounded." " Let me pass " implored the fugitive, " I know I am not wounded but I am fearfully demoralised,"

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