THE WEATHER.

Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 73, 17 July 1863, Page 3

THE WEATHER.

Meteorological Observations during Jone, 1863. During the last week of May, and first few days of June, indications of an a--.proacb.ing storm were perceptible. Extreme variations of temperature, eccentric shiits of wind, sudden calms, &c., and above all, the fan-shaped red light in the west at dusk, all appeared to forebode a tempest. On the evening of the 3rd, a heavy gale set in at W.N.W., and blew with great fury, but wholly | without rain, till the sth, at 9 p.m., when it fell i calm and the clouds cleared off, with the exception ! of some strongly marked cirri. At 10.27 p.m. (Invercargill time) theie occurred tho severest shock of earthquake ever experienced in the South. Shortly afterwards a furious hurricane sprang up from the N., continuing, with a temperature of 64 ° , till the Bth at. 2 a.m., when a sudden calm was accompanied by incessant heavy rain for four and a half hours, in which time the unprecedented a -ni uit r.-f 2.017 inches were registered. A peculiar fog on the Btb, strong wind and sleet oa the 10th, a fine Aurora Australia and a number of brilliant meteors on the 11th, wore, with the terrific gales mentioned above, the chief phenomena noticeable as attending tho earthquake: all, however, have before been described. The remainder of the month was showery. The mean temperature was 38.0 ° , tho depression being 4.3 ° below the average of five yours. No severe frost occurred, the lowest reading at 5 p.m. beiDg 21°, whereas in June, 1860, it was 14 °, and in July, 1862, 9 ° —June, 18(32, was, with the exception of Aumist, 1860, the wettest month on record. A shock of earthquake, generally felt, took place during the total lunar eclipse on the 12th of the former month. In June, ISCI, the rain ruled 5.62 inches: all fell in one week, and the floods were almost unparallelled.

Chaeles Rous Mauten. Martendale, Ryal Bu.^h.

TfIEEMOMETEE. WEATIIEE. June. „ _. „,. , M \iean Dayslhermometer fef G^!f T r P % fCllbel ° W D A- JS Sho ™> Wet T Totalf otal I Heat bold rat ure of jNo -p, J -p. Eain in in Shade, in Night. " I the Eain. I>ajs - DayS< Inches. Max. Mm. | Month. 32 dog. 20 cleg. 18G3 61 21 45-2 311 38-0 15 0 20 10 0 4-394 ! 18G2 j 55 17 46-4 35-9 j 41-2 9 2 5 20 5 8-7 GO ! 1801 j 62 20 50-0 377 ! 43-9 8 0 22 4 4 5-G2O i 1860 5S 11. 43-7 34-8 392 7 3 27 1 2 1-090 I 1859 | 64 25 j 49 3 36-9 , 431 9 0 17 13 0 2-450