THE WEATHER.

Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 76, 28 July 1863, Page 2

THE WEATHER.

LATfitt OBSERVATIONS. |j|j TO JULY 15. m Since my last report the weather has cou||g turned singularly unfavorable, being almoslM 1 uninterruptedly wet and; boisterous During the 29th and 30th of June, and. the three firs|t|days of the present month, peculiar fogs wer«||' prevalent, the redcoluinus inthewestatdusi|f <;i^.,i;«.^ti«xg v^icv-l .o.ad ralai weto. jcemarkablj'ljr vivid, and that interesting natural phenc|k menon, the mirage, several times occurred.! -J} Strong variable winds, with rain and f requei f f? thunder, prevailed |up to the 7th, when therf* was a dead calm, the sky moist, aud of a dec) ■' A. livid and leaden hue, with small black cloud g like smoke flying underneath, and other ap. ■% pearances, all of which I have observed ts ? invariably precede a revolving storm aA: cyclone. It commenced on the following? evening with a most furious gale to the east ward, which, after continuing about 1 8 hours suddenly lulled, and then re-commenced witt 4; great violence from the westward, and blei A'A from that quarter for a similar space of time;^ eight hours calm succeeded . Th roughou tth .4 last four days a heavy gale has been blowim ? from N., N.W. and W., with thunder, light ;'; ning, hail and rain. The temperature co» tinues mild, indeed the absence of .sever* '■■'/. frost is a remarkable feature in the preset; : 7 winter. During the last two months, tk-Ly thermometer has on no occasion fallen belor ;/ | 21 degrees ; whereas, in 1862 it was often i. % 12 and once as low as 9 — 23 degrees beloi Ay-. the freezing point of Fahrenheit's scale. Sti! <yl the mean temperature shows a depressifi ' compared with the average of five years, tl> ;; days having been generally much colder i* r proportion than the nights. Rain has falle ■*"':'-; on eleven days out of fifteen ; the amount %Al to date, being 3-274 inches, fully three-fourti iy •f the whole amount registered in the mon.' £^ of July during'the four previous years. Pn iiy. bably two-thirds of the winter are now over :> hitherto, spring has always set in about tl JA middle of August, when the deciduous trcs yi and shrub 3 commence to put forth thti ! leaves. ' -\f

July w: iji On Friday last, heavy rain fell without iijss termission for 1 8 consequitive hours, the i^LiAyJ amount of. 2.066 inches being registered During the two previous days the atmospbef yo, was singularly clear, with great refractie \?5 frequently producing a fine mirage. At sey'yfi set the sky was totally obscured by dn^y leaden clouds ; colossal masses of whif^f cumuli moved slowly underneath, assurai -^ curious and fantastic forms. Immediately upon the cessation of the rain, thick, fog sj|l in, followed by a second fall of rain, to tf||| aniount of half an inch. The temperatuj^ was mild, ranging from 43 to 51.5 _degr(sjf| I append a list of the most remarkable rat f? falls during tlie last five years : — £0

* Wight. t Thunderstorm. A|^ ( Chaut-es Rous MarteS^|i Martendale, Ryal Bush. .;'/:£ ■ : : ri J-#

Inches. Hours ' & Sept. 27, 1858 .. ..1-370 .. 10 £-,| „ 2S, „ .. ... 1-390 .... 17 fe Oct. 22, „ .. .. 3120 .. 21 pj\ Mar. 10,1859 .. .. 1-280 .. 12 0\ April 3, „ .. .. 1-790 .. 9*pff ; „ 5, „ .. .. 1-080 .. &M "„ 17, „ .. .. 1-520 .... 20 i| Jan. 27,1860 2140 ... 11*1| May 7, „ 3-170 .. 21 „ 25, „ 1-220 ... 15 ?:$■ Aug. IS, , 107") .. VI „ 10, „ 1-880 ... 17 §• „ 20, „ 1-690 ... 16 V|Sl Nov. 14, , 1-150 ... lffijic April 22, 1861 3-2-10 ..." 24'|||* June 9, „ 2-120 ... 9^l Dec. 25, „ 1-4*o ... lpift June 15,1862 ... . .. 17S0 .. 19 Dec. 27, „ 1-290 .. 23 ,iK& June 8, 18G3 2-017 ... 4i'^s3 July 17, „ ... ... 2-066 .. 18,:fd