THE WEATHER.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 60, 18 October 1864, Page 5

THE WEATHER.

MKTBonoiiOGiCAi, Obsibyatioxs Dxteix» m MOKTS OI SEPTBIEBBB, II S»TBK YSAM. The weather during the month, although not absolutely wet, was unsettled and showery. A fall of the barometer to 28*98 inches preceded the equinoctial gales, which were unusually moderate, and principally from the .eastward. On the 27th, the barometer suddenly decreased to 29*09 inches, and at 4 p.m. a thunder-storm commenced in the "W.N.W., and proved one of the most severe on •record in this country. The storm moved bodily from W.N/W. to E.3.E., the wind blowing freshly in the opposite -direction. At its commencement, it was fifteen miles distant to the 2J.N.W. ; it had - approached to within four miles by 8 p.m., when the rain set in, and the thunder and lightning ceajei. The lightning, from first to last, was extremely vivid, and came at the rate of four or five flashes per minute. The chief force' of the storm must /have been felt in the 'vicinity of Winton. The amount of rain was half-an-inch. The mean barometrical pressure was 29*658 inches ; tha highest 30*15 inches, and the lowest 28*98 inches.' - The mean temperature of the air was 49*3 degrees, which is I*4 deg. below the average of seven yeSra. The highest day temperature was 67 deg., the lowest night temperature 27 deg. ; the total range of temperature during the month was, therefore, 40 degrees. . The mean degree of atmospheric humidity was '75, saturation being represented by I*oo. The mean temperature of evaporation was 45*8 degrees, and of the dew-point 41*3 degrees. . The rainfall was ' 4*122 inches ; — nearly two inches in excess of the seven years' average. The present spring is a remarkably backward one. I had occasion, last winter; to notice the deciduous trees were a month later than usual in •hedding their leaves : they are now similarly late in acquiring them.

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