South Island snow flurries and cold weather make it a tough day on the farm (+social media)

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South Island snow flurries and cold weather make it a tough day on the farm (+social media)

8/09/2021 2:18am

As forecast by WeatherWatch.co.nz and RuralWeather we’re seeing some snow flurries in the South Island today.

First it was Southland, now it’s inland Canterbury with snow flurries down to just 180m, around Darfield.

It’s tough going for newborn livestock, especially lambs, dealing with the cold.

One brief positive is that Thursday warms up quite a bit. Some places today, like Gore, only have a high of +6C but Thursday it bounces back to +14, then down to a high of +9C on Friday.

Darfield has a high of +8C today (if you’re lucky) but Thursday’s high is +16C. Classic spring weather.

https://twitter.com/2Insijam/status/1435446659752685575

More snow from North Canterbury pic.twitter.com/Zm4lX10qZM
— Rebecca (@PykeRobot) September 8, 2021

Snowing in #Darfield, Canterbury. Tough start for the lambs but tomorrow will be milder (before the next cold change on Friday).

Darfield: High of +8C today, but +16C tomorrow! #Spring.

Credit: Joe Catherwood.https://t.co/eveWdQiaoB for hyper-local NZ weather data/forecasts. pic.twitter.com/aqXSuE5Yzp
— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) September 8, 2021

Snow, hail and rainy…..just another day in Southland!@WeatherWatchNZ @TheCountry @ pic.twitter.com/7ucfTo51YF
— Katrina Thomas (@katrinathomas67) September 7, 2021

Another video sent in to us: Ewes & lambs sheltering from the snow near #Darfield.

In the past few hours the grass has gone from green to white. Won't linger though, plus tomorrow is *much* warmer.

Credit Joe Catherwood. https://t.co/eveWdQiaoB / https://t.co/gb7E1qcpZ3 pic.twitter.com/aIzFaa6shw
— WeatherWatch.co.nz (@WeatherWatchNZ) September 8, 2021

Have to say @WeatherWatchNZ it’s challenging this morning. Lucky this girl decided gorse bushes are for lambing in.
Since that break in the weather we have now turned white. pic.twitter.com/BG89HB8Gqn
— Sharon Paterson (@Dayzie72) September 7, 2021

https://twitter.com/Frasboy04/status/1435329440469319681

It's cold with wet snow in Dipton @WeatherWatchNZ pic.twitter.com/loL8yXS7df
— Heather Milligan (@MilliganHeather) September 7, 2021

Still snow showers at 11.30 in Dipton, we did see the sun briefly a few times @WeatherWatchNZ pic.twitter.com/sJVNVEjEV0
— Heather Milligan (@MilliganHeather) September 7, 2021