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Snow in spring

Snow in spring

Spring is traditionally a windy season. In the South Island it can also produce snow storms – like this one in November 2006 – which are particularly hard on newborn lambs. Shelter can help reduce wind chill.

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Otago Daily Times
Reference: 9 November 2006, p. 3
Photograph by Diane Brown

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Allan Gillingham. 'Shelter on farms', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 1-Mar-09
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/shelter-on-farms/1/1