250 Meteorological Notes from Selby. 



Night of Feb. 15th — 16th, thermometer 27 F., rain during the 



day. 

 Night of Feb. 16th — 17th, thermometer 28 F., day damp and 



foggy- 

 Night of 17th — 18th, thermometer 30 F. (2 degrees frost) 



bright morning after rain. 

 To end of month — heavy rains, cold nights. 

 March 4th, heavy fall of snow, cold and strong east wind — a 



renewal of the early February wintry weather ; getting 



colder. 

 March 7th— 8th, ther. 18 F. to 8 a.m. 

 March 8th — 9th, ther. 14 F. at 8 a.m., or 18 degrees of frost. 



Wintry weather till the 20th ; on that day there was a 



strong breeze with light snow showers, and the same 



the following day. 

 March 22nd, still cold, strong wind with heavy fall of snow ; 



thawing later. 

 March 23rd, again a slight covering of snow ; night reading 



of thermometer 21 F. ; wind variable. 

 March 25th — 26th, ther. 26 F. 

 March 26th, still cold ; snow showers, with strong northerly 



wind all day, and sunny intervals. 

 March 26th, caught a long-tailed field-mouse in front sitting 



room ; this country cousin is a very unusual visitor to 



a house in a town, — a further proof of the severity of 



the weather, and lateness of spring. 

 March 26th — 27th, heavy fall of snow during this night, wind 



N.E., ther. 26 F. at 8 a.m. 

 March 27th — 28th, ther. again 26 F., milder during the day. 

 March 28th — 29th, much milder ; ther. 32 F. or 1 deg. of frost. 

 March 29th — 30th, white frost at night ; ther. 28 F. 

 April 1st, wind N.E., ther. 26 F. ; much the heaviest fall of 



snow during the winter, no break in same from 7 a.m. 



to 3 p.m., then sudden rise in thermometer to 30 F. 



for an hour or -so. 

 April 2nd, another heavy fall of snow, preceded by a very cold 



night, down 7 F., or 25 degrees of frost ; an exceptionally 



low reading. Robin in garden with feet so cold it could 



not stand, later a brown wren in an almost similar state. 

 April 2nd — 3rd, ther. 18 F., thawing at 9-30 a.m. ; wind 



variable. 

 April 3rd — 4th, another cold night, ther. 24 F. ; thawing at 



9 a.m. 

 April 4th — 5th, ditto, rising at 10 a.m. to 40 F. with bright 



sunshine ; wind S. by W. 

 April 5th— 6th, snow during this night, ther, 18 F., followed 



by bright, sunny day ; wind easterly, veering to N.W., 



thermometer up to 55 F. in sun at 11-30 a.m. 



Naturalist, 



