Weather and Other \otes. 14* 



The snowdrop, that beautiful little unassuming- llower,. 

 an emblem of purity, the first flower of the year, was hanging 

 its head on the 2nd, and opened its corolla on the 8th. This 

 was 10 days earlier than 191 2. 



February. 



On the 4th, 5th, and 6th the weather was wet and stormy, 

 with a rather high wind on the 6th ; but taking the month as 

 a whole, it was exceedingly mild. The fields continued fresh 

 and green, and on a number of days the birds were singing 

 cheerily. First heard the mavis on the 3rd. During the first 

 14 days the wind was mostly from the S.W. and N.W. ; from 

 the 14th till the 22nd it was from an easterly direction. Dur- 

 ing this time there was some frost, but not severe ; the last 4 

 days were like spring. There was very little sunshine. No 

 snow, no floods, and a light rainfall. 



The highest maximum temperature was 54 deg. , on the 

 26th. Lowest maximum, 42 deg., on the ist. Highest 

 minimum, 45 deg., on the 3rd. Lowest minimum, 25 deg., 

 on the 22nd and 23rd. Lowest on the grass, 20 deg., on the 

 22nd. Temperature in the screen at or below 1,2 degrees on 

 10 days. Do. on the grass on 12 days. Range of barometer 

 between 29.5 and 30.5 inches. The high barometric pressure 

 of the month is worthy of special notice. The barometer stood 

 at 30 in. and over on 18 days, the mean of which was 30.34 

 inches. In February, 1912, it just reached 30 inches on 4 days 

 and 30.2 on i day. 



Yellow Crocus came into bloom on the 12th; Hazel on 

 the 13th; Lesser Celandine on the 22nd; Dog-Mercury first 

 noticed on the 23rd ; Tussilago on the 21st. 



March. 

 With the exception of the first and last two days the 

 weather of March generally was wet and stormy, with a south 

 and S.W. wind. There was a deep barometric depression or> 

 the i8th, when the barometer fell from 29.7 to 28.7 in. within 

 24 hours. This was the only occasion during the year that the 

 barometer was below 29 inches. On the preceding day there 

 was 16 degrees of frost. Towards the end of the month the 



