146 Weather and Other Notes. 



-wind was from the N.N.W. and E., when the fields soon lost 

 their green appearance and looked quite grey and barren. 

 There were snow showers on the 13th and a thin covering of 

 snow on the i6th. Thunder was heard on the 12th and igth. 

 There was comparatively little frost, a heavy rainfall, and no 

 March dust. 



Highest maximum temperature, 58 deg. , on the 29th. 

 Lowest maximum, 42 deg., on the 17th. Highest minimum, 

 41 deg., on 28th and 29th. Lowest do., 21 deg., on the 17th. 

 Lowest on grass, 16 deg., on 17th; at or below 32 deg. in the 

 screen on 12 days; do. on the grass on 20 days. Range of 

 barometer between 30.3 and 28.7. 



Strawberry-leaved Cinquefoil came into bloom on the 

 ist. Wood Anemone on the 20th, Primrose on the 24th, 

 Dandelion on the 28th. Saw first Bat on the 29th. 



April. 



The I St was a fine spring morning, bright and cheery. 

 Birds singing all round. This mixed up with a little colder 

 weather and an E. wind continued till the loth, when there 

 was a fall of about 4 inches of snow, which went away in a 

 few days. From the loth till the end of the month there was 

 a good deal of wet, stormy weather, with wind mostly from 

 the S. and S.W". On the 26th the distant hills had a covering 

 of snow. Vegetation made good progress, and by the end 

 of the month there was a fair amount of grass. Corn sowing, 

 which began on the ist, had been kept back by the wet 

 weather. There were medium floods on the Cluden on the 

 16th and 30th. Thunder was heard on the 17th. 



Highest maximum temperature, 67 deg., on the 29th. 

 Lowest maximum, 45 deg., on the nth. Highest minimum, 

 46 deg., on the 9th. Lowest minimum, 28 deg., on the ist. 

 Lowest on the grass, 23 deg., on the ist. At 32 degrees and 

 under in the screen on 3 days; do. on the grass on 12 days. 

 Range of barometer between 30.4 and 29.2 inches. 



Sweet Violet in bloom on the ist, Flowering Currant on 

 the ist. Jargonelle Pear on the loth, Dog Violet on the 22nd, 

 Sloe on the 26th, Cuckoo Flower on the 27th. Sandmartin 

 first seen on the 12th, first Swallow on the 17th, Willow Wren 

 •on the 25th. Cuckoo first heard on the 30th. 



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