WEATHER AND NATURE NOTES. 147 
The mean daily temperature was the lowest for June 
during the last six years, with the exception of 1913. 
JULY: 
The first fortnight prolonged the low temperature record 
of June, with rather wet and changeable weather. From the 
8th till the 17th there was fairly good, haymaking weather, 
when a good deal of ryegrass was secured. From the 17th 
till the end there was generally bright, dry, and warm weather, 
very favourable for haymaking. Ryegrass and meadows 
were good crops. Grass was very plentiful: Corn first seen 
ragging on the 1st. The wind was mostly from the west, 
with a few days easterly. The rainfall was heavy. There 
was no exceedingly warm weather, such as we have often had 
in previous months of July. Thunder was heard on three 
days. Got the first dish of ripe Strawberries on the 14th; 
Honeysuckle first seen in bloom on the 12th; Knapweed on 
the 26th. Meadow Brown Butterfly first seen on the 2rst. 
AUGUST. 
For the greater part this was a month of excellent 
summer weather, with about normal temperature. By the 
14th most of the hay in this immediate locality was in stack. 
Harvesting began on the 19th, four days later than in 1915. 
On good land in good condition there were heavy crops. 
By the end of the month there was a good deal in stack. 
On the 16th and 18th there was a good deal of thunder; on 
the 24th and 25th there were heavy thunder rains—2.58 inches 
fell during those two days, being two-thirds of the total for 
the month. This caused a considerable flood on the Cluden. 
In former years, a flood any time between the 1st and the 
middle of August was looked for, and was called the Lammas 
flood. 
SEPTEMBER. 
Fine weather continued throughout the month, with 
temperature a little above normal. There was a low rainfall, 
a variable wind, and high barometer. By the end the most 
of the corn on neighbouring farms was in the stackyard. 
