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quently noticed to precede stormy weather. There was a 
heavy white frost on the grass, with a north-west wind. 
This changed to south-west at mid-day. A very blowy and 
wet afternoon followed. This rainfall, combined with the 
melted snow from the higher lands, caused a fairly high flood 
on the Cluden, being the highest we have had for several 
years. The weather during the remainder of the month was 
wet, stormy, and unsettled. On the 17th there was a pretty 
sharp thunderstorm, with heavy hail showers and a very 
depressing kind of gloomy darkness that I don’t remember 
having ever noticed before (to the same extent) during a 
thunderstorm. On the mornings of the gth, 1oth, 22nd, 
and 28th there was a slight covering of snow on the ground, 
which mostly went away on the afternoons of each day. 
There was no very hard frost and no very high wind. The 
wind was principally from the south-west and south-east. 
The rainfall, 8.29 inches, was the highest recorded here for 
February during the last twenty-two years. The musical 
note of the song thrush first heard on the 5th. Hazel came 
into bloom on the 2oth, seven days later than 1914. 
MARCH. 
On the morning of the rst there was about one inch of 
snow on the ground, which went away during the day. 
During the first wéek there was cold, stormy, wet weather, 
followed by ten days of very fine March weather, with the 
birds singing all round on most mornings. On the morning 
of the 18th the outlook was very wintry, followed (I believe) 
by the stormiest day of the year. There was quite a blizzard 
of intense cold, driving wind, and drifting snow. About 
three inches fell here, but on higher lands there was a heavy 
fall, and many roads were blocked. Taking the weather of 
the month as a whole, it was fine, dry, and cold, with a good 
deal of sunshine and light changeable winds. The wind till 
the 23rd was westerly; from this till the end principally 
north-east. There was no cold, withering east wind. The 
rainfall was low—r.39 inches, as compared with 5.14 inches 
in 1914. This allowed the land to be got ready and be in 
good condition for sowing. On the evening of the 12th a 
