64 WEATHER AND OTHER NOTES. 
springs were not touched. It came too late to do any good 
to turnips and grass. Last swallow seen on the 1st. 
NOVEMBER. 
The first seven days were fairly mild, when blue gentian, 
garden strawberries, and some other flowers were noted in 
bloom. On the morning of the 10th Queensberry and the 
distant Moffat hills were covered with snow, and there was 
a perceptible snow feeling in the air. On the 15th two and 
a half inches of snow fell here. This covering did not go 
away till the 28th. During that time, and till the end of 
the month, the weather was very cold and wintry, with the 
wind mostly from north and north-west; but the velocity 
was so low that it was difficult morning and evening to 
determine which way it was coming. From the 18th till 
the 23rd the barometer was very high, the reading on the 
21st being 30.7 inches. The rainfall was very low, 2.49 
inches. One-third of this amount fell on the 8th. The tem- 
perature of the month was very low. The daily mean mini- 
mum was 27.23 deg., as compared with 36.43 deg. in 1914. 
I note from a Glasgow record that the daily mean minimum 
in Glasgow was about 8 degrees below the mean of the last 
47 years, and the coldest November in 48 years. Frost was 
registered in the shade on 23 days, on the ground on 26 
days, as compared with 11 and 14 in 1914. The lowest 
temperature was 10 deg. in the shade and g deg. on the 
ground. This severe winter weather, coming so early and 
so unexpected, suspended all farm work. In this locality 
almost none of the turnip crop had been stored. It is almost 
certain that through being frozen and partially thawed 
several times a great quantity will be lost, which is unfor- 
tunate and regrettable, as the fodder supply is below the 
average and a good deal has been used during this early 
winter weather. Springs still continue to be very low, and 
the water supply short in many places. 
DECEMBER. 
The weather conditions of this month may be summed 
up in a few words—very changeable and wintry, frost, thaw, 
