284 Weather and Other Notes. 



and green. From the loth till the end the weather was 

 more unsettled : a good deal was fine, mixed up with a fair 

 proportion of wet and stormy. On the night of the nth 

 there was a strong wind, very bright lightning, and heavy 

 showers. There was a considerable flood on the Cluden on 

 the 13th. On the 14th the distant hills had a covering of 

 snow. We had about two inches of snow here on the 15th. 

 There was about the same amount on the 6th of January. 

 These were the heaviest falls of snow during the year. 



Although nearly five inches of rain fell during the 

 month, the deeper springs were still dry. 



December. 

 The wind from the loth was from the west and south- 

 west, and there was some rather wet and stormy weather. 

 There was thunder on the ist, with some heavy showers of 

 sleet and rain. There was rather a heavy flood on the 

 Cluden on the 3rd — the heaviest flood of the year. On the 

 7th the Moffat range of hills were seen covered with snow. 

 From the loth till the end the wind was rather variable, 

 and the weather may simply iae described as being " very 

 mild " for the last month of the year. On a number of 

 mornings the ground was covered with white frost. There 

 was no severe frost, and no curling. Thunder was again 

 heard on the 12th, and there was a strong gale on the 27th. 



Note. 

 In looking over the general characteristics of the 

 weather for the years 1913 and 1914, we find them to have 

 been very similar in almost every respect. The rainfall was 

 almost exactly the same, although a little different in occur- 

 rence. The temperature, the long dry summer, the wet 

 spring and winter months, and the general mildness of the 

 whole year were nearly the same. We feel that we are 

 justified in saying that weather phenomena are notoriously 

 uncertain, and seem to be g-overned by laws of which we 

 know comparatively little. The uncertainty of all weather 

 predictions made two days in advance coming- true is a fact 

 known to all observant persons. 



