Heavy rain.

June 17. 

June 17, 2019

Rain, especially heavy rain, raising the river in the night of the 17th.

H. D. Thoreau, Journal, June 17, 1859

Heavy rain, raising the river in the night. See note to June 17, 1860 ("A steady gentle rain here for several hours, and in the night again, the thunder, as yesterday, mostly forerunning or superficial to the shower. This the third day of thunder-showers in afternoon, though the 14th it did not rain here.");  June 20, 1860 ("More rain falls to-day than any day since March, if not this year.") See also June 14, 1858 ("The river is raised surprisingly by the rain of the 12th. The Mill Brook has been over the Turnpike."); June 15, 1858 ("Rains steadily again, and we have had no clear weather since the 11th. The river is remarkably high, far higher than before, this year, and is rising.")