46 J. HOPKINSON THE WEATHER 



April. — Of average temperature, with a rather moist atmo- 

 sphere, a very cloudy sky, and a little more than the average 

 rainfall on a large numher of days. The nights were much 

 warmer than usual and the days much colder, giving a very 

 small mean daily range of temperature. The minimum was 

 below 32° on four days in the early part of the month. The 9tli 

 was the wettest day at 47 stations, at 6 of which, Aldenham 

 House and all the five stations in the Lower Lea district, it 

 exceeded half an inch. The 10th was the wettest day at 4 

 stations. The total rainfall was about a quarter of an inch 

 above the average. 



Mat. — Of average temperature, with a very dry atmosphere, 

 an exceedingly bright sky, and a very small rainfall on very few 

 days. The days were a little warmer than usual and the nights 

 a little colder, the mean daily range of temperature slightly 

 exceeding the average. The 2nd was the wettest day at 10 

 stations, and the 30th at 41. Between these dates scarcely any 

 rain fell, the average for all stations for the 26 days being about 

 0"15 in. On the 30th the rainfall reached at least half an inch 

 at 33 stations, three-quarters of an inch at 23 of these, and an 

 inch at 14: Fairhill, Berkhamsted, 100 in. ; Fanhams Hall, 

 Ware, 102 in. ; High Down, Hitchin, 106 in. ; Apsley Mills, 

 1"10 in. ; Kensworth, 1*17 in. ; Feilde's Weir, Hoddesdon, 

 1-19 in. ; Much Hadham, 1-25 in. ; New Barnet Gas Works, 

 1-29 in. ; Broxbourne, 1-34 in. ; The Chilterns, Hitchin, 1-36 in. ; 

 Pendley Manor, Tring, 1-45 in. ; The Maples, Hitchin, 1-55 in. ; 

 Wratten, Hitchin, 1-57 in. ; and Gilston Park, 1-58 in. This 

 fall was due to a thunderstorm, and most of the rain came down 

 in a very short time. At Broxbourne the whole fell in three 

 hours. At Berkhamsted 0'20 in. fell in ten minutes. The total 

 rainfall was a little above half the average. 



June. — Of average temperatvire, with a rather moist atmo- 

 sphere, a cloudy sky, and a heavy rainfall on rather more than 

 the usual number of days. The nights were much warmer than 

 usual and the days much colder, the mean daily range of 

 temperature being very small. On the 5th the rainfall reached 

 at least half an inch at 46 stations and three-quarters of an inch 

 at 6 of these ; on the 6th at least half an inch at 27 stations and 

 three-quarters of an inch at 8 of these ; on the 10th at least 

 half an inch at 3 stations, and on the 15th at 10 stations, three- 

 quarters of an inch at 4 of these, and l'02in. at Eastbury, 

 Watford. On the 30th it reached at least half an inch at 

 28 stations, three-quarters of an inch at 3 of these, and l'02in. 

 at Broxbourne. The total fall was 60 per cent, above the 

 average. There were thunderstorms on the 15th, 16th, and 27th. 



July. — The weather was very warm, with a very dry atmo- 

 sphere, a very bright sky, and a small rainfall on very few days. 

 Both days and nights were warm, the mean daily range of 

 temperature being above the average. An account has already 

 been given of the thunderstorms on the 9th. That was the 



