48 THK WEATHKR OF 1905. 



rain fell at 2 stations on the 7tli, at 10 on the 9th, and at 38 on 

 the 25th, on which day there was at least three-qxiarters of an 

 inch at 11 of these stations, and TOl in. at The Chilterns, 

 Hitchin. The total fall was 25 per cent. beloAv the average. 



October. — A very cold month, with a rather dry atmosphere, 

 a sky of average brightness, and a very small rainfaU of average 

 frequency. Both days and nights were cold, the mean daily 

 range of temperature being aliout the average. The minimum 

 was below 32° on 6 days near the end of the month. The 28th 

 was the wettest day at 5 stations, the 29th at 38, and the 30th 

 at 10 ; on the 28th only did the fall reach half an inch, and that 

 only at 9 stations. On the 4th, at Berkhamsted, 0'09 in. fell in 

 5 minutes. The total rainfall was less than half the average. 



November. — Very cold, with a humid atmosphere, a cloudy 

 sky, and a rather heavy rainfall on a large number of days. 

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

 temperature being about the average. The minimum was below 

 32° on twelve nights, and at St. Albans below 32° at 9 a.m. on 

 the 18th. A few flakes of snow with a little hail fell on the 

 15th, and on this day the Aurora borealis was seen at Watford 

 from about 9 to 9.30 p.m. The wettest days in the month were 

 the 1st, 10th, and 26th, each being the wettest at about the same 

 number of stations, and at several stations the same amount of 

 rain fell on two of them, at one station the same on all the three 

 days. The fall was at least half an inch at 10 stations on the 

 1st, at 10 on the 10th, and at 8 on the 26th. The total was 

 12 per cent, above the average. 



December. — Eather mild, with a humid atmosphere, a very 

 cloudy sky, and a very small rainfall, rather less freqvient than 

 usual. The nights were much warmer than usual and the days 

 slightly so, the mean daily range of temperature being small. 

 The minimum was below 32° on eight nights, and at St. Albans 

 on the 31st the maximum did not reach 32°, and the 9 a.m. 

 temperature was only 297°. This was the coldest day in the 

 year. The 5th was the wettest day at 2 stations, the 7th at 45, 

 the 27th at 2, and the 29th at 2. The rainfall did not reach half 

 an inch on any one day, and the total was less than half the 

 average. Notwithstanding the very small rainfall, less than in 

 any December for fifteen years, the weather was gloomy 

 throughout the month. Christmas Day was the brightest, in 

 fact the only really bright day in the month. 



Ih-ans. Hertfordshire Nat. Hist. Soc, Vol. XIII, Fart 1, February, 1907. 



