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were nearly twice ns many wet days as usual. There were two 

 days on which the rainfall was at least considerable at all the 

 stations in the county, the 4th and the 24th, although the greatest 

 fall at any one station occurred on the 12th. On the 1st the 

 fall was considerable at thirteen stations, verj/ considerable at nine, 

 and c/reat at Odsey (l-0;3in.) and Thcrfield (1-07 in.). On the 

 4th it was consideraile at five stations, very considerable at twenty- 

 eight, ?axi]. great at "Weston Park (1*04 in.) and lioyston (l"07in.). 

 On the 5th it was considerable at one station and very considerable 

 at one ; and on the 8th it was considerable at four and very con- 

 siderable at one. On the 10th it was considerable at thirteen, very 

 consideraMe at thirteen, great at Datchworth (TIS in.), and 

 very great at the Eed House, Ware (r36 in.). On the 12th it 

 was considerable at ten stations, very considerable at sixteen, great 

 at Frogmore, Watford (1-OOin.), Bayfordbury, Hertford (1-00 in.), 

 Southgate (1*05 in.), Northchui'ch (l'07in.), Bancroft, Hitchin 

 (r09in.). Offside Cottage, Cowroast (1-13 in.), and New Bamet 

 (ri9in.), and very heavy at Odsey (r76in.). On the 13th it 

 was very considerahle at one station (Red House, Ware) ; on 

 the 17th it was considerable at one station; and on the 22nd it 

 was considerable at twenty-one stations and very consideraMe at 

 one. The heavy falls of rain in this remarkable month closed 

 on the 24th, when the fall was considerable at four stations, very 

 considerable at twenty-two, and great at Offside Cottage, Cowroast 

 (1-00 in.). The Grange, St. Albans (1-01 in.), Welwyn (1-01 in.), 

 Bayfordbury, Hertford (1-02 in.), the Red House, Ware (1-02 in.), 

 Great Gaddesden (1*04 in.), Elm House, Tring (1*07 in.), Gorham- 

 bury, St. Albans (TIO in.), and Moor Park, Rickmansworth 

 (ri5in.). During a thunderstorm on the 8th rain fell at 

 Rosebank, Berkhamsted, for five minutes at the rate of two 

 inches per hour, and for ten minutes at the rate of an inch and 

 a half per hour. 



OcTOBEK. — A very wet month, although the rainfall was not 

 much above the average, this usually being the wettest month in 

 the year. The number of wet days, however, was one-third 

 more than usual. On the 6th the fall was considerable at eighteen 

 stations and very considerable at eight ; and there was a co7isiderable 

 fall at four stations on the 12th, at one on the 15th, and at eight 

 on the 19th. There were several thunderstorms. 



November. — A dry month, the rainfall being about half the 

 average, and on a small number of days. Nearly all the rain fell 

 during the first half of the month, and the only considerable fall 

 was on the 7th at seven stations. 



December. — A very wet month, the rainfall being about double 

 the average, and on half as many more days than usual. On the 

 2nd the fall was considerable at five stations ; on the 4th it was 

 considerahle at twenty-six stations, and very considerable at eight; 

 and on the 24th it was considerable at six. 



