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being recorded at any station after the 20th. On the 6th there 

 was a considerable fall at live stations (all but one in the Lower 

 Lea clistrict). 



July. — A wet month, with many rainy days ; rain at most 

 stations falling every day but one or two for the three weeks 

 6th to 2Gth. During a thunderstorm on the 10th the fall of 

 rain was cotisiderabh at twenty-five stations, and very consklerahle 

 at six, the only stations with less than half an inch of rain 

 being Apsley Mills, Hamels Park, and the Red House and^ 

 Fanhams Hall, Ware. On the 13th the fall was considerable at 

 one station (Frogmore, Watford), on the 1-Jth considerable at four 

 stations and very considerable at two, on the 22nd considerable at 

 three and very considerable at three, and on the 24th considerable 

 at one (Weston Park). 



August. — A very wet month, and, like July, with many rainy 

 days. 'No rain fell after the 26th, but up to that date there were 

 only seven days without rain on the average throughout the county. 

 During a thunderstorm on the 10th, most violent in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Hitchin, there was a considerable fall of rain at four 

 stations, a very considerable fall at one station, and the fall was 

 great at The Firs, Hitchin (1-06 in.), Fairhill, Berkhamsted, 

 (1-12 in), and Moor Park (Mo in.). On the 16th there was 

 a considerable fall at one station (Much Hadham). The 23rd, 

 24th, and 25th were very wet days, the fall of rain averaging 

 0-69 in. on 23rd, 57 in. on 24th, and 0-31 in. on 25th, or l'57in. 

 in the three days. On the 23rd the fall was considerable at twenty- 

 two stations, and very considerable at thirteen, thus being at least 

 half an inch at all the stations ; on the 24th it was considerable 

 at three stations, very considerable at three, great at Gorhambury 

 (l-14in.). Moor Park (1-22 in.), and Brocket Hall (1-22 in.), very 

 great at High Down, Hitchin (1-32 in ), The Grange, St. Albans 

 (1*42 in.), and Oaklands, Watford (1*45 in.), and heavy at Frogmore, 

 "Watford (1-70 in.); and on the 25th it was considerable at five 

 stations, very considerable at one station, and great at AVeston 

 Park (rOlin.). 



September. — A month with small rainfall, but on the usual 

 number of days. On the 23rd there was a thunderstorm, with much 

 rain, in the west of the county, the storm being very violent about 

 St. Albans, Watford, and Rickmansworth, where much damage 

 was done to growing crops. The fall, however, only exceeded 

 half an inch at four stations, being considerable at two (Apsley 

 Mills, Hemel Hempstead, and The Grange, St. Albans), and very 

 considerable at two (Nash Mills, Hemel Hempstead, and Gorham- 

 bury, St. Albans). 



October. — A very wet month with many rainy days, especially 

 wet towards the end, the last nine days having an aggregate rain- 

 fall of 2-.j8 inches, being an average of rather more than 0-26 in. 

 per diem. On the 10th the fall was considerable at one station 

 (Kensworth), on the 24th considerable at twenty-two and very con- 

 siderable at one, on the 26th considerable at four, on 28th considerable 



