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2 stations, rvnj considerable at 31, and (jreat at St. Albans Road, 

 Watford (1-07 in.). This day was the wettest at all stations, and 

 the mean fall in the county was 0-83 in. 



OcTOBKR. — Rather wet, but with less than the average number of 

 wet days. On the 1st the fall was considerable at 6 stations, veri/ 

 considrrabh at 6, great at The Grange, St. Albans (1-05 in.), 

 Fairhill, Bcrkhamsted (I'OSiu.), Bone Hill, St. Albans (MO in.), 

 Rosebank, Berkhamstcd (1-21 in.), St. Albans Road, Watford 

 (1-21 in.), and Great Gaddesden (1-23 in.), veri/ great at Rose 

 Cottage, Berkhamsted (1-33 in.). Moor Park (1-40 in.), High Down, 

 Hitchin (1-44 in.), and Odsey (1-47 in.), heart/ at Apsley Mills, 

 Hemel Hempstead (1-58 in.), and Bancroft, Hitchin (1-66 in.), 

 veri/ heavy at Rothamsted (1-78 in.), and excessive at Gorhambury, 

 St. Albans (2*00 ins.). On the 27th the fall was considerable at 

 23 stations, very considerable at 10, and great at St. Albans Road, 

 "Watford (ri9 in.) ; and on the 29th it was considerable at 5 stations. 

 The 1st was the wettest day at 27 stations, and the 27th at 18. 



j!fovEMBER. — Very wet, the rainfall being about 40 per cent, 

 above the average, but the number of wet days was small, being 

 more than 30 per cent, below the average. Nearly all the rain fell 

 on the first ten or twelve days, and at no station was there any after 

 tlie 22nd. On the 2nd the fall was considerable at 4 stations ; on 

 the 3rd it was eery considerable at 30, and great at Aldenham House, 

 Elstree (1-00 in.), Datchworth Rectory (1-00 in.), New Bamet 

 (l"04in.), and St. Albans Road, Watford (ri4in.); on the 4th it 

 was considerable at 7 stations ; on the 5th it was very considerable at 

 23, and great at The Grange, St. Albans (TOO in.), Aldenham 

 House, Elstree (TOO in.), Fairhill, Berkhamsted (1*01 in.), Rose- 

 bank, Berkhamsted (1-02 in.). Moor Park (TOSin.), Rothamsted 

 (r07in.), Much Hadham (r07in.). Rose Cottage, Berkhamsted 

 (1'08 in.), New Bamet (r08 in.), Broxbourne (TIO in.), and 

 St. Albans Road, W^atford (1-15 in.); and it was considerable at 

 2 stations on the 7th, and at one station on the 9th. There was 

 thus at least a very considerable fall of rain at all the stations on 

 two days in the month, the 3rd when the mean fall in the county 

 was 090 in., and the 5th when it was 0-93 in. The mean for 

 the four days 2nd to 5th was 2-64 inches, which exceeds the 

 average for the whole month for the half -century 1840-89. The 

 3rd was the wettest day at 9 stations, the 5th at 34, and the 3rd 

 and 5th were the wettest at 2 stations. 



December. — A rather dry month, but with about the average 

 number of wet days. There was a little snow on a few days just 

 before the middle of the month, and on two or three^days before 

 the end. There was no considerable fall of rain. The 1st was the 

 wettest day at 3 stations, the 5th at 10, the 28th at 20, the 29th 

 at 8, the 1st and 29th were the wettest at one station, and the 

 28th and 29th at 2 stations. 



Comparison loith the Rainfall of the Adjoining Counties. — It may 

 be of interest to compare the rainfall of Hertfordshire in 1899 with 

 that of the adjoining counties. Such a comparison of the monthly 



