132 RAINFALL IN DORSET. 



Thunderstorm 4 a.m. 24th : Thunderstorm beginning about 

 7 p.m. October i5th: Thunder at mid-day and from 7 to 

 9 p.m. 25th : Lightning and thunder 6 to 9 p.m. December 

 9th : Fierce storm ; much hail, lightning, and thunder. 



CATTISTOCK. June i4th : Thermometer 45'o at 12.30 p.m. 

 I9th: 47 in morning, 45 in afternoon. July 25th: Rain did 

 not begin till 1.30 p.m. Thunderstorm during night. October 

 1 5th : Thunderstorm between i p.m. and 2 p.m. 25th : 

 Thunderstorm between 6 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. 



CHALBURY. September loth: About 10.30 p.m. a hurricane 

 did considerable damage. October 25th : At 7.25 p.m. a whirl- 

 wind came from the direction of Wareham by Kingston Lacy, 

 Stone, Stanbridge, and Uppingtown to the edge of this parish, 

 going on to Horton, Woodlands, &c. At Gaunts much damage 

 was done. 



CHEDDINGTON COURT. May 28th : Thunderstorm of 1% hour 

 duration, when '44m. of rain fell. 



CHETNOLE. December izth : Rain very light till nearly noon, 

 heavy afterwards. 



CHICKERELL, MONTEVIDEO. April 28th : Thunder in the 

 afternoon, one clap near, the rest far off; wind west in morning, 

 went to south-east before the thunder at 4.30 p.m. May 28th to 

 3ist: Thunder occasionally. August i8th: A little lightning. 

 September 2nd : Thunderstorm, i ith : Lightning and thunder ; 

 hailstorm. i2th : Hail. October 9th : Lightning in the evening. 

 i6th : Thunderstorm at 2 p.m. 25th: Some lightning and 

 thunder in the evening. 



DORCHESTER WATERWORKS. May 28th : Thunder and hail. 

 October 1 5th : Thunderstorm in the afternoon. 



LYME REGIS. May 28th : Thunderstorm. July igth : Thunder- 

 storm. - 



PARKSTONE, HEATHERLANDS. Rain collected in the second 

 gauge 41 "74111., or '84^. more than in the standard. 



PORTLAND, FORTUNE'S WELL. September znd : Lightning, 

 thunder, and rain storm. October i2th: A few flakes of snow. 

 25th : Lightning, thunder, and hail. 



