90 RAINFALL IN DORSET. 



returns are given, the records not beginning on the ist of 

 January. 



The new stations are : 



Milton-on-Stour .. .. Lat. 50 30 N. Lon. 2 17 W. 



Stoke Wake ,,5051 220 



Wimbonie, Westfieid 



Holme ,,5040 2 9 10 



East Lulworth (partial return) ,, 50 3" ,, ., 2 12 ,, 



Upwey 50 40 24 22853 



Littlebredy (partial return) ,, 50 41 45 ,, ,, 2 35 10 ,, 



A return from Whitelackington, near Ilminster (Lat. 50 56', 

 Lon. 2 52'), is added from the neighbouring county of Somerset. 



In the following tables the alphabetical arrangement of the 

 stations has been given up, and the places follow one another, 

 as far as possible, according to their respective situations. 

 Beginning at the extreme north of the county with Milton-on- 

 Stour, a general sweep is taken in a south-easterly direction 

 towards Verwood, then towards Purbeck in the S.E. corner of 

 the county, thence along the coast to Lyme at its western 

 extremity, then turning to the N.W. up to Sherborne, and 

 ending with the central parts of Dorset. By this arrangement it 

 will be more easy to compare the rainfall of different places with 

 that of the immediate neighbourhood. 



In conclusion, it is desired to draw the attention of observers 

 to the necessity of an almost daily inspection of their gauges, 

 otherwise small falls of rain are unnoticed and unrecorded. It 

 may also be worth while to add that all entries should be made 

 to the day previous to that on which the rain is collected. To 

 insure uniformity in the work, it is very important that this 

 should be done. 



OBSERVERS' NOTES. 



STURMINSTER NEWTON. December 5th : Heavy hailstorm, 

 accompanied by thunder, between 3 and 4 a.m. 



STURMINSTER MARSHALL. January ijth: Lightning during 

 the evening and heavy thunderstorm, with hail, about midnight. 



