$2 RAINFALL IN DORSET. 



February 27th, 28th, 29th, March ist, 2nd, 24th, and 25th. 

 igth : Thunderstorm with very bright lightning, but never very 

 near. August 4th : Thunderstorm in morning, lasting several 

 hours. December 5th : Short thunderstorm, lightning very 

 bright. 



BEAMINSTER (FLEET STREET). 1*05 of rain fell in 28 minutes 

 on morning of September i4th (entered to i3th). Barometer 

 (corrected to sea-level) fell to 28*68 on February gth. A 

 cyclone, or tornado, of narrow breadth, accompanied by 

 lightning, thunder, and hail, swept over a part of Beaminster 

 in early morning of December 6th, doing considerable damage 

 to roofs, ricks, and trees in its course. Snow fell on five 

 occasions to a total depth of 0*45 melted rain. Average monthly 

 maxima in shade January, 44'7 ; February, 44'7 ; March, 

 46'7 ; April, 55'8; May, 6o'8 ; June, 66'8 ; July, 7i'6; 

 August, 68'4 ; September, 62 0- 7 ; October, 56 0- 9 ; November, 

 48 0- 5 ; December, 47'!. 



BROADWINDSOR, VICARAGE. Snow observed February i5th, 

 1 6th, 25th, 26th, March 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 25th, May 8th 

 (slight), November 22nd. Thunderstorms July ipth, August 

 23rd and 3oth, and December 6th ; on the last date at, 4 a.m., 

 accompanied by hail. Cow killed by lightning on that day. 

 Hailstones picked up size of walnuts, and windows facing west 

 broken as by bullets. 



BROADWINDSOR, BLACKDOWN HOUSE. - - Thunderstorms 

 observed May roth, slight, July i2th, i9th, heavy, August 3rd, 

 at night, and morning of 4th. Also thunder August i6th, 2znd, 

 23rd, and 3Oth. Tremendous hailstorm, with thunder and 

 lightning, about 3 a.m., December 6th. Stones the size of 

 walnuts ; much glass broken. 



CHEDINGTON. September i4th : The heaviest fall of the 

 year 1.15 (entered September i3th), fell between 7 and 9 a.m. 

 This fall appears to have been a local one, as scarcely any was 

 registered in places a few miles distant. On December 6th we 

 had between 3 and 4 a.m. a very heavy storm of thunder, 

 lightning, and remarkably large hailstones. 



