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 in 1905. 



By H. STILWELL. 



JJIHE year 1905 has been deficient in Rainfall in 

 Dorset. The average annual fall is about 

 34 inches, but the mean derived from the 

 51 stations included in the following tables 

 amounted last year to only 26*939 inches, 

 showing a deficiency of rather over seven 

 inches. 



It will also be seen from the tables here 

 given that up to the end of October the 

 deficiency had been proportionately larger, but 

 November gave a mean of 5"'2o8 for the month, and so helped 

 to adjust matters, although in December the amount again fell 

 off. 



The months of March, August, and November only gave 

 rainfall in excess of the average, but the deficiency was consider- 

 able in January, February, May. July, and December. 



The heaviest and most universal fall happened on 10 Novem- 

 ber, on which day upwards of one inch was registered by 

 23 different observers. 



