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RAINFALL IN DORSET. 



WlNTERBOURNE HOUGHTON. 



TEMPERA-TUBE. 



January . . Highest, 54 deg., on 18th Lowest, 24 deg., night of the 23rd 



5th 

 22nd 

 27th 

 2nd 

 5th 

 llth 

 14th 

 26th 

 30th 

 12th 

 29th 



i4th May: Very heavy thunder and vivid lightning from 3 to 

 10 p.m. 23rd June: Very severe thunderstorm passed over 

 S.W. to N.E., lasting from 9.30 p.m. to midnight. August : 

 The remarkable rise of temperature at the end of this month 

 and beginning of the next was the special feature of this 

 summer. December : Snow began to fall heavily on 25th at 

 9 p.m., but turned to rain later, and snow fell very heavily on 

 3oth from 9 a.m. to noon. 



WIMBORNE. The snowstorm on the 26th December was 

 unrepresented in this district, with the exception of a very small 

 fall on the night of 26th, not enough to be measured less than 

 01 in. when melted. 



BLOXWORTH RECTORY. In this district I would remark upon 

 (i.) The almost total absence of thunderstorms in 1906. (ii.) 

 The general cold and ungenial nature of the year, especially in 

 regard to night temperature, though from the mildness of the 

 winter all vegetation was up to April very forward. (iii.) No 

 register of excessive heat during the summer, though the day 

 temperature was high during the early part of September. 



WORTH MATRAVERS. 2yth February : Hailstorm, conical- 

 shaped stones, nth March: Velocity of wind = 40 miles. 

 2nd August: Thunderstorm between 6.30 and 6.4.5 p.m., very 

 large hailstones, some fin. in diameter, flattened and star-shaped. 

 23rd November; Wreck of Spanish steamer " Montares" in fog 



