150 RAINFALL IN DORSET. 



wettest month in the year, and was remarkable for an exceed- 

 ingly heavy rainfall on the 2ist, 2'6j in. being recorded, which is 

 by far the heaviest fall I have registered here; 1*65 in. fell 

 between 9 and 1 1 a.m., '92 of an inch between 1 1 a.m. and 

 i p.m., and '10 immediately after i o'clock. This record, 

 however, was preceded by "56 of an inch shortly before 9 o'clock, 

 which, of course, had to be entered for the 2oth. The total for 

 the five hours, 8 a.m. to i p.m., on the 2ist October was, there- 

 fore, about 3'23 in. There was an absolute drought from the 

 1 8th June to the 6th July inclusive, a period of 19 days, which 

 was, however, followed by a more remarkable one. Commencing 

 on the 1 8th July and ending on the i9th August, a period of 

 32 days, no rain fell, excepting on the 25th July, when '02 was 

 registered, the absolute drought in this case lasting 24 days. 



Snow fell on the 28th and 2gth of February, the ist, 3rd, and 

 1 5th March, the i9th, 23rd, and 24th April, and the 26th, 27th, 

 28th, and 29th December. 



Thunder was heard on the 29th August when '47 of an inch 

 of rain fell in half-an-hour ; the 2ist October, during the 

 remarkable rain storm ; and the 1 2th November. 



The number of wet days namely, 203 days is, curiously 

 enough, exactly the same number as in 1907, although 2'66in. 

 less rain fell. This coincidence is a repetition of 1905 and 1906, 

 each of these years having 184 rainy days. Two other coinci- 

 dences are that March and April had precisely the same rainfall, 

 namely, 2*67 in. (which was exactly the amount of the heavy rain 

 on the 2ist October), and July and November, 1*43 in. R. S. H. 



BEAMINSTER, FLEET STREET. 



TEMPERATURE, MEAXS OF. 



Max. in 



shade. Mill. 



January .. .. 42'5 31 '7 



February . . . . 47 '7 35 '4 



-March 46' 7 32-3 



April 52-5 37'0 



May 62-9 46'2 



June 69-1 49-6 



July 7C-3 52'0 



Max. iu 



shade. Min. 



August C9-0 50-0 



September .. .. 62-1 46-3 



October .. .. 6O6 46'5 



November .. .. 52-3 39'5 



December .. .. 47'2 3o - 7 



Year , , 56'9 41 '8 



