I 2 RAINFALL IN bORSET. 



February (8 days). The wettest month was October, with a 

 register of 5^33 in. in 19 days; the next was December, with 

 4'yi in. in 24 days, four of which gave 0-84 in. from melted snow. 

 The lowest record was in June of 0*44 in. in 4 days. The lowest 

 register, *oi, was recorded on 36 days during the year. Snow 

 was recorded seven times, viz., 28th and 29th February, 24th 

 April, and 26th to 29th December. The heaviest single register 

 of rainfall in any 24 hours was 1*67 on 2oth to 2ist October. 

 Other heavy falls '93, 3oth to 3ist August; '86, i5th to i6th 

 February; '78, i5th to i6th July; and "73, 23rd to 24th March. 

 The total number of wet days throughout the year was 166 and 

 the total rainfall 31*74, which is 3^47 less than the amount 

 recorded for the previous year. 



WINTERBOURNE SxEEPLETON. Rainfall of the year about 

 3 J in. below average. The deficiency occurred principally in 

 the months of June and July. Between i8th July and i8th 

 August (32 days, both inclusive), only '01 rain fell. Upwards 

 of i in. fell on 4 days during the year, and on 2ist October 

 2*20 was registered, which is the heaviest record since the 

 register began. During the 4 days, i8th to 2ist October, the 

 rainfall amounted to 4^35 in. 



DORCHESTER, No. 2. The total rainfall was 1^09 in. less 

 than the average as calculated by the late Mr. H. S. Eaton. 

 The year was remarkably free from thunderstorms, and the 

 period i7th July to i8th August yielded only *oi rain. J. E. 

 ACLAND. 



WINTERBOURNE HERRINGSTON. In the great storm of 2ist 

 October it began to rain about 5 a.m. At 8 I measured 0*92, 

 and by 12 o'clock a further 2^32 had fallen, so it was one storm 

 with a total rainfall of 3'24. R. B. W. 



BLOXWORTH RECTORY. The year 1908 has in this district 

 been generally cold and ungenial, and very deficient in sunshine ; 

 bad for the setting of fruit bloom in the spring, and bad for the 

 ripening of fruit in summer and autumn ; much of it being 

 pinched and blighted and wanting in flavour. The absence of 

 heavy gales of wind, and also of thunderstorms, has been 



