"itef turns o "glainfad, &c., in ?orsef 

 in 1909. 



By H. STILWELL. 



" HE year 1909 must be reckoned as a wet year in 

 the county of Dorset, but its chief character- 

 istic is the great number of days on which 

 excessive falls of rain occurred. 



At Evershot, Cattistock, Bradford Peverell, 

 and Charminster, upwards of 1 in. is reported 

 as having fallen on ten separate days in the 

 year, and in the fourth column of Table II. 

 it will be seen that at many places such falls occurred six, 

 seven, or eight times ; and Weymouth is the only place which 

 reported only two falls of 1 in. in the year. 



At Wynford House 3'75 in. was registered on 27th July, 

 and falls of over 2 in. were recorded at ten other stations on 

 that day, and on 26th October a fall of over 2 in. was reported 

 by twenty observers. Also at Winterbourne Whitechurch 

 Vicarage, 2'04 in. fell on 28th September. 



Other days, on which falls of over 1 in. were recorded at 

 several places, were 5th and 6th March, 6th June, 17th August, 

 10th and 28th September, and 21st December. 



