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WEYMOUTH, WESTHAM. Climatological returns for 1909 : 

 Means Barometer 29 '976 in. 



,, Thermometers 9 a.m. 50'8 



,, ,, Maximum 55 '9 



,, ,, Minimum 44*5 



,, ,, Range 11 '4 



Max. and Min. 50-2 

 Relative humidity, 78 per cent. 

 Total bright sunshine, 1938'5 hours. 

 Sunless days, 59 

 Amount of cloud, 5 -9. 



The winds, observations taken daily at 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., 

 N. 76, N.E. 79, E. 90, S.E. 41, S. 53, S.W. 75, W. 226, N.W. 82, 

 Calms 8. 



EASTON, PORTLAND 1909 was a wet year, but as this is a 

 new record I cannot tell how it compares with an average year. 

 January, February, and November were dry months, February, 

 with '21 only, and 5 wet days, being exceeding'y so. Abso- 

 lute droughts were experienced from the 1st to the 16th 

 May and from the 2nd to the 16th August inclusive. October 

 was a very wet month, 6'32 in. being recorded, and was, as 

 usual, the wettest in the year. December and March were also 

 wet months. More than 1 in. of rain was recorded on five 

 days whilst on 24 days during the year less than '005 was 

 registered, these days being marked with an asterisk. Snow 

 fell on five days during the year, and thunder was heard on 

 the 24th May and June 16th and 29th. 



CHICKERELL RECTORY. Gales from January 12th till 18th 

 and also most of October. Snowfalls February 26th, 27th, 

 28th, March 1st to 4th, May 1st, December 15th and 16th. 

 Hail, April 30th. Thunderstorms, June 29th, September 

 10th Rather remarkable lunar halo, December 24th. 



CHICKERELL, MONTEVIDEO. April 30th, distant thunder 

 and lightning, early morning. May 24th, sharp midnight 

 thunderstorm June 5th, 12th, 16th, some thunder, and 

 29th, thunderstorm. September 12th, slight thunder and 

 lightning. 



