190 RAINFALL IN DORSET. 



occasions. March (-86) and September (-32) were dry months 

 in a wet year. December with 5*21 inches was the wettest 

 month and put the finishing touch on a wet Autumn. 



BROAD WINDSOR VICARAGE. 21st January saw comet to 

 westward. 



BLACKDOWN HOUSE, BROADWINDSOR. The fall of 2-91in. 

 on August 28th is the heaviest I have ever known since I 

 have kept a record of rainfall, i.e., since October 10th, 1894. 



BEAMINSTER, FLEET STREET. A wet year, especially the 

 latter half, and more than 7 inches above the Beaminster 

 average. December was the wettest December I have 

 recorded here, the fall being 8*55 inches. Mean max. shade 

 temp., 56'0 deg. ; mean minimum 41*5 mean range, 14-5 ; 

 mean temp., 1910, 48*7. A cold summer and a cold 

 November, with 17 frosts. The warmest month of the year 

 was August, with a mean temp, of 60 deg., and the coldest 

 was November with 38-1 deg. The hottest day of the year 

 was June 20th, when 75*0 deg. only were reached. There 

 were 6 days when an inch or more fell. On August 28th 

 2-71in. fell, rapidly causing a flood which soon abated. 

 There was one " total drought " of 16 days at end of March. 

 Snow fell on 6 days to a very small extent. Rain on 212 

 days was the largest number of " rainy days " I have recorded 

 here or at Swanage during 30 years. Singularly there were 

 106 " rainy days " in each half of the year, although in the 

 first half the rainfall was only 16-53 inches, whilst in the 

 second half the fall totalled 28-65 inches ! 



BEAMINSTER VICARAGE. Complete record for the last 38 

 years. Average of those years, 37'89. Highest being 49-25 

 in 1903, and lowest, 28-26, in 1887. In 1910 total was 

 45-39. Days on which more than an inch fell Jan. 23, 1-00 ; 

 Jan. 27, 1-13 ; Aug. 28, 2-66 ; Oct. 12, 1-50 ; Nov. 30, 1-07 ; 

 Dec. 12, 1-02 ; Dec. 14, 1-01. 



CHEDINGTON COURT. The rainfall for Aug. 28, 3'24in., is 

 the greatest fall for 24 hours of which we have any record. 

 Heavy thunderstorms on June 7, 8, and 10. Lightning very 

 vivid on morning of 7th from 7 to 8.30 a.m. 



