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copying. It would be of great assistance, therefore, and 

 save some considerable time if observers would kindly have 

 their copies checked before sending them out, and I should 

 be extremely obliged if in future they would do so. 



OBSERVERS' NOTES. 



ABBOTSBURY, NEW BARN. The rainfall for the year, 

 namely, 38' 96, is 10*55 inches more than the average of the 

 last 14 years. 



BEAMINSTER, HAMILTON LODGE. The Beaminster average 

 for the 39 years ending 1911 is 37*79. The rainfall of 1912 

 (47*79) is therefore exactly 10 inches above the average. 

 This fall, however, was exceeded by the 49*25 inches of 1903. 



BROADSTONE. The night temperatures were high in the 

 Autumn, and the year wet and sunless, with very few thunder- 

 storms. 



BROADWINDSOR, BLACKDOWN HOUSE. 1912 was the 

 wettest year I have known. I have kept a record since 1894. 



BROADWINDSOR VICARAGE. A little snow fell on the 1st 

 and 3rd of February, and on the 19th of March. On the 

 4th and 8th of March thunderstorms with hail occurred, and 

 a hail storm on 21st October at 6.45 p.m. A partial eclipse 

 of the moon was very clearly visible on the 1st of April. 



BUCKHORN WESTON. 3rd March A very brilliant lunar 

 rainbow at 5.30 a.m. 4th March A very strong gale more 

 or less all day, and at 2.30 p.m. a sudden and sharpish thunder- 

 storm. 



CHEDINGTON COURT. On January 18th, at 9 a.m., the 

 snow was Sin. deep, and lin. fell after that time ; a rapid 

 thaw set in on the 19th, and the snow was gone by the 20th. 



The lowest temperature was 18 of frost on the 3rd February, 

 and the highest 86 in the shade on July 16th. 



No thunderstorms of any note were noticed during the year. 



The wet month of the year was August, with 8*25 inches ; 

 the fall of 1*76 on the 17th August being the greatest for any 

 24 hours during the year. 



