RAINFALL IN DORSET 193 



DEC. This month will be remembered for its remarkably mild 

 character. On no less than 20 days did the thermometer 

 reach 50 and above in the shade, and on the 28th at Bath 

 the exceptional reading of 59 was registered. 



On the 26th two rather heavy thunderstorms passed from 

 S.W. to N.E. between 7 and 8 and 9 and 10 a.m., accom- 

 panied with heavy and large hail. 



Max. temp, of the month occurred on the 28th, 54 ; the 

 min. the night of the 1st, 22. 



N.B. The thermometers from which the above readings are taken 

 are Negretti and Zambra standard Kew-corrected instruments, placed 

 in a Stevenson screen, 4^ft. above ground, on grass. 



