RAINFALL IN DORSET. 199 



Hours of bright sunshine 1,823. 

 Highest bar. reading 30.35 April 26th. 

 Lowest bar. reading 28.38 February 21st. 



STURMINSTER MARSHALL, BAILIE HOUSE. Of the .66 

 rainfall on March 19th, .21 was melted snow. 



July 12th, Sunday Thunderstorm 5.30, 8 a.m., .62. 

 October 17th, Tuesday First white frost. 



STURMINSTER NEWTON. Thunderstorms occurred on June 

 14th, July llth, August 14th. 



TURNWORTH. 1914, the wettest year I have registered. 

 In 1912 rain fell on 199 days, against 196, in 1914, but the 

 rainfall in 1912 was 53.77 against 54.67. 



December, 1914, was the wettest month I have ever 

 registered (10.30) ; the most I have ever registered in 24 hours 

 was on November 2nd, 1914 (1.60). 



WAREHAM, TRIGON. January 19th, '01. This fell in form 

 of fine snow. 



June 14th Thunderstorm of 50 minutes. 



December, 9.18 This is a record fall. In 1872 the 

 rainfall here was 6.03 though the year's total was 47.87. 

 The previous highest December fall is 8. 77 in 1876, January, 

 1877, having 7.72 made the worst flood at Trigon on record 

 16.49 being the total for the two months. 



WEYMOUTH. Partial solar eclipse 21st August. Temper- 

 ature dropped from 70.8 to 66.9 during the eclipse. 



June 14th Very violent thunderstorm 3 p.m. 5 p.m., 

 0.68 rain during time. 



WlNTERBORNE WHITCHURCH VlCARAGE. 



JAN. A very dry month, rain or snow fell on 10 days, but 

 the amounts were small, the heaviest fall in 24 

 hours being 0.33 in. 29th. There was a cold period 



