Keturus of HainfaiJ iti 

 in 1916. 



By the Rev. H. H. TILNEY BASSETT, R.D. 



year 1916 opened with a spell of very mild 

 weather ; temperatures of 56 in the shade, 

 and above, being registered in many 

 localities. Up to January the 12th, the 

 daily maximum reached 50 degrees, or 

 more, the actual highest reading being 55'0 

 on the 1st day of the month. The mean 

 maximum for January, here (Winterborne 

 Whit church), was as high as 50 '1 ; and only 

 twice in the month did the thermometer 

 fall below the freezing point. The mean minimum was also 

 very high, 40'0. An abrupt change, however, took place 

 about the 20th of February, and, on the night of the 24th, 

 Dorset was visited with the heaviest snowfall which it has 

 experienced for many years, snow falling to the depth of 

 from 9 inches to a foot on the level in many parts of the 

 country. 



Excessive rainfall was again the feature of the year. There 

 were no very long spells of rainless weather, the longest being 



