86 RAINFALL IN DORSET. 



Feb. 29. Sleet. 

 March 5, 6, 7, 8. Snow. 

 May 24. Thunder storm. 



Oct. 31. 8.45 p.m., two claps of thunder. Hail storm. 

 Nov. 1. 8.20 a.m., a clap of thunder and lightning, S.W. 

 Nov. 18. Snow on the Pur becks. 



Dec. 10. Hail and rain storms with flash of lightning and 

 thunder about 11 a.m. 

 Dec. 16. Snow. 



WlNTERBORNE WH1TCHTJRCH. 



JANUARY. The month was remarkably mild, on no less than 

 17 days the temperature rose to 50 and above. 

 There were 13 days on which rain fell. The 

 heaviest fall in 24 hours was 0'28 on the 2nd. 

 The highest shade temperature was 55'0 

 registered on the 2nd. The lowest, 25 '0, on the 

 22nd night. The temperature fell only twice 

 below the freezing point during the month. 

 Total rainfall, 1'28. 



FEBRUARY. Mild weather prevailed up to the 21st, when 

 the conditions became thoroughly wintry, and 

 snow fell daily to the end of the month ; the 

 heaviest fall occurring on the night of the 25th, 

 when 9in. of snow fell. 



There were 24 days on which rain or snow 

 fell. The greatest fall in the 24 hours was 

 registered on the 3rd, viz., 0'89. The highest 

 temperature in the shade was 53'0, recorded 

 on the 16th. The lowest '19 during the night 

 of the 27th. Total rainfall, 6'04. 



MARCH. Snow was very frequent throughout the month ; 

 the heaviest fall was on the 27th, when six 



