RAINFALL IN DORSET. 87 



inches of snow fell between 3 and 6 p.m., and 

 snow and rain fell till the next morning. There 

 were 18 days on which snow or rain fell, the 

 heaviest fall in the 24 hours being on the 27th, 

 when 1'OOin. was registered. 



The highest temperature was registered on 

 the 14th 56'0. The lowest during the night 

 of the 4th 23'G. Total rainfall, 4'12 inches. 



APRIL. The weather w r as cold generally up to the 25th ; 

 but from that date to the end of the month 

 conditions were warm. There were 12 days on 

 which rain fell, the heaviest fall occurring on the 

 16th, 0'25. There was a thunderstorm on the 

 21st at 4 p.m., moving from W. to E., to the 

 N., and a heavy thunderstorm passed from E. 

 to W., to the S. on the 28th. 



The highest temperature in the shade was 

 registered on the 28th, 72'0, the lowest during 

 the night of the 7th, 27'0. Total rainfall, 1'02. 



MAY. There were 11 days on which rain fell ; the greatest 

 fall in the 24 hours occurred on the 1st, when 

 0'69 was measured. There was a thunder- 

 storm of some energy from 10.30 to 11.15 p.m. 

 on the night of the 24th. 



The highest temperature was registered on 

 the 18th, when the temperature rose to 75'0, 

 the lowest occurred during the night of the 

 25th, 32'0. Total rainfall, 1'91 inches. 



JUNE. The conditions were generally cold and unsummer- 

 like throughout the month. On only two 

 occasions did the temperature reach 70 in the 

 shade, and on nine failed to reach 60 '0. The 

 warmest day was the 17th, when it touched 

 70'0. The coldest night, the 7th, when it fell 



