00 RAINFALL IN DORSET. 



DECEMBER. The coldest December we have had for many 

 years ; the temperature did not reach 40 

 from the 9th to 19th, and the maximum 

 temperature upon the 14th was 31'0 and that 

 of the 18th only 28'0 The highest the ther- 

 mometer reached during the month was 54. 

 on the 31st. The lowest recorded was 16*0 

 during the night of the 16th. 



There were 13 days on which rain fell. 

 The greatest fall in the 24 hours being T95 on 

 the 20th. Total rainfall for the month, 5'13 ; 

 for the year, 44'37. 



