80 RAINFALL IN DORSET. 



April. Exceptional wintry conditions prevailed from 

 the 1st until the 17th. Snow fell at mid-day to the depth 

 of 4 inches on the 2nd ; and on the night of the llth, at 10 p.m., 

 snow lay to the depth of 8 inches. The temperature fell 

 below the freezing point on 15 nights, the lowest recorded 

 occurring, respectively, on the nights of the 4th and 23rd 

 (25.0). The highest occurred on the 30th (63.0). 



May was a warm month. The temperature rose to 70 and 

 above on 10 days, and no frost occurred. The highest 

 temperature (77.0) was registered on the 5th ; the lowest 

 (33.0) occurred on the night of the 2nd. A thunderstorm 

 passed from S. to N. to the E. on the 12th, between 8 and 

 9 p.m., and from W. to E. to the S. on the 27th, between 1.30 

 and 3 a.m. 



June was a hot summer month, the temperature rising to 

 70 and above on 17 days. The hottest day was the 17th, 

 when the thermometer rose to 86.0, the hottest day of the 

 year. The lowest observed was 36.0 on the night of the 3rd. 

 Slight thunderstorms occurred on the 2nd and 6th. 



July. The temperature rose to 70 and above on 19 days. 

 The warmest clay was the 24th (76.0) ; the coldest night was 

 the 5th, when the thermometer fell to 40.0. 



August was a cold and unseasonable month throughout, 

 no less than 6.31in. of rain falling on 27 days, the baro- 

 meter falling as low as 28. 95 on the 28th (the lowest reading 

 I have ever recorded for the time of year), and on two occa- 

 sions, viz., the 8th and 27th, over an inch of rain fell in the 

 24 hours. Thunder storms of a destructive nature passed 

 from W. to E. to the N. on the afternoon of the 9th. The 

 highest temperature (74.0) was registered on the 6th ; 

 the lowest (43.0) on the night of the 19th. 



September. The highest temperature (74 c .O) was recorded 

 on the llth ; the lowest (36.0) on the night of the 27th. 

 Rain fell on 12 days ; the heaviest fall (0.79in.) occurred on 

 the 17th. 



October. Rain fell on 21 days, the heaviest fall (1.22in.) 

 occurring on the I6th, The highest temperature (67,0) 



