82 RAINFALL IN DORSET. 



Jan. 28. Hard frosts and east winds for nearly a week, last Sunday a silver thaw. 

 Feb. 9. The weather continues bitterly cold with skating. 

 Mar. 4. Wind E.S.E., but a touch of spring in the ah-. 

 Mar. 8, 21, and 22. Heavy snow. 



Mar. 23 and 24. A hard black frost, freezing sufficiently hard to produce ice on 

 open vessels in garden, that persisted till Mar. 28. 



Mar. 31. Cold hard wind N.W., characteristic of the whole week. 

 April 1. Dull, overcast, some sun, N.W. wind driving over snow clouds. 



April 2. Snowed hard at intervals from 2.45 p.m. till morning of April 3. 6 inches 

 with a hard frost followed by hard frosts on the succeeding nigats. 



April 8. Cold N.W. by W. wind, bright and sunny in the morning, followed by snow 

 clouds later and some few flakes. 



April 9. Bright cold hard N.N.W. wind, some frozen snow, followed by snow at 

 night and on following days. 



April 13 and 14. Sunny and much milder, fewer showers. 

 April 16. Bright but cold, W.N.W. wind. 



