110 RAINFALL IX DORSET. 



February. Exceptionally mild and dry month for the 

 season. Rain was measured on eight days, the heaviest fall in 

 24 hours, 0"16in. on the 20th. The highest temperature was 

 registered on the 18th, when the thermometer rose to 60"0 in 

 the shade; on the same day it reached 61 '0 in London and as 

 high as 63 ' in Leamington. This was the warmest day I have 

 ever registered in February, the actual highest that as yet has 

 been observed in 'February, is 68*0, recorded in London, 

 February 10th, 1898. The lowest temperature registered was 

 28 '0, the night of the 20th; the coldest day was the 21st, 40*0 

 maximum; warmest night the 14th, 45*0. Total rainfall, 

 0'60in. 



March. Mild weather prevailed throughout the month; 

 there were 15 clays on which rain fell; the heaviest fall in 24 

 hours occurred on the 13th, 0'53in. The warmest day was 

 the 22nd, when the temperature rose to 66*0; the lowest 

 the night of the 3rd, 21*0. The coldest day was the 8th, 

 when the thermometer did not rise above 41*0; the warmest 

 night was the 27th, 48 '0. Snow fell lightly on the 9th and 

 14th. Total rainfall, 3'03in. 



April. A very cold wet month. Rain fell on 21 days; the 

 heaviest fall in 24 hours occurred on the 14th, 0'90in.; there 

 was a very heavy hurricane from 7 p.m. the 14th to midnight 

 15th. The highest temperature occurred on the 23rd, 64*0 ; 

 the lowest on the night of 29th, 30*0. The coldest day was 

 the 2nd, 47 '0. The warmest night, 9th, 49'0. Heavy hail 

 and snow fell together from 4-15 to 5, quite covering the 

 ground, on the 29th. Total rainfall, 4'52in. 



May. Rain fell on 13 days; the heaviest fall in the 24 hours 

 occurred on the 1st, 0'39in. There was faint lightning 

 during the night of the 28th. The hottest day was the 24th, 

 79 * in the shade (which indeed proved to be the hottest day 

 of the summer. The coldest was registered on the night of the 

 19th, 34 '0. The warmest night was the 28th, when the 

 temperature failed to fall below 56*0. The coldest day was 

 the 8th, with a maximum of 53*0. Total rainfall, r75in. 



