RAINFALL IN DORSET. 201 



13 May, the 1.03 was made up 0.53 at 5.45 p.m. ; 0.25 at 

 7.30p.m. ; 0.25 at 9a.m. 



July 6, Tuesday, fine day ; very fine, large halo round sun 

 at noon ; heavy rain began at 7 p.m. ; strong wind next 

 morning and rainfall, 0.54. 



SHAFTESBURY. Greatest rainfall on one day, 1.43 inches 

 on 23 Oct. Greatest monthly rainfall, 6.42 in December. 

 Least, 0.65 in June. 



EAST LULWORTH. Taking the 10 years period the rainfall 

 for 1915 has only twice been exceeded, 43.06 in 1914, 45'33 

 in 1912. 



Nov. was the coldest and driest in this ten years period. 



Dec. the wettest and roughest. The two years in which 

 Dec. rainfall approached this large total were December, 

 1914, 8.17 inches, and Dec., 1911, 8.32 inches. 



There were few hard frosts, severest was Jan. 29 ; the 

 heaviest 24 hours rain was July 16, 1.60 inches ; the heaviest 

 in a brief time Oct. 24, 0.84 inches in four hours. 



June, with 0.92 inches, the driest in ten years ; except 

 1908 with 0.45, which fell on two days. 



WlNTERBORNE WHITCHURCH. 



JANUARY. The month as a whole was mild. The temperature 

 rising on the 13th to 56.5 in the shade, higher 

 than I have ever observed in January. There 

 were 15 days on which rain fell ; the heaviest 

 fall in the 24 hours was measured on the 6th, 

 0.75. The lowest temperature was registered 

 the night of the 29th, 21.0. The coldest day 

 was the 29th, when the thermometer did not 

 rise above 34.0 in the 24 hours. Snow fell 

 heavily during the early hours of the 22nd. 

 Total rainfall, 3.81. 



