RAINFALL IN DORSET. 203 



MAY. There were 10 days on which rain fell, the heaviest 

 fall in the 24 hours occurrad on the 13th, when 

 1.03 was measured. The temperature reached 70 

 and above on 9 days in the shade ; the highest 

 recorded was 79.0 on the 26th, the lowest 30.0 

 during the night of the 30th. A slight thunder- 

 storm passed from E. to W. to the N. between 

 2 and 2.30 on the 7th. 



The rainfall from beginning of the year to end 

 of May amounts to 15.39, exactly the same as 

 was measured in the corresponding period of 

 last year. 



JUNE. The long drought which commenced on May the 

 20th broke up on the 23rd. Rain fell on 8 days, 

 heaviest fall in 24 hours occurred on the 29th, 

 0.53 inches ; a short thunderstorm passed from 

 W. to E. far to the S. between 12.15 and 12.30 

 a.m. on the 8th, the lightning was very vivid. 

 Distant thunder was heard frequently from 

 1.55 p.m. to the W. and N.W. on the 27th. 

 The thermometer reached 70 and above on 

 14 days, the highest registered was 79.0 on the 

 8th ; the lowest was recorded the night of 

 the 19th, when the temperature sank to 31.0 

 the lowest I have ever observed at midsummer. 



JULY. From the 1st to the 6th the weather was warm and 

 summerlike, but from the 6th to the end of the 

 month unsettled and cold conditions prevailed. 

 Rain fell on 14 days, the heaviest fall in 24 

 hours was registered on the 16th, when 1.37 

 inches was measured. Slight thunderstorms 

 occurred on the 24th, 27th, and 28th, all of 

 which travelled from W. to E. 



Temperature reached 70 and above on only 

 6 days ; the highest point registered was 79.0 



