204 RAINFALL IN DORSET. 



the 4th, the lowest during the night being 

 the llth, 42.0. 



AUGUST. Rain fell on 12 days. The heaviest fall in the 

 24 hours occurred on the 2nd, 0.40 inches. 

 Slight thunderstorms passed from N.N.W. to 

 E.S.E. on the 13th and 15th. The temperature 

 rose to 70 and above in the shade on 12 days, 

 the highest was reached on the 26th, 77.0, the 

 lowest occurred during the night of the 29th, 

 42.0. 



SEPTEMBER. Warm and summerlike throughout. Rain fell 

 on 8 days ; heaviest fall in 24 hours was 0.63 

 on the 24th. Thunder was heard to the S. 

 from 6 to 8 p.m. on the 21st. Temperature 

 reached 70 and above on 11 days ; the highest 

 record was 77.0 registered on the 18th, the 

 lowest occurred during the night of the 4th, 

 33.0. 



OCTOBER. The weather was fine and dry generally till the 

 20th, but from the 21st to the end of the month 

 no less than 5.78 inches of rain fell. 



Rain fell on 13 days, the heaviest fall in 

 the 24 hours was measured on the 24th, 1.44 

 inches ; falls of an inch and over in the 24 hours 

 occurred on no less than three occasions during 

 the month. The highest temperature in the 

 shade was registered on the llth, 56.0 ; the 

 lowest during the night of the 29th, 28.0. A 

 good deal of lightning was observed during the 

 evening of the 21st. 



NOVEMBER. From the 14th to the 28th the weather was 

 wintry for the time of the year. Rain fell 

 on 7 days ; the heaviest fall in the 24 hours was 



