RAINFALL IN DORSET. 201 



Parkstone September 8th, exceptionally grand thunderstorm, 

 with 2'12in. of rain, most of which fell between 9.30 and 1 1.30 p.m. 



Powerstock December 13th, rain l'25in. The whole of this, 

 the heaviest rainfall of the year, fell between 10 p.m. December 

 13th and 9 a.m. December 14th. 



Shaftesbury May 20th, thunder and hail. June 15th, 

 thunderstorm. July 7th, thunderstorm. Rain O'Slin. August 1st, 

 heavy thunderstorm. Rain l'09in. September 8th, thunderstorm. 



Verwood No snow in the year. On June 15th we had a 

 thunderstorm with a very heavy rainfall. The clock was striking 

 3 p.m. when the first drops began to fall, and for two hours it 

 rained in torrents. My garden, little else but sand, seemed turned 

 into a lake ; at 5 o'clock it suddenly cleared up. Just one storm 

 and nothing more. Rain 0'78in. 



[Rain measured on May 1st, 0'28in., belongs to April, the rain 

 being put down to the day on which it is measured, not the 

 previous day. H. S. E.] 



Wareham, Binnegar Hall Rainfall of an inch or more in 24 

 hours: September 4th, l'66in ; 21st, 1'OSin. ; 24th, 1*1 Sin. ; 

 December 13th, 1*1 4in. 



Wimborne [On 16 days the Observer marks a slight fall of 

 rain by * without giving the amount. H. S. E.] 



Winterbourne St. Martin (or Martinstown) From the 30th of 

 March to the 3rd of June only 0'93in. of rain. No heavy 

 thunderstorms nor any great extreme of temperature. A maxi- 

 mum shade temperature of 78 was recorded two or three times in 

 July. A very early corn harvest commenced about the 13th of July. 



Winterbourne Whitchurch, Whatcombe June loth, thunder- 

 storm. A remarkable atmospheric disturbance September 24th 

 and 25th accompanied by a violent and destructive hurricane 

 from the north-west, when the barometer fell an inch in nine 

 hours. Its fury culminated at 2 p.m. on the 25th, leaving in its 

 wake a scene of desolation. The weather did not recover its 

 equilibrium until the morning of the 26th, and the barograph 

 showed oscillations until the evening. 



