86 kAINFALL IN DORSET. 



CHALBURY RECTORY. Average rainfall of 33 previous years 

 3 1 '74m. Average number of days with *oiin. or more to record, 

 164. August 1 8th : Heavy thunder and constant lightning from 

 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. 



CHEDDINGTON COURT. Highest reading of the thermometer 

 in the shade in the year was 89 on September yth. 



CHICKERELL, MONTEVIDEO. On 17 days rain fell less than 

 *oi in. 



DORCHESTER WATERWORKS. February zist: Depth of snow, 

 i6in. = i*44m. 



HAMWORTHY. July 27th : Thunder. 



HASELBURY BRYAN. February zist : Snow began to fall 

 about 3.30 p.m. in large flakes. As there was no wind it lay as 

 it fell. The snow continued to fall through the night until 

 10.30 a.m. on the 22nd. The depth in the Rectory garden on 

 the level was fully 2 feet. The quantity which fell was probably 

 equal to the great fall on March 8th i4th, 1891 ; but then the 

 drifts were very deep. In 1 89 1 the snow was piled up more than 

 9 feet at the Rectory gate. February 24th thaw set in and roads 

 were passable. Much damage was done to the evergreens in the 

 garden. Large branches were broken off the cedar trees and 

 evergreens simply by the weight of snow ; the damage done in 

 this way was greater than was the case in 1891. Then the snow 

 was blown off ; now it rested in ever-accumulating weight as it 

 fell. 



MELBURY SAMPFORD. May 24th : Heavy thunder and vivid 

 lightning. In three hours an inch-and-three-quarters of rain 

 fell. Water courses could not take the water, which overflowed 

 everywhere. August i8th: Thunderstorms at 3 p.m., 9 p.m., 

 and midnight. The lightning was vivid but at some distance. 



PARKSTONE. January : Minimum temperature in the screen 

 32*7 ; mean temperature 6*3 higher than the average of 

 15 previous years. February 2ist: Remarkable snowstorm 

 commencing about 4.30 p.m. and continuing till i p.m. on 22nd, 

 when the depth of snow at the gauge was 21 in. The snow, being 

 wet and lying close and very heavy, did an enormous amount of 



