146 RAINFALL IN DORSET. 



Shroton. — The driest January for 12 years. The wettest 

 April for 12 years. The fall in September, 1906 and 1907, was 

 exactly the same. The October fall was the heaviest monthly 

 fall for 12 years. 6th December, xery heavy squall with rain 

 at 12.45. Wind, hurricane force. 



East Lulavorth. — Februar}- 9th, brilliant northern lights. 

 July 22nd, heavy thunder and vivid lightning in morning; •2iin 

 rain in i| hours. October i6th, I'yoin. rain, heaviest fall for 

 several years. 



Weymouth, Westham. — Climatological returns f6r 1907: — 

 Barometer means, 29*992in. 



Extremes, 30*714 on January 17th, 28.960 on October 

 17th. 

 Thermometer, means, 9 a.m., 5i'2'' 

 / Max. . . 56.4 



IMeans < Min. . . 44*8 



^ Range . . 11 "6 



Extremes — ]\Iax. 78° on July 16, Alin. 22^ on Jan. 25. 

 Relative humidity, 97 per cent. 

 Bright sunshine, 1 784.1 hours, sunless days, 62. 

 Chickerell. — Thunder noted on April nth, June 9th, July 

 I St and 22nd (rather bad), October 8th, and November 27th 

 (sharp). Amount of rain is recorded by an *' on days on which 

 less than half a hundredth fell. When it is over this, and less 

 than one hundredth, it is marked * "oi, and the day is counted 

 as a day on which that amount fell. It will be noticed that the 

 days on which the fall lies between o and "005 are very much 

 more numerous than those with a fall of between '005 and oiin. 

 (The numbers are respectively 17 and i). 



Upwey. — 1907 was wetter than the average by 2'72in. The 

 first 9 months were very dry, followed by an exceptionally wet 

 autumn. October, with io"48in., is the wettest month on record 

 in this district, r58 on the i6th being beaten by the 29th with 

 r62in. No rain fell from 8th to 30th September inclusive — a 

 period of 23 days. Dew (-oi) was registered, however, on the 

 2oth and 23rd. 



