RAINFALL IN DORSET. 



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The dry month of the year was September, no ram falling 

 for 22 days, from the 6th to the 27th inclusive. 



Chickerell, " Montevideo." — Feb. 2nd and 3rd — A few 

 flakes of snow each day. May 12th — Thunderstorm, slight. 

 June 21st— Thunder and lightning a long way off. July 

 13th — Lightning in evening. Sept. 29th — One flash of 

 lightning and one clap of thunder. Oct. 1st — A distant clap 

 of thunder heard. Oct. 12th — No rain, but there had been 

 very heavy dews for several nights, which deposited a little 

 water in the rain gauge. 



In addition to the 211 days on which one-hundredth of an 

 inch or more of rain was recorded, there were no less than 39 

 other days on which rain fell, but always in too small a 

 quantity to be recorded. 



Creech Grange. — l-60in. of rain fell between 7 p.m. on 

 the 23rd and 1 p.m. on the 24th of August. 



Thunder and lightning, accompanied by rain and hail, at 

 10 a.m. on 26th December, and an exceptionally violent S.W. 

 gale raged the whole day. 



Dorchester, Wollaston House. — The total rainfall for 

 the year, namely, 48-90 inches, is 13- 10 inches above the 

 recently calculated average for Dorchester — 35-80 inches. 



St. Giles' House. — 



Mean Temperature for Year 

 Hours of Sunshine 



49-764 

 1,472 



Aremarkably wet and sunless year. Compared withl911 we had 600 fewer hours 

 of sunshine. — W. E . AxFORD. 



