42, SCIENTIFIC SURVEY OF LEICESTER AND DISTRICT 
on August 6, 1922, when 3-62 in. was measured. At Leicester on that 
day, 2-15 in. fell in 12} hours. 
At Lutterworth the driest month was June 1925, with a fall of 0:06 in., 
and the wettest, May 1932, with 5-62 in. Mr. Binns points out that 
the driest spells of weather and also short heavy downpours associated with 
thunder usually occur with winds in the north-east quadrant. 
TaBLe I—MOonrTHLY aND ANNUAL RAINFALL (1881-1915). 
Kebworth Thornton Belvoir 
Beauchamp. Reservoir. Castle. 
Latitude. ‘ 1g2° 32 NUP. Psa ag Nos seater 
Longitude «. : . 1 Oo W. 1°) 48" W Codie aay 
Height above M.S.L. . 390 ft. 371 ft. 259 ft. 
In. In. In. 
January I-go 1-98 £279 
February 1-69 1°67 1°67 
March 1-78 1-84 1°81 
April . RA of 1°70 Teas 
May . 1°88 2°O1 2°11 
June . 1°94 2°16 I-QI 
July 2°58 2°48 2°43 
August C 2272 2°80 2°62 
September . 1°87 1-81 1°87 
October. 2°82 2°81 2°70 
November . 2°26 2°26 2-20 
December . 2°56 2°68 2°46 
Year : b t ¥25367 26-20 253e0E 
‘TEMPERATURE. 
The only long series of temperature records available for reference is 
that for Belvoir Castle, going back to 1896. Table III shows the mean 
monthly and annual value of daily maximum and daily minimum in the 
24 hours to 21 h. and the mid-temperature computed as half the sum of 
maximum and minimum, for the period 1901 to 1930, together with 
extreme values from 1896 to 1932. It may be noted that although on the 
average July is decidedly the warmest month, the highest recorded 
temperatures have occurred in August and September. In July, go° F. 
has been reached on only one occasion, viz. July 10, 1921. A temperature 
below 32° F. in the screen has occurred in every month except July and 
August. The lowest recorded temperature, 7° F., occurred on January 17, 
1926, during a noteworthy cold spell in which a grass minimum tempera- 
ture below zero Fahrenheit occurred at several inland stations in southern 
England. The mean diurnal range of temperature is 14-2° F. The 
corresponding ranges at a few other inland stations at about the same 
height above sea-level are as follows : Rounton (Yorks.) 13-9° F., Little 
Massingham (Norfolk) 15-0° F., Woburn (Beds.) 15-3° F., Belper (Derby) 
13:2° F., Coventry (Warwick) 15-2° F., Hereford 15-5° F., Ross-on-Wye 
