Min. 



Mean. 



Normal. 



+ 



deg. 



deg. 



deg. 



deg. 



54-9 



67-3 . 



.. 58-0 



9-3 



63-9 



70-2 . 



.. 58-1 



12-1 



144 BAILIWICK RAINFALL. 



Some rain fell at Braye, but very little in St. Anne's and on 

 the Blayes, and none at Mr. Picot's station at Le Huret. At 

 Guernsey that night was noted the occurrence towards mid- 

 night of distant thunder and lightning in the far east. 



On the last day of June and the first of July the islands 

 were involved in a great heat blaze. Nothing like it had been 

 experienced since the extraordinary outburst of heat on 

 September 8th, 1911, when a shade maximum temperature of 

 88*6 deg. and a mean for the day of 74*6 deg. were registered 

 at Les Blanches. This time the figures were as follows : — 



-r, . Max. 



Date - deg. 



June 30 (Tues.) 80-1 



July 1 (Wed.) 82*9 



July 1st was the hottest day of the 1914 summer, but the 

 month as a whole was cold and unsettled. On one day only 

 (the 10th) did the sun shine without break from morning to 

 night, while on the other hand three days (the 2nd, 5th and 

 31st) Ave re sunless. After the 22nd the weather became very 

 cool for the time of year. 



On the evening of Tuesday, July 7th, the day of the 

 memorable Victor Hugo Fetes which included the unveiling 

 of the statue of the poet in Candie Grounds, rain and fog- 

 prevailed in sufficient quantity to necessitate the cancelling of 

 the water carnival, and the fireworks display was spoilt by the 

 wet. 



A thunderstorm visited the Bailiwick during the early 



hours of Sunday, July 12th. At Guernsey, where it prevailed 



from 1 to 5 a.m., it was of quite moderate intensity both as 



regards thunder and rainfall. In the other islands it Avas 



decidedly more severe in every particular. The Weekly 



Star of the 18th thus described the storm as experienced at 



Sark :— 



"A rather heavy thunderstorm broke over the island on Saturday 

 night. It lasted for some hours. The peals of thunder were loud and 

 long and the lightning very vivid, and was accompanied by torrential 

 rain." 



In the Evening Press of the 16th the following paragraph 



relating to Alderney, appeared : 



' ' The thunderstorm of early Sunday morning was one of the 

 fiercest experienced within living memory on the island. There were 

 fortunately no accidents, save the disablement of telegraph poles in 

 the Tres-Vaux Valley, and the temporary stoppage of the Post Office 

 telegraphic instruments. . . . The majority of chefs -de-famille 

 appear by common consent to have got up to attend to rain pipes and 

 drain gutters. Those who did not experienced domestic consequences 

 they are not likely to forget." 



