RAINFALL IN HERTFORDSHIRE IN 1883. 
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The absolute maximum fall in 24 hours in each month with the 
date and station at which it occurred was : 
Jan. 
15th—Gorhambury ... ... 
in. 
•94 
July 14 th—Kneb worth ... 
in. 
... 1-81 
Feb. 
10th—brocket Hall. 
1-36 
Aug. 3rd—Ware . 
... -70 
March 
23rd—Brocket Hall. 
•51 
Sept. 29th—Tring . 
Oct. 14th—Hoddesdon ... 
... 1-50 
April 
28th—Boyston . 
•82 
... -62 
May 
26th—Great Gaddesden ... 
•72 
Nov. 5th—Hoddesdon ... 
... *66 
June 
25th—Boyston. 
1-98 
Dec. 10th—Moor Park ... 
... -53 
The maximum fall of the year, 1*98 in., was the heaviest fall 
which has occurred since the 14th of September, 1880, when 
upwards of 2 inches fell at Nash Mills and at Moor Park. It was 
this fall which no doubt caused the excess in the Cam district 
before alluded to. The fall on January 15th, which yielded over 
*50 in. in S.W., was scarcely perceptible in N.E. On Feb. 
10th the fall varied from \ to f of an inch at most stations ; at the 
Cowroast it reached an inch. On March 23rd no rain fell at any 
other station. On April 28th, though heavy at all stations except 
Gorhambury, where there was no fall, the rain was heaviest in 
N.E. On May 26th, though pretty much the same at all stations, 
the fall was least in S. and E. On June 25th the fall was the 
result of a very partial T S, heaviest in E. and N.E., where the 
fall exceeded an inch, while in S. and S.W. it was in many 
instances almost nil; *42 in. and *50 in. fell at Gorhambury and 
Datchworth, while at Great Gaddesden no rain was gauged. On 
July 14th a T S was pretty generally felt, though heaviest in the 
neighbourhood of Stevenage. On August 3rd there was a very 
partial T S, no rain falling at any station except *70 in. and *40 in. 
at the two "Ware stations, *41 in. at Throcking, *19 in. at Odsey, 
•09 in. at Hadham, and *04 in. at Therfield. On Sept. 29th, the 
wettest day of the year, the mean fall at all stations was *93 in. 
ranging from 1-50 in. at Tring to *48 in. at Southgate, and exceed¬ 
ing an inch at eleven stations. 
An analysis of the wettest days in each month gives the follow¬ 
ing result: — 
Jan. 15th at 15 ; 24th at 5 ; 25th at 4 ; 28th at 1 ; 29th at 4. 
Feb. 2nd at 7 ; 8th at 3 ; 10th at 19. 
Mar. 7th at 1 ; 19th at 26 ; 23rd at 1 ; 30th at 1. 
April 18th at 11 ; 27th at 2 ; 28th at 15 ; 29th at 1. 
May 11th at 12 ; 12th at 1 ; 26th at 16. 
June 10th at 1 ; loth at 13 ; 20th at 4; 22nd at 1; 25th at 7 ; 26th at 1 ; 
29th at 2. 
July 14th at 13 ; 17th at 1; 20th at 5; 21st at 4 ; 23rd at 3 ; 31st at 3. 
Aug. 3rd at 3 ; 6th at 1 ; 8th at 13 ; 30th at 1 ; 31st at 11. 
Sept. 10th* at 1 ; 29th at 28. 
Oct. 13th at 1; 14th at 20 ; 15th at 5; 25th at 3. 
Nov. 4th at 2; 5th at 15 ; 13th at 1; 22nd at 3 ; 24th at 2 ; 25th at 1; 30th 
at 4 ; 31st at 1. 
Dec. 2 nd at 1; 10th at 22 ; 16th at 5 ; one station no return of max. fall. 
The wettest day in each month appears to have been: 
January... 
15th 
April 
... 28th 
July 
14th 
October ... 
14th 
February 
10 th 
May 
... 26th 
August... 
8th 
November 
5th 
March ... 
19th 
June 
... 15th 
September 
29th 
December 
10 th 
