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0*56, Tring and Knebworth, 0*53, Wansford House, 0*52, Throcking, 
0*51, and Cowroast and Hitchin (High Down), 0*50. 
March. —A dry month, no rain at all falling between 9th and 
16th, or after 27th, and the other falls being small, with the 
exception of 3rd and 21st, on which latter day the fall of snow 
was considerable. On 3rd the fall was considerable at Tring and 
Southgate, 0*72, Wansford House and Nash Mills, 0*66, Gorham- 
bury and Berkhamsted, 0*65, Moor Park and Cowroast, 0-64, 
Kensworth, 0'62, Watford House and Bothamsted, 0*59, Bayford- 
bury, 0*56, Great Gaddesden and Welwyn, 0*55, Hitchin (High 
Down), O'53, and Hadham, 0-50. On 21st the fall of snow was 
very considerable at Nash Mills, 0*76; corisiderable at Wansford 
House, 0-70, Southgate, 0*65, Watford House, 0*64, Tring, 0*61, 
and Great Gaddesden and Welwyn, 0-56. 
April.—A wet month, not more than three or four days at a 
time being without rain. On 15th the fall was very considerable at 
Bayfordbury, 0*90, Hitchin (High Down), 0*81, Welwyn, Datch- 
worth, and Panhams Hall, 0-80, and Southgate, Bennington, and 
Knebworth, 0*78; considerable at Great Gaddesden, 0*75, Nash 
Mills, 0*74, Wansford House, 0*72, Berkhamsted, 0*71, Botham¬ 
sted, Cowroast, and Ware (N.B.C.), 0*70, Hitchin, 0*69, Kensworth, 
0*68, Watford House and Moor Park, 0*67, Tring, 0*58, Odsey, 
0*57, and Throcking, 0*51. On 23rd the fall was considerable at 
Southgate, 0*68. On 28th it was very considerable at Bothamsted, 
0*98 ; considerable at Gorhambury, 0*73, Southgate, 0*63, Wansford 
House, 0*56, and Watford House, 0*50. 
May.— The present was the wettest May since 1879, the fall 
consisting in a great measure of cold showers, with hail and on 
7th snow. The 8th to 15th was however a dry period, no rain 
falling at any station between 10th and 12th, and at very few on 
any other day in the period. On 3rd the fall was considerable at 
Therfield, 0*58. On 20th it was considerable at Gorhambury, 0*66, 
Moor Park, 0*62, Nash Mills, 0*57, and Wansford House, 0’50. 
On 21st, the day of max. fall at most stations, it was considerable 
at Wansford House, 0*73, Nash Mills, 0*68, Tring, Watford House 
and Hadham, 0*67, Cowroast, 0*66, Bayfordbury, 0*65, Boyston, 
0*62, Hitchin, 0*61, Berkhamsted, Welwyn, and Datchworth, 0*60, 
Throcking and Hitchin (High Down), 0*59, Knebworth, 0*58, 
Odsey, 0*56, Bennington, 0*54, Panhams Hall, 0*53, Southgate, 
0*51, and Bothamsted, 0*50. The fall was also probably consider¬ 
able at Great Gaddesden, but the gauge was not emptied until the 
morning of 23rd, when the amount was 0*88 for the two days. 
On 22nd the fall was considerable at Therfield, 0*64. 
June. —A bright fine month. Had it not been for the heavy fall 
of 8th, the rainfall would have been considerably below the average. 
Nearly all fell between 5th and 8th, and between 16th and 24th. 
On 5th the fall was considerable at Hadham, 0*51, and Kensworth 
and Cowroast, 0*50. On 7th it was considerable at Bothamsted, 
0*57, Wansford House, 0*52, and Watford House, 0*50. On 8th, 
the day of max. fall at all but two stations, it was very great at 
