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being recorded at two stations. There are in the aggregate upwards 
of 200 records of at least an inch at the 45 stations for which we have 
the daily returns, 13 of at least two inches, and 2 exceeding three 
inches. The districts which usually have the smallest rainfall 
record the heaviest falls, all of two inches and upwards being in 
the districts of the Cam and Lea. 
The total yearly fall ranged from 32*84 inches at Odsey to 
44*24 inches at Pendley Manor, Tring ; and the total monthly fall 
from 0*56 inch at Therfield Rectory, in February, to 8*59 inches at 
Pendley Manor, in October. The greatest fall in any one day was 
3*15 inches at Much Hadham, on 23rd July, nearly equalled at 
Eeilde’s Weir, Hoddesdon (3*09 ins.), on the same day. 
Distribution of the Rainfall in each Month. —The nomenclature 
used in the following account of the chief falls of rain in each 
month is the same as in my previous reports, falls of at least 
^ inch being styled considerable , £• inch very considerable , 1 inch 
great , inch very great , 1^ inch heavy , If inch very heavy , and 
2 inches excessive , to which is now added very excessive for at least 
3 inches. Only the forty-five returns of the daily rainfall are 
thus analysed. The wettest days in each month are given for all 
the fifty-two stations. 
Januaey. —Rainfall a little above the average and on a consider¬ 
able number of days. Snow fell on a few days in the early part of 
the month. On the 4th the fall was considerable at 37 stations and 
very considerable at 3, and on the 27th it was considerable at 
4 stations. The 4 th was the wettest day at 48 stations, and the 
27th at 4. On the night of the 17th-18th there was a glazed 
frost (or silver-thaw) due to hail, sleet, and then rain falling on 
the frozen ground, a surface-thaw coming with the rain while the 
moisture in contact with the ground remained frozen. 
Febeuaey. —A dry month, with rain on rather less than the 
average number of days, a very little falling as snow. This was 
during the last week, which was the only wet period, the rainfall 
during the first three weeks barely averaging 0*15 inch. There 
was no considerable fall. The 15th was the wettest day at 3 stations, 
the 24th at 32, the 25th at 9, the 26th at 3, the 27th at 3, and the 
24th and 25th were the wettest at 2 stations. 
Maech —A very wet month, with rain on a large number of 
days. A very little snow and hail fell on a few days only. On 
the 2nd the rainfall was considerable at 8 stations and very consider¬ 
able at one station, on the 6th it was considerable at one station, 
and on the 23rd at 12 stations. The 1st was the wettest day at 
one station, the 2nd at 20 stations, the 6th at 3, the 23rd at 25, 
the 2nd and 3rd were the wettest at one station, the 14th and 23rd 
at one, and the 17th and 23rd at one station. 
Apeil. —A month of average rainfall on about the average 
number of days. All the rain but about half an inch fell on the 
last six days. There were a few slight falls of snow about the 
middle of the month. The only considerable fall of rain was at 
Easby, Rorthwood, on the 26th. That was the wettest day in 
