RAINFALL IN HERTFORDSHIRE IN 1903 . 
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the month at this station only; the 28th was the wettest at 
37 stations, the 30th at 12, and the 28th and 30th were the 
wettest at 2 stations. 
May.— A rather wet month, with rain on a few more than the 
average number of days. Nearly all the rain fell in the first 
seventeen days, the last fourteen days having an average fall of 
about a tenth of an inch, but varying at the different stations 
from none to over half an inch due to local thunderstorms. On 
the 17th there was a more general thunderstorm with hail and 
heavy rain. On the 3rd the fall was considerable at 17 stations 
and very considerable at 2 ; on the 9th (a thunderstorm) it was 
considerable at 5 stations, very considerable at 3, great at Odsey 
(1-14 in.), Baldock (1*19), The Chilterns, Hitchin (1 20), and 
High Down, Hitchin (1*20), and very great at Therfield (1-39); 
on the 10th it was considerable at 3, on the 11th at 2, on the 16th 
at 5, and on the 17th at 3 stations. The 3rd was the wettest day 
at 24 stations, the 9th at 15, the 11th at 3, the 16th at 3, the 
17th at 4, and the 19th at one station. 
June.— Excessively wet, hut with rain on less than the average 
number of days, all the rain in the month falling during the 
twelve days 8th to 19th. (One station records 0*01 in. on 24th, 
probably dew.) On the 8th the fall was considerable at 3 stations, 
on the 9th at 22, on the 10th at 3, on the 11th at one station, 
and on the 12th at one. Three very wet days follow, with at 
least a considerable fall at all stations on each day. On the 13th 
the fall was considerable at 6 stations; very considerable at 17 ; 
great at The Chilterns, Hitchin (I'll in.), High Down, Hitchin 
(D02), the County Museum, St. Albans (1*01), Weetwood, 
Watford (1*00), London Orphan Asylum, Watford (1*01), Bridge 
House, Welwyn (1*10), Eileen Cottage, Bennington (1*04), 
Bennington House (1*02), Therfield (1*04), Throcking (1*08), 
Hamels Park (1*15), Much Hadham (1*15), Gilston Park (1*20), 
Bayfordbury (1*03), Hertford Sewage Works (1*05), Eanhams 
Hall, Ware (1*05), Bed House, Ware (1*00), Eeilde’s Weir (107), 
Hadley (1*20), and New Barnet (D22); and very great at Brox- 
bourne (1*36) and Northaw (D32). On the 14th the fall was 
great at Throcking (P20in.); very great at Preston (D47 in.), 
Northwood (1*48), Danesbury, Welwyn (1*41), Datchworth (1*30), 
Weston Park (1*45), Bennington House (1*31), Knebworth (1*27), 
Hamels Park (1*32), Much Hadham (1*39), Hertford Sewage Works 
(D48), Eanhams Hall, Ware (1*35), and Bed House, Ware (D40) ; 
heavy at Baldock (D56in.), The Chilterns, Hitchin (164), High 
Down, Hitchin (1*60), Apsley Mills (1*56), Gorhambury (1*62), 
Bone Hill, St. Albans (1'57), Frogmore, St. Albans (1*58), Moor 
Park (1*68), Bridge House, Welwyn (1*64), Eileen Cottage, 
Bennington (1*50), Therfield (1*71), Gilston Park (1'50), Bayford¬ 
bury (D66), and Eeilde’s Weir (D74); very heavy at Eairhill, 
Berkhamsted (1*75 in.), Bosebank, Berkhamsted (1*80), Bose 
Cottage, Berkhamsted (D75), Great Gaddesden (D75), Kensworth 
(1*85), Bothamsted (1*83), the County Museum, St. Albans (1*85), 
