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J. HOPKINSON-RAINFALL IN 1903. 
considerable at 21 stations; very considerable at 12; great at 
Fairhill, Berkhamsted (104 in.), Eosebank, Berkhamsted (1*05), 
Eose Cottage, Berkhamsted (1*01), Apsley Mills (1*01), Weetwood, 
Watford (1*00), and Erogmore, Watford (1*00); and very great at 
Kensworth (1*25 in.). The eighth was the wettest day at 2 stations, 
the 11th at 38, and the 27th at 12. The floods caused by the 
excessive rainfall on ground already saturated were almost as 
serious as those of June. 
November.— Eather dry, with rain on about the average number 
of days. The 27th was a very wet day throughout the county, all 
the 45 stations from which daily returns have been received 
recording it as at least very considerable , and it was the wettest 
day in the month at the whole of the 52 stations. The fall was 
very considerable at 20 stations; great at Odsey (103 in.), Baldock 
(1*00), Preston (1’09), The Chilterns, Hitchin (1*05), Apsley Mills 
(1*18), Kensworth (1*22), Eothamsted (1*14), Gorhambury (1*06), 
Danesbury, Welwyn (1*16), Bridge House, Welwyn (1*15), 
Datchworth (1*05), Weston Park (1*13), Eileen Cottage, Bennington 
(1*19), Bennington House (1*05), Knebworth (1*02), Therfield 
(1*23), Throcking (1*20), Hamels Park (1*13), Gilston Park (1*03), 
Broxbourne (1*20), Northaw (1*00), and Hadley (1*04); and very 
great at Eosebank, Berkhamsted (1*28 in.), Eose Cottage, Berkham¬ 
sted (1*27), and Great Gaddesden (1*28). On no other day in the 
month was there a considerable fall. A little snow fell on the 30th. 
December.— A month of average rainfall on rather less than the 
average number of days. Nearly all the rain fell during the first 
twelve days, the amount after the 12th varying from about a tenth 
to a fifth of an inch at the different stations. On the 9th the fall 
was considerable at one station, and on the 10th it was considerable 
at 27 stations and very considerable at 2. The 9th was the wettest 
day at one station, the 10th at 50 stations, and the 12th at one 
station. A little snow fell at the beginning and end of the month. 
Comparison with the Rainfall of the Adjoining Counties. —The 
rainfall in Hertfordshire in the year 1903 was, as usual, in excess 
of the average in the adjoining counties. The mean rainfall in the 
year at the same stations as in the previous year, except that in 
two instances stations have been discontinued and others have had 
to be substituted, was as follows:—Cambridgeshire (21 stations), 
30*17 ins. ; Bedfordshire (12 stations), 33*75 ins. ; Buckingham¬ 
shire (18 stations), 37*94 ins.; Middlesex (7 stations), 38*06 ins.; 
and Essex (33 stations), 33*23 ins.; the mean for the whole of the 
91 stations (one to every 40 square miles in each county) being 
33*85 ins. This shows an excess for Hertfordshire of about four 
inches, or a little over 9 per cent., which is considerably more, both 
in amount and proportion, than in the previous year, and also more 
in amount, though a less proportionate excess, than usual. 
