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fall of rain was considerable at 11 stations, on the 12th at one 
station, on the 24th at one, and on the 25th at 4 stations. The 
1st was the wettest day at 26 stations, the 7th at 2, the 12th at 8, 
the 22nd at 3, the 25th at 3, and the 29th at 2. 
July. —Rather dry, with rain on a small number of days, hut 
with frequent thunderstorms, those on the 16th and 27th accounting 
for the wettest days at 42 out of our 44 stations. On the 16th the 
fall of rain was very considerable at Baldock, High Down, Fairhill 
(Berkhamsted), and Great Gaddesden; and great at Northchurch 
(1-00 in.), Kensworth (1-00 in.), The Firs, Hitchin (l'03in.), Bose 
Cottage, Berkhamsted (l'04in.), Odsey (l-09in.), Apsley Mills 
(1*13in.), and Rosebank, Berkhamsted (lT4in.). Mr. Mawley 
says that the rain began here shortly after 1.30 p.m. and ceased 16 
minutes later, coming down for four minutes at the rate of 7 inches 
an hour, both this and the lT4in. in 16 minutes being records for 
Berkhamsted. Mr. Fordham says that the rain lasted half an hour 
(1.30 to 2 p.m.) at Odsey. The thunderstorm on this day was yery 
local, being confined to the north-west of the county, rain falling at 
very few stations in the Lea river-basin, and only to a small amount 
at those. On the 27th the fall was considerable at 8 stations, 
and on the 31st at one station. The 16th was the wettest day 
at 15 stations, the 27th at 27, the 29th at one station, and the 
31st at one. 
August. —A very wet month, but with only the average number 
of wet days, and very few thunderstorms, slight except on the 
27th, when there were three between 2 and 8 p.m. Mr. Mawley 
says : “At the latter hour there was [at Berkhamsted] an 
unusually brilliant flash of lightning, which was immediately 
followed by one of the loudest thunderclaps I ever remember to 
have heard.” On the 1st the fall of rain was considerable at 
6 stations and very considerable at one station; on the 3rd it was 
considerable at 9 stations and very considerable at 9; on the 5th it 
was considerable at one station; on the 9th it was considerable at 
5 stations; and on the 21st it was very considerable at one station 
(Gorhambury). The 1st was the wettest day at 9 stations, the 3rd 
at 28, the 9th at 3, the 21st at 2, and the 31st at 2. 
September. —The driest month in the year, with much the 
smallest number of wet days. The only considerable fall of rain 
was on the 27th, at one station (Mpor Park). The 1st was the 
wettest day at 3 stations, the 26th at 8, the 27th at 23, the 30th 
at 9, and the 27th and 30th were the wettest at one station. 
October. —Rather wet, but not so for such a wet month as 
October usually is, and with rain on about the average number 
of days. On the 4th the fall was considerable at 5 stations, on 
the 28th at one station, and on the 29th at 6 stations. The 4th 
was the wettest day at 15 stations, the 28th at 4, the 29th at 21, 
the 31st at one station, the 4th and 28th were the wettest at one, 
the 4th and 29th at one, and the 8th and 31st at one. 
November.— Rather wet, but with a little less than the average 
rainfall for November, the number of wet days, however, being 
