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number of days, and no snow. There was no considerable fall 
of rain. The 5th was the wettest day at 33 stations, the 15th at 
one station, the 16th at one, the 21st at 9 stations, the 23rd at 2, 
and the 5th and 21st were the wettest at 2. 
May.— A month with very little more than the average rainfall, 
but with nearly twice the average number of wet days, and with 
snow, hail, or sleet on about seven days during the first fourteen. 
Bain fell at most stations on every day but three during the first 
twenty-two days. There was a considerable fall on the 22nd at 
9 stations, all in the Lea district, and on the 30th the fall was 
great at Much Hadham (1T1 in.). The 3rd was the wettest day 
at 2 stations (a thunderstorm), the 17th at 3, the 22nd at 37, and 
the 30th at 6. 
June.— Yery wet, with rain on a considerable number of days, 
nearly all during the first twenty days of the month. On the 
12th the fall was considerable at 13 stations; and on the 13th it 
was considerable at 12 stations, very considerable at 13, and great 
at Horthaw (l - 03 in.), Much Hadham (1*05 in.), and the London 
Orphan Asylum, Watford (1 - 09 in.). On the 14th it was considerable 
at 2 stations, and very considerable at one station (all in the Colne 
district); and on the 16th it was considerable at one station (Elstree). 
The 12th was the wettest day at 12 stations, the 13th at 31, the 14th 
at 4, and the 16th at one station. There were thunderstorms on 
the 3rd, 7th, 12th, and 16th. At Berkhamsted on the 7th, 
Mr. Mawley states, rain and hail fell for six minutes at the rate 
of an inch and three-quarters an hour. 
July.— A dry month, with rain on a rather small number of 
days. On the 1st the fall was considerable at 8 stations, very 
considerable at 2, great at Hanesbury, Welwyn (1*02 in.), very great 
at Datchworth (1 29 in.), Preston (1*33 in.), and The Chilterns, 
Hitchin (1*40 in.), and heavy at Weston Park (1*51 in.). The 
1st was the wettest day at 29 stations, the 9th at 3, the 10th at 13, 
the 1st and 10th were the wettest at one station, the 9th and 22nd 
at one, and the 9th and 25th at one. There were thunderstorms 
on the 1st and 10th, hail falling on the latter day. 
August.— Much the wettest month in the year, the rainfall 
being 50 per cent, above the average, and with many wet days. 
On the 4th the fall was considerable at 2 stations (in the Lower 
Lea district); on the 6th it was considerable at 11 stations, very 
considerable at 2, great at Boyston (L06 in.) and Baldock (1*14 in.), 
and very great at Grilston Park (L25in.) and Odsey (l-33in.); 
and on the 7th it was considerable at 2 stations and very considerable 
at one station (in the Colne district). On the 17th it was con¬ 
siderable at 5 stations and very considerable at one station; on the 
18th it was considerable at 18 stations and very considerable at 10 
(all in the Colne and Lea districts); and on the 19th it was con¬ 
siderable at 3 stations. On the 23rd it was considerable at 7 stations, 
and on the 26th at one station (Moor Park). The 6th was the 
wettest day at 13 stations, the 7th at 5, the 18th at 23, and the 
23rd at 4. There were thunderstorms on the 6th, 7th, and 18th. 
