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Meteorological 4totcs 
for tlye JJsar Eitiitn# gcrcmiiEr olst, 1912. 
(For the following brief account of Bournemouth weather in 1912 
the Society is indebted to “ The Annual Meteorological Report for 
the County Borough of Bournemouth, 1912,” issued by the 
Borough Council). 
TANUARY was a cold and very wet month, and snow fell on 
^ the 17th and 20th. 
February and March were also very wet, and there was a 
slight fall of snow on February 4th. April was exceptionally 
dry, with only one slight shower and sunshine above the average. 
May was pleasant, with 20 very bright days and 10 on which 
rain fell. 
In June and July the rainfall was above and the sunshine 
below the average of the corresponding periods in the preceding 
20 years. August was unseasonable, with much rain and a mean 
temperature like that of an ordinary April. 
In September there was a dry spell lasting 26 days, but 
heavy rains fell on the 29th and 30th. 
The early part of October was fair and pleasant, but the 
last few days were wet. 
November was cloudy and deficient in sunshine, but there was 
less rain than in any month, except April and May. 
In December the mean temperature was above the average, 
but the rainfall was greater and the hours of recorded sunshine 
were fewer than usual. 
RAINFALL, SUNSHINE AND MEAN TEMPERATURES. 
The first line gives the averages for 20 years and the second for 1912. 
BOURNEMOUTH 
RAINFALL. 
Jan. 
Feb. 
Mar. 
Apr. 
May 
June 
July 
Aug. 
Sept. 
Oct. 
Nov. 
Dec. 
20 years 2-57 
2-35 j 
2-37 
1-86 1 
1-57 1 
1-97 
2-04 | 
2-43 
2-27 
4-53 
3-30 
3-90 
1912 5-43 
2-75 ! 
4-28 
0-04 | 
1-51 1 
4-84 
2-32 1 
7-06 
2-61 
5-23 
2-27 
4-86 
The 20 years work out 31-16 ins.; 1912 works out 43’20 ins 
,, the greatest amount 
since 1872. 
BOURNEMOUTH SUNSHINE 
(Hours and Minutes). 
20 years 66 - 53 
87-44 
131-0 
1 170-21 
! 220-35 
210-22 
229-37 
212T5 
1 167-10 
112-15 
79-2 
53-7 
1912 49-28 
59-15 
104-39 
| 259-20 
206-18 
194-10 
162-23 
100-17 
142-48 
137-12 
47-21 
37-50 
The 20 years work out l,74 r 
hrs. 20 mins.; 1912 wor 
ks out 1,494 hrs. 1 min., 
bhe least since 1894. 
BOURNEMOUTH 
MEAN 
TEMPERATURE. 
20 years 40*5 
40-9 
43-3 
47-6 
53-2 
58-2 
61-7 
61-7 
58-0 
52-0 
46-9 
43-1 
1912 420 
43-1 
47-7 
49-7 
55-4 
57-7 
63-0 
57-7 
55-2 
49-2 
46-0 
46-7 
GREENWICH MEAN TEMPE1 
RATURE. 
55 years 58-6 
[ 39-5 
41-9 
47-3 
53T 
59-4 
62-7 
61-6 1 
57-2 
50-0 
43-5 
39-9 
1912 40-4 
43-6 
46-9 
1 49-6 
57-0 
59-9 
64-6 
58-4 
53-6 
48-2 
43-8 
45-7 
The rainfall in Bournemouth is not the least recorded in the British Isles ; fortunately for 
us it is not, as with our porous subsoil we could well do with .twice the amount. Thirty-one 
inches is very small compared to the rainfall at Stye, in Cumberland, where, taking the 
average of 19 years it has rained annually to a depth of 170-29 ins. It is also said the Scotch 
mist on Ben Nevis never lifts, the annual rainfall being 160-78 ins. It will be observed April 
had the lea,st amount of rain, and the most sunshine with 1 day of 13 hrs. 48 mins.; being 
159 hrs. above August. 
