WEATHER REPORT FOR 1957
| JANUARY. | ||||||
| Very mild and damp. No fog and very little snow. Rain fell on | ||||||
| 25 days but amounti very small. Most days cloudy with slight rain or | ||||||
| drizzle. Rainfall 1.06" below average for month. | ||||||
| FEBRUARY. | ||||||
| Mild and wet month, no real snow or severe frost. Strong S.W. | ||||||
| winds on 4th, 5th and 13th. Fog on 27th. Heavy rain night of 5th. | ||||||
| Rainfall 0.51" above average for month. | ||||||
| MARcH . | ||||||
| A mild, rather wet month with rain on 28 days. Fog 4th and 11th. | ||||||
| Heavy rain, strong S.W. wind night of l9th. Rainfall 0.13" above | ||||||
| average for month and 0.42" below for year. | ||||||
| APRIL . | ||||||
| A very dry month with some lovely days. Rather cold from 6th to | ||||||
| 13th. Rest of month well up to average. No fog or gales. Rainfall | ||||||
| 1.48" below average for month, 1.90" below for year. | ||||||
| MAY. | ||||||
| Rather unsettled month. Some days quite cold for May. Thunder- | ||||||
| storm 4 p.m. on 12th. Heavy rain on 9th. Last week of month fine, | ||||||
| rather warm. Rainfall 0.27" below average and 2.17" below for year. | ||||||
| JUNE . | ||||||
| Rather dry and warm with number of beautiful days. Thunder | ||||||
| on 8th, 25th and 30th. Storm on 30th heavy, causing some damage. | ||||||
| Rainfall 0.06" below average and 2.23" below for year. | ||||||
| JULY . | ||||||
| Very unsettled month, rain on 20 days. Thunder on 3rd, l9th, 20th | ||||||
| and 21st. Heavy rain on several days. 0.43" above average for month | ||||||
| and 1.80" below for year. | ||||||
| AUGUST . | ||||||
| Another unsettled month; very few nice days. Thunder on 27th. | ||||||
| Heavy rain on night of 8th. N.W. gale night of 24th. Westerly gales | ||||||
| most of day on 25th. Rainfall 0.06" above average for month and 1.74" | ||||||
| below for year. | ||||||
| SEPTEMBER. | ||||||
| Very wet month with some heavy falls of rain. Thunder on 12th | ||||||
| Very heavy rain night of 23rd, over an inch recorded. Rainfall 2.57" | ||||||
| above monthly average and 0.83" above for year. | ||||||
| OCTOBER. | ||||||
| Fine and dry first half, then rather unsettled with rain most days. | ||||||
| Heavy rain on 16th. No fog or gales. Rainfall 0.66" below average and | ||||||
| 0.17" above for year. | ||||||
| NOVEMBER. | ||||||
| After a sorry start, the month was very dry, but rather cold. Heavy | ||||||
| rain night of 2nd. Severe S.W. gale on 3rd. Heavy rain and strong | ||||||
| S.W. wind on 4th. Rainfall 0.92" below average and 0.75" below for year. | ||||||
| DECEMBER. | ||||||
| Very unsettled month with few fine days. Fog on 4th, 5th. Strong | ||||||
| N.E. wind with heavy rain night of 12th. Light snow on 14th. Rainfall | ||||||
| 0.30" below average for month and 1.05" below for year. | ||||||
| The foregoing notes are culled from the records of Mr. C. W. Bodding- | ||||||
| ton (Northampton, Mercer's Row Station). Thanks are accorded to all | ||||||
| observers for the supply of data during the year. | ||||||