236 RAIN ON THE ALPS. 



RAIN. 



Inches. 



January 5.95 



February 6.85f ,„ , . ^ 



March... e.98>^^'P^"^^' 



April 6.^6 



May 2.76 



June 3.20vr. 



July 4 jg^Dry period. 



August 4.31 



^ September 4.79 



October 5.47 ^ 



November 4.51 ^Average period. 



December 5.42 



60.05 



The most striking circumstance with regard 

 to the rain is the great excess of it, compared 

 with that at Geneva. Though the average rain 

 at Geneva for the 32 years, was 30 inches 

 annually ; yet the average quantity for the same 

 10 years as those which were observed at St. 

 Bernard, was only 26 inches annually. So 

 that the rain at St. Bernard is nearly 2i times 

 as much as that at Geneva. 



From the observations made in Great Bri- 

 tain, it appears to be an established fact, 

 that more rain falls in the hilly parts of the 

 country than in the plain ; but it also appears, 

 that the quantity of rain in a low situation is 

 greater than that in an elevated situation in the 



