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TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



MEAN SUMMER RAINFALL. 



In the recorded statement below will be found the rainfall for each 

 month of our dry or Summer season; also the total for the season, as 

 well as the total number of days, etc., that rain fell. The average for 

 the thirty-two years past is .170 of an inch. The Summer season that 

 gave the most rainfall was that of 1884 — 1.45 inches. But five sea- 

 sons of the thirty-two gave none, those being 1859, 1863, 1867, 1878, 

 and 1883: 



