274 RESULTS OF THE METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN DURING 



Mean Amount op Cloud — Scale 0-10. 



1903. 

 April 

 May 

 June 

 July 

 August 

 September 

 October . 

 November 

 December 



19114. 

 January . 

 February "* 



Mean 



Mdt. 



8 '4 

 7-8 

 7-1 

 7-3 

 7-fi 

 61 

 7-6 

 8-3 

 9'6 



9'C 

 9-0 



9-5 

 9-6 



8-0 8-0 7-9 7-8 



2 8-3 



» Mean of 21 days. 



Precipitation. 



The measuremeut of the precipitation proved to be impossible owing to the frequency 

 of drift which prevailed throughout the greater part of the year. Except in Summer, when 

 the downfall was in the form of rain, the gaugiiigs are unsatisfactory. Nevertheless one is 

 able to say that in spite of the general humidity of the atmosphere and the frequency of 

 snow, the precipitation is small. The actual results for the eighteen months ending with 

 December 1904 show a downfall equivalent to 10-50 inches of rain per annum, but I 

 incline to the belief that frt)m 15 to 17 inches would more nearly represent the actual 

 amount, as much is lost when the snow is drifting. The greatest quantity falls in Summer, 

 and is equivalent to nearly 40 per cent, of the annual quantity. Daily falls exceeding 

 half an inch are very rare, there being only two such during tbe period under review. 



The following table shows the number of hours of precipitation in each month ; the 

 last column gives the number of days on which snow, sleet, hail, or rain fell, and the 

 number of times the snow was drifting is added for comparison. 



Hours of Occurrence. 



