490 ElIN-rALL AT CLIFTON. 



month on wliich rain fell to the amount of a hundredth of an inch 

 or upwards. 



It will be observed that the total rain-fall of the year exceeded 

 44 inches. So wet a year has not occurred before within the 

 period of observati on, the nearest approach to it having been in 

 1872, when the quantity was 42-366 inches. The excess in 1875 

 appears still more remarkable when we take into account the latter 

 part of the preceding year. Strictly the rainy period extended 

 from August 1874, to November 1875. Out of these sixteen 

 months there were but three in which the fall was not above the 

 average, and the total excess in the sixteen months was nearly 18f 

 inches. 



The heaviest monthly fall in 1875 was in October, which is the 

 most rainy month on a long average. The amount collected in 

 that month was close upon seven inches. January, July and 

 November were also exceedingly wet, the departure from the 

 average being greater in the last named month than in any other. 



The two heaviest diurnal falls occurred on the 14th of July and 

 on the 13th of Kovember. On the former occasion no less than 2*9 

 inches fell within 24 hours, a quantity exceeding any previously 

 recorded here as having fallen in the same interval of time. 



The year was not remarkable for snow. At its opening three 

 inches lay upon the ground, and at no subsequent period was the 

 depth so great as this. 



