160 METEOEOLOGICAL OBSEKVATIONS AT CLIFTON. 



II.— RAINFALL.— MONTHLY SUMMARY. 



From the above Table it will be seen that the year 1893 

 was somewhat drier than usual, the deficiency amounting to 

 over three inches. The only months in which the rainfall 

 was above the average were February, July, and October. 



There was a period of drought extending over the months 

 of March, April and May. From the 17th of March till the 

 17th of April no measurable quantity of rain fell. On the 

 latter day there was a fall of one-twentieth of an inch, and 

 from that time till the 15th of May the rainfall amounted 

 to only '032 inches — i.e., less than one-thirtieth of an inch. 

 Thus, from March 17th to May 15th, a period of nearly two 

 months, the whole rainfall amounted to only -082, or less 

 than one-tenth of an inch. This prolonged drought, along 

 with the prevailing high temperature in the same period, 

 foi'm a very remarkable feature in the weather of 1893. 



D. RTNTOUL. 



