38 EAINFALL AT CLIFTON IN 1888. 



Remarks. — The rainfall of 1888, althougli differing but 

 little from the average as regards the total amount, pre- 

 sented some remarkable features as regards its distribution 

 in the several months. July and November were excessively 

 rainy months. March and June were also rainy, in a less 

 degree. January and May were specially dry months, as 

 were also the three consecutive months of August, September, 

 and October. October was the driest month of the year, 

 with a little over one inch of rain. November was the 

 wettest month of the year, with six and a half inches. A 

 very dry term extended from September 8 to October 27, 

 when barely three-quarters of an inch of rain was collected 

 in fifty days. 



The very irregular distribution of the rainfall of the 

 year will be apparent in the following series of comparisons 

 of the falls in certain months and groups of months with the 

 falls recorded in the same periods during the previous thirty- 

 five years. 



1. The fall in July (6*225 inches) is the largest recorded 



in that month. 



2. The fall in June and Juty (10*223 inches) is the largest 



recorded in those two months. 



3. The fall in November (6*530 inches) is the largest 



recorded in that month. 



4. The fall in October (1*063 inch) is the smallest re- 



corded in that month. 



5. The fall in September and October (2*347 inches) is 



the smallest recorded in those two months. 



6. The fall in August, September, and October (4*894 



inches) is the smallest recorded in those three 

 months. 



