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J. HOPKESrSON KEPOHT ON THE 



Table III. — Supplementary to Tables I and II. 



Bistrihution of Rainfall throughout the Year. — Of the total rainfall 

 32^ °/o fell during the winter months (Jan., Feb., and Dec), 7 °/q 

 daring the spring (March to May), 'i'6\ °/q during the summer 

 (June to Aug.), and 34 % during the autumn (Sept. to i*^ov.\ 

 The fall during each quarter and each season, and the deviation 

 from the mean for the half -century 1840-89, was as follows : — 



Fall. Diff. Fall. Diff. 



1st quarter o'39 ins. — 0-24 in. "Winter 7-31 ins. -|-1'68 in. 



2nd ,, 1-96 —4-05 Spring 1-61 —4-40 



3rd ,, 6-32 —0-99 Summer 6-00 —1-32 



4th ,, 8-89 +1-41 Autumn 7-64 +0-17 



April was excessively diy ; March and June also were very dry ; 

 February was very wet ; October was excessively wet. The 

 difference in each month from the mean for the half-century was — 



in. in. in. in. 



Jan —0-49 April —1-63 July -f 0-'28 Oct +1-06 



Feb +1-45 Mav —1-08 Aug -|-0'08 Nov 



Mar —1-20 Juiie —1-34 Sept — l-;i5 Dec +0-35 



Thus the fall for the first two months was about an inch above 

 the mean for the period, for the next four months more than five 

 inches 'below the mean., and for the last six months nearly half an 

 inch above the mean. 



The absolute maximum fall in any one day in each month, and 

 the station recording it was — 



26— Bancroft, 



Jan. 



Feb. 



Mar. 1 — Red House, Ware .... 



April 20— TheGrove,Kensw'th 



21 — Bennington House 



ms. 



Hitchin 0-39 



0-69 

 0-38 

 0-17 



0-93 



May 17-TheGrange,S.Alb'ns 

 June 27— Colne Valley Water 



Works 0-38 



Julv 12 — Gorhambury 2-18 



Aug. 30 — Datchworth Rectory 0-92 

 Sept. 8— The Maples, and 



Bancroft, Hitchin 0-69 



Oct. 9— Moor Park 3-11 



Nov. 14 — Much Hadham 0-85 



Dec. 20— Red House, Ware 0-66 



The wettest day in each month at the 40 stations was — 



January 9th at 2 stations, 26th at 37, 6th and 26th at 1. 



February 21st at 28, 22nd at 1, 26th at 4, 27th at 3, 2nd and 21st at 1, 21st 

 and 27th at 2, 22nd and 26th at 1. 



March 1st at 34, 3rd at 3, 16th at 2, 1st and 3rd at 1. 



April 16th at 20, 17th at 2, 19th at 2, 20th at 3, 29th at 10, 16th and 29th 

 at 2, 17th and 29th at 1. 



May 17th at 32, 20th at 1, 29th at 7. 



