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J. HOPKINSON THE FLOODS 



Details of the rainfall during the 23 days preceding the floods 

 at 35 stations in Hertfordshire are given in the following table. 

 The numbers in the first column are those of the river-districts 

 (see p. 134). 



Table I. — Eainfall in Hertfoedshike, 23rd October to 

 14th November, 1894. 



No. 



Station. 



Oct. 

 23-31 



Nov. 

 1-10 



Nov. 

 11-12 



Nov. 

 13-14 



Nov. 

 11-14 



Oct. 23- 

 Nov. 14 



7 



10 



12 



?? 



13 

 14 



)» 



15 

 17 



> J 



?» 



18 



Eoyston 



Oclsey 



HitcMn— The Firs 



,, Bancroft 



,, High Down 



Tring — Elm House 



Cowroast 



Berkhamsted — Rosebank ..., 



Fairhill 



Great Gaddesdeu Vicarage. 

 H. Hempstead— Apsley Mills 

 ,, Nash Mills 



Kensworth — The Grove .... 

 St. Albans — Gorhambiiry.... 



,, The Grange.... 

 Watford— Oaklands 



,, Frogmore 



Eickmansworth— Moor Park 



Welwyn Rectory 



Hatfield— Brocket Hall 

 Datchworth Rectory 



Stevenage — Weston Park.. 

 , , Bennington House 



Therfield Rectory 



Throcking Rectory 



Buntiugford — Hamels Park 



Much Hadham 



Hertford — Bayfordbury , 



Ware— Red House 



,, Fanhams Hall 



Broxbourne— StaifordHouse 

 Cheshunt — Old Nurseries 



College 



New Barnet — Gas Works 

 Southg-ate — The Lawns 



Mean , 



ins. 

 I -69 



I "39 

 1-57 



1 "62 

 171 

 2-89 

 277 

 2-59 

 2-57 

 2-45 



2'9I 

 2-82 

 2-28 

 279 



2-8i 



3 '35 

 3-08 



377 

 2-27 



2-59 

 I '96 



I -61 



1-83 



175 



1-57 

 171 



1-83 



2-34 



2-33 

 2*03 



2-83 



2 "92 



2*84 



2 -92 

 2*96 



ins. 



76 



•82 



•92 



I -03 



1-31 



I'OJ 



1-36 



1-24 



1-36 



1-29 



131 



I '20 



I "39 

 1-33 

 1-27 



I '44 

 1-05 



1-49 



•85 

 •92 

 •67 

 •86 

 •69 

 •82 



■83 



•64 



1-03 



•82 



•92 



•87 

 79 



•69 



•93 



•73 



1-04 



2-38 



I '02 



1-34 

 I '64 

 179 

 1-87 

 1-91 

 I -96 

 2-09 

 2-13 

 2-03 



2 '02 

 1-63 

 170 

 2-23 

 I "64 



1-54 



1-45 

 1-42 

 I '60 

 170 

 1-67 

 1*62 

 1-91 

 1-37 



1-43 

 1-25 

 1-23 



fOO 

 I'lO 



1-03 



I -Ob 



I -04 



•88 



•92 



I^IO 



i^i9 



ins. 



•15 

 •12 



•32 

 ■41 



•66 

 62 

 92 

 ■57 

 ■59 

 ■47 

 ■07 

 ■96 

 76 

 02 



■73 

 ■55 

 ■59 

 ■88 



•74 

 •66 

 •46 

 •26 

 •23 

 •14 



•31 

 •01 

 •22 

 •37 

 •13 

 •40 

 •23 

 •02 

 •02 



05 

 •68 



2-49 

 2^76 



3'ii 



3-28 



3-57 

 3-58 

 4^oi 



370 

 3-62 



3 "49 

 370 

 3-66 



3 "99 

 3-66 



3 '27 

 3-00 

 3-01 

 3 '48 

 3 "44 



3* t ■> 



3 -08 



3-17 

 2^6o 



2-57 

 2-56 

 2^24 



2^22 



2-47 



2^l6 



2*46 

 2-27 

 1-90 

 I '94 

 2-15 

 1-87 



4 "94 

 4 '97 

 5-60 



5 '93 

 6-59 



7-54 

 8-14 



7-53 

 7-55 

 7 '23 

 7-92 

 7-68 

 7-66 

 778 

 7-35 

 779 

 7-14 

 874 

 6^56 

 6-84 

 571 

 5-64 

 5-12 

 5-14 

 4 '96 

 4'59 

 5-08 



5-63 



5-41 

 5 '36 

 5-89 

 5-51 

 571 

 5-80 



5-87 



1-53 



I "44 



-•97 



6-37 



It will be seen that the distribution of the rain over the county 

 followed the usual rule, the fall in the west being greater than in 

 the east. If the rainfall stations were equably distributed, the 

 mean of their records would represent the true mean rainfall in 

 the county, and they are very nearly so. It will be well, however, 



