K.VINFALL IN HEUTFORDSUIKE IN 1899. 



Table IV. — Rainfall in the Uivek-Disiricts. 



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Distribution of the Rainfall in each Month. — The nomenclature 

 used in the following account of the chief falls of rain is the same 

 as in my previous reports, falls of at least ^ inch being styled 

 considerable ^ f inch very considerable^ 1 inch great ^ \\ inch rery great., 

 \\ inch heavy., If inch very heavy., and 2 inches excessive. This 

 analysis only applies to the thirty-four stations for which I have 

 returns of the daily rainfall. The wettest days which are given in 

 each month are those at forty-five stations. 



January. — A wet month, almost entirely without snow, with 

 many wet days. During the first twenty-three days there were 

 not more than three without rain at most stations. The only 

 considerable fall was on the 15th at four stations. The 13th was 

 the wettest day at one station, the 15th at 33 stations, the 20th 

 at 10, and the loth and 20th were the wettest at one station. 



February. — Also a wet month, hut all the rain, except 0-01 or 

 0-02 in. at a few stations, fell during the first fifteen days. A little 

 snow fell on a few days during the first week. There was a 

 considerable fall of rain and snow at one station on the 6th, and of 

 rain at one on the 8th. The 4th was the wettest day at 2 stations, 

 the 6th at 10, the 8th at 9, the 15th at 21, the 8th and 15th were 

 the wettest at one station, and the 6th, 8th, and 15th at two 

 stations. 



March. — Very dry, and nearly all the precipitation in the form of 

 snow. For the first seventeen days on only two on the average did 

 any rain or snow fall, a vei-y diy period having thus lasted for more 

 than a month. There was no considerable fall of rain. The 8th 

 was the wettest day at 21 stations, the 21st at 3, the 25th at 17, 

 the 28th at one station, and the 8th and 25th were the wettest at 

 3 stations. On the 21st about four inches of snow fell at Koyston 

 in two hours. 



