222 Weather of 1911 in Relation to Health. 



Rainfall, 1911. 



Rain Gauge: — Diameter of Funnel, 5 in. Height of top- 

 Above ground, 1 foot; above sea level, 70 ft. 



Rainfall, 1911. — The average Rainfall for the last 18 years 

 was 39.17 inches, so that 1911 was .24 inches over. The large 

 amount which fell in November and December making up for 

 the deficiency during the summer. The following question, 

 which has been in my mind for a long time, I will leave with 

 our members : — Is the well-known influence of the Sun and Moon 

 and Ocean currents on the rotating Earth, sufficient to account 

 for our weather conditions? 



Note II. 



The year 1911 will long be remembered and referred to as 

 having been one of the most remarkable years on record. First, 

 in regard to its weather; for its long-continued drought, which 

 continued throughout the Summer and into the Autumn ; its un- 



