59 



1865 

 1866 

 1867 

 1868 

 1869 

 1870 

 1871 

 1872 



49-184 

 70-810 

 52137 

 65-742 

 72-001 

 56-268 

 46-180 

 83-150 



21 I 1237-908 



Average fall in Twenty-one Years 58-948 inches 



Average in Twenty-five Years 58-613 inches 



It will strike every one that the result of Mr. Peter Crosthwaite's 

 observations shows a much higher average than Mr. Otley's, or my own. 

 This was occasioned by the exceptional year 1792, when 84-60 inches 

 fell at Keswick, and 84-98 at Kendal. This, coming within the short 

 period of five years, unduly increased the average. During the ten years 

 Mr. Otley's observations covered, there was no such exceptional year ; 

 consequently by his measurement the annual rain-fall of Keswick was 

 1 1 -38 inches less than that recorded by Dr. Dalton. There can be no 

 doubt that Keswick and Kendal being amongst the first places in 

 Britain where any regular accounts were kept, and the rain-fall being so 

 far in excess of the quantity recorded at London (17-63 inches) gave 

 rise to the common belief that Keswick and Kendal are the two 

 wettest places in Britain. 



During the last twenty-five years, there have been two exceptional 

 years, viz: — in 1872, when there fell 83-150 inches, being within one 

 inch and a half of the highest recorded in 1792, just eighty years before. 



