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8.—ReEporT oF THE METEOROLOGICAL ComMITTEE, 1902. 
Prepared by the Hon. Sec., Francis CamPBELL-Bayarp, F.R. Met. Soc. 
‘ _ (Read 17th March, 1903.) 
THE same arrangements under which the daily rainfall of the district 
round Croydon has been observed and tabulated have been continued 
throughout the year 1902. The number of stations in the printed list 
is 88, and there is one additional station—viz. Beddington Corner, the 
record of which is complete for the whole year, and which will be 
found at the end of this Report. These 89 stations are under the 
superintendence of 72 observers. There was a change of the observers 
at South Norwood, mentioned in the April sheet, and Mr. Craven, of 
Woburn Road, Croydon, ceased observing at the end of June, at which 
date he left the town. 
Appendix I. to this Report contains a list of the observers, with 
particulars relating to the stations and gauges, and also the monthly 
tables of daily rainfall, of which a sufficient number have from month 
to month been pulled for the use of the Society. These printed tables 
contain the records of all observers, with the exception already men- 
tioned, reporting to the Committee. 
Appendix ITI. contains a record of all falls of rain of 1:00 in. and 
upwards, extracted from the monthly tables in Appendix I. 
Having regard to the large fall of rain—vzz. 3°51 in.—at Hsher on 
September 10th, and which fall is more particularly referred to in the 
printed sheet for that month, it seems desirable to place on record in 
the form of a short table a list of all falls in the twenty-four hours, 
which are 2°50 in. and upwards. These are eleven in number, and are 
taken from our printed tables, which commence with the year 1888. 
TABLE A.—Maximum Fauts 1n 24 Hours or 2°50 In. AND ABOVE. 
Date. STATION. Fatt. 
IN. 
30 July, 1888 |Deptford .......... 2°54 
2 Sept., 1889 /Wilmington ........ 3:90 
17 July, 1890 |Kingston .......... 2°62 
28 June, 1892 |Caterham Valley ....| 2°50 
1 Sept., 1896 |Keston (Tower Fields)}| 2°62 
5 » (Bradfield) ..| 2°54 
7 Merstham .......... 2°51 
10 Sept., 1902 |Hsher .......... eeee| B51 
Fc Carshalton .......... 2°99 
is South Norwood......| 2°76 
5 West Molesey ...... 2°57 
If this table is examined it will be seen that there are only two falls 
which are over 8°50 in., and only four falls over 2°75 in. The late 
_ Mr. G. J. Symons always warned his observers to look to the capacity 
of their gauges, saying that “once in your rainfall life you will have 
a fall of over four inches.’ In the fifteen years since the foundation 
of this organization there has been no such fall recorded, though the 
fall at Wilmington in 1889 is very close to this amount. 
With reference to the rainfall for the year 1902, the impression has 
gone about that the year has been a very wet one, with a large number 
of rainy days. Both of these impressions are not in accordance with 
the facts, but, at the same time, if we look at tables B and C, we shall 
at once see how the impression has arisen. 
