Meteorological Notes. — By F. W. W. Doane, m. can. soc. 

 c. E., City Engineer, Halifax, N. S. 



{Read IGth May, mv, ) 



The last notes read before the Institute in connection \vit!i 

 precipitation (" Rainfall Notes," Trans. N. S. I. 8., vol. x, p. 

 399) recorded observations to December 31st, 1900. Since 

 that date several new " records " have been noted. 



RAIN. 



The rainfall at Halifax for the month of June, 1901, is 

 given by the Dominion Government Meteorological Agent at 

 6.959 inches, of which 4.099 inches fell on the 24th in 13.7 

 hours. This is not the heaviest rainfall on record as a reference 

 to our Transactions, vol. ix, p. 282, shows that on Oct. 19th. 

 1896, 4.394 inches fell in 14.3 hours. The rate of fall is about 

 the same in each instance, viz : . 3 inches per hour. The 

 maximum rate during the storm cannot be ascertained as 

 automatic gauges are not provided. 



The storm on June 24th, 1901, extended over a large area. 

 It was very heavy, not only throughout Nova Scotia, but in 

 the United States. The rain began about six o'clock in the 

 morning and continued until after one o'clock. At 9 a. m. the 

 gauge showed . 33 inche.s. The figures given convey no idea 

 to the average reader of the severity of the storm. During 

 the greater part of the storm thunder roared, lightning flashed, 

 the streets were deluged and torrents swept down the steep 

 hills destroying the roadways. The rush of water carried down 

 stones as large as a man's head and heaped up earth and road 

 metal in mounds and ridges two feet high on the street railway 



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