106 DR MILLER ON THE METEOROLOGY OF 
TABLE XXXI.—DEDUOCTIONS relative to the HUMIDITY of the ATMOSPHERE at the 
MounTAIN STATIONS, in the year 1853. 
| WEIGHT OF 
3S 
Vapour. 3 Ey 
FI 2 E 3 n@e| Gs. 
STATION. a Fs = oie sts Bas 
> 3 || 2 | Becrees 
= = a Bo | See] Sa 
a? | 532 SE 
na Bo ee 
h. m. Feet. 4 - 5 Grains. | Grains. 
Wastdale Head, (10-2 a.m.) 247 above the Sea, | 46-5 | 43-0 | 38-3 | 2:96 | 0-86 | 0-775 
Do. do. , (5:34 p.m.) ae a 48-8 | 44-3 | 39-6 | 2-98 1-14 “724 
Brea Riper Sl” ea tie 45.4 | 42.0 | 37-3 | 2-87 | 0-81 | -779 
Stye Head, 5 9 1448 ,, #5 43:0 | 40-0 | 35-5 | 271 | 0-70 -795 
Lingmell, 3 Sie clits sie = 41-2 | 39-1 | 35-8 | 2-74 | 0-47 -854 
Sprinkling Tarn, - 1900! oe ‘ 39-9 | 37-8 | 34-2 | 2-61 | 0-47 849 
Great Gabel, : at 2920" ue “4 36-8 | 35-2 | 32-6 | 2-42 | 0-36 +872 
Sca Fell Pike, . Jee BEEB™ by: e 34-1 | 32-9 | 31-1'| 2-28 | 0-25 | -898 
REMARKS. 
1851.—The almost incredible quantity of 38°86 inches of rain precipitated on 
the “Stye” or shoulder of Sprinkling Fell in a single month (January) is, I be- 
lieve, without a parallel in the temperate zone, or even in tropical latitudes, except 
in some of the mountainous regions of India during the prevalence of the mon- 
soon. 
Respecting the comparatively small amount of rain (14-47 inches) registered 
at Wastdale Head in January, the registrar says, ‘* There were many wet days in 
the month of January, but few heavy falls of rain ; you will perceive we had much 
heavier falls in the month of February.” In other parts of the Lake District, it 
required no instrumental means to impress upon the oldest residents the convic- 
tion, that this was one of the wettest months within their recollection. 
1852.—This year is distinguished by several striking peculiarities and abnor- 
mal conditions of climate, of which the most prominent are,—the large amount 
of rain, and its very unequal distribution over the different seasons, and the 
enormous and unprecedented downfall in the first two and last two months of 
the year. As regards the Lake District generally, the year 1852 exhibits by much 
the largest quantity of rain recorded in any annual period since the experiments 
were commenced in 1844; though the fall at Wastdale Head and Seathwaite was 
exceeded, in 1848, by 5°74 and 4°15 inches, respectively. At the coast, the depth 
in 1852 was exceeded in only three of the last 20 years—viz., in 1835, 1836, and 
1841, in which the atmospheric precipitation reached 54:13, 58:97, and 55:97 
