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RAINFALL AT WOLVERHAMPTON. 



KAINFALL AT WOLVERHAMPTON. 



The average Rainfall at "Wolverhampton for the last nineteen years 

 is 28-034; inches per annum, the maximum occurring in 1872 which was 

 a very exceptional year showing a total of 45 -47 inches ; the maximum 

 quantity falling in the month of July, and amounting to 5'93 inches, and 

 the minimum in March when 1-85 inches only fell. On three occasions 

 in this year there were extraordinary falls in short periods, namely, on 

 the 24th of June l^in. fell in forty minutes, equal to 150 tons per acre, 

 and on the 6th and 7th July 3-lOtlis of an inch, and gin. respectively fell 

 in fifteen minutes. Leaving this very exceptional year out of the 

 question, the average Rainfall for the last eighteen years would be 27*065 

 inches. In the year 1875 there were very heavy falls, making a total of 

 38*13 inches for the whole year. Of this 8-12 inches fell in July, and 

 12*41 inches in the months of September and October. The following 

 table shows the total quantity of Rain falling in each separate month of 

 the year ; also, the average for each month for the last nineteen years : — 



GEO. J. C. BROOM, A.I.C.E. 



METEOKOLOGY OF THE MIDLANDS. 



THE WEATHER OF FEBRUARY. 1878. 



BY W. J. HARRISON, F.G.S. 



February, 1878, was, without doubt, an unusually fine, mild, and dry 

 month. The general uniformity of the weather over the Midlands lias 

 also been remarkable. Thus, nearly every observer notes with pleasure the 

 tine weather on the 17th, which produced the maximum temperature at 

 almost every station, the extreme being 62" at Burley-on-the-Hill, and 

 61° at Cheltenham. Similarly the greatest cold was experienced every- 

 where on the Ist, 7th, and 8th, being a continuation of the cold period 

 which marked the end of January. The minimum thermometer fell 

 to 19° at Stoney Middleton on the 6th, 7th, and Htli, and to 19*5° 

 at Coston on the 8th. Rainfall was about two-thirds of the average for 

 February, and at most stations the maximum fall occurred on the 12th, 

 -which was a changeable and stormy day. Greatest fall was 2*70in. at 

 Alstonfield, with *69in. on the 12th. 



