﻿METEOROLOGY. 
  

  

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  Statement 
  of 
  the 
  Amount 
  of 
  Rain 
  (in 
  inches) 
  tJiat 
  fell 
  at 
  Church 
  Bill, 
  

   Jefferson 
  County, 
  Mls&issiiypi, 
  during 
  the 
  years 
  1850, 
  '51, 
  '52, 
  and 
  

   '53. 
  By 
  Dr. 
  Coleman. 
  

  

  1850. 
  

  

  January 
  

   February 
  

   March 
  

   April 
  . 
  

   May 
  . 
  

   June 
  . 
  

   July 
  . 
  

   August 
  

   September 
  

   October 
  

   November 
  

   December 
  

  

  1851. 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  7.37 
  

  

  4.95 
  

  

  2.41 
  

  

  6.87 
  

  

  5.49 
  

  

  9.09 
  

  

  3.55 
  

  

  3.78 
  

  

  .70 
  

  

  .20 
  

  

  2.47 
  

  

  11.52 
  

  

  2.25 
  

   9.85 
  

   2.85 
  

   1.61 
  

  

  .96 
  

   1.03 
  

   1.91 
  

   5.16 
  

  

  .46 
  

   3.27 
  

   8.09 
  

   6.64 
  

  

  1852. 
  

  

  1853. 
  

  

  57.40 
  

  

  44.16 
  

  

  1.57 
  

   4.57 
  

   3.08 
  

   3.89 
  

   1.31 
  

  

  .24 
  

   3.38 
  

  

  .81 
  

   2.27 
  

   1.89 
  

   5.10 
  

   8.81 
  

  

  37.00 
  

  

  .75 
  

   7.92 
  

   5.23 
  

   2.08 
  

   4.75 
  

   1.97 
  

   7.92 
  

   9.13 
  

   1.37 
  

   4.19 
  

   2.58 
  

   4.83 
  

  

  52.72 
  

  

  The 
  instrument 
  by 
  which 
  the 
  above 
  facts 
  were 
  ascer- 
  

   tained, 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  Pike's 
  Conical 
  Raingauges, 
  with 
  a 
  scale 
  

   attached 
  graduated 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  determine 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  ^l 
  

   part 
  of 
  an 
  inch. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  placed 
  in 
  an 
  open 
  and 
  exposed 
  situation, 
  ele- 
  

   vated 
  several 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  ground, 
  and 
  

   at 
  a 
  distance 
  from 
  any 
  building, 
  trees, 
  or 
  shubbery.' 
  

  

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