154 CLIMATE. 



1850, we find the greatest quantity in a year to be 57'49 (1848), 

 and the least (27'44) in 1844 (Mr. Tatham's Observations). 



The distribution of rain in the different months at York ap- 

 pears in the following table of results of fourteen years' observa- 

 tions, from 1811 to 1824. 



inches. 



January 1 '64 



February 1'50 



March 1'48 



April 1-62 



May 2-19 



June 1-90 



July 2-66 



August 2-19 



September 1'88 



October 2'82+ 



November 1'86 



December 2'01 



Annual fall .... 2375 



On regarding this table with attention, we perceive that most 

 rain falls in the latter half of the year, as long since pointed out 

 by Dr. Dalton in his 'Essays on the Meteorology of Kendal' 

 (1793). The inequality in this respect of the earlier and latter 

 halves of the year is, however, rather less at York (10-33 to 

 13-42) than at London (10'15 to 14'60), and much less than at 

 Manchester (14-45 to 21'74), and very much less than at Edin- 

 burgh (8-29 and 15-21). 



In this series of fourteen years, October, the month in which 

 most rain fell, is marked +, and March, in which least rain 

 fell, ; February being little superior in this respect. 



1 find that by adding the rain which fell in 1831 to 1834, 

 and 1841 to 1847, inclusive, so as to make in all twenty-five 

 years, we have the numbers placed in the first column, those in 

 the second being given by Howard for London (Reports, Brit. 

 Assoc. 1844). 



