ir.s 



CLIMATE. 



on high ground, gave the following results, recorded by Mr. 

 Bateman (Manchester Memoirs, 1845) : 



It is to be regretted that so few observations of this interest- 

 ing kind have found their way to the Proceedings of our Local 

 Philosophical Societies. By observations continued for three 

 years at York by Mr. Gray and myself, with a variety of gauges, 

 it is found that the quantity of rain collected at different heights 

 above the surface grows less continually as we ascend to a height 

 of above 200 feet. The ground in front of the Museum, the 

 top of the Museum 43'66 feet above it, and the top of a pole 

 elevated 9 feet above the great tower of the Minster, which is itself 

 203-83 feet above the lowest gauge, were the three stations 

 chosen. The quantities of rain collected from February to 

 February were as follows (snow excluded) : 



The differences in the quantities of rain at the different eleva- 

 tions are found to vary with the season of the year. If we ex- 

 press the quantity on the ground always by the number 100, and 

 class the results in warm and cold months, we have the follow- 

 ing table : 



