2 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. I07 



"Preferred" 



places Jan.- Teb. Mar. Apr. May June 



I 25 21 20 16 13 9 



II 26 22 JI 17 14 10 



III 27 23 22 18 15 II 



IV 1,28 24 23 19 16 12 



V 2, 29 25 24 20 17 13 



XII 9 5 4, 31 27 24 20 



XIII 10 6 5 1,28 25 21 



XV 12 8 7 3,30 27 23 



XVII 14 10 9 5 2,29 25 



XVIII 15 II 10 6 3,30 26 



XXII 19 15 14 10 7 3,30 



XXVI 23 19 18 14 II 7 



XXVII 24 20 19 15 12 8 



'"Preferred" 



places July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 



I 6 2, 29 25 22 18 15 



II 7 3. 30 26 23 19 16 



III 8 4,31 27 24 20 17 



IV 9 5 1. 28 25 21 18 



V 10 6 2, 29 26 22 19 



XII 17 13 9 6 2,29 26 



XIII 18 14 10 7 3.30 27 



XV 20 16 12 9 s 2,29 



XVII 22 18 14 II 7 4,31 



XVIII 23 19 15 12 8 5 



XXIT 27 23 19 16 12 9 



XXVI 4.31 2-/ 23 20 16 13 



XXVII 5 1.28 24 21 17 14 



" This paper was ready 011 January 16, but unavoidable delays occurred in 

 the publication of it. In the meantime, reports for January and February, 1947, 



indicate that these months give a favorable ratio of precipitation for "preferred" 

 days; 



