484, REPORT—1904. 
rather less than that for the twenty-five years ending 1890 and that for the thirty 
years ending 1895, Twenty stations give a mean for the ten years 1881-90 of 
25:99 inches, for the twenty-five years 1866-90 of 26:96 inches, and for the thirty 
years 1866-95 of 26-58 inches, the excess in this latter period thus being 0°59 inch, 
or about 2} per cent., over the mean fall at the same stations for the ten years 
1881-90. The true mean for the 106 stations for the thirty years would, therefore, 
probably be a little under 27 inches. 
The mean fall for the thirty years at the 20 stations in five-yearly periods 
was as follows :—For the first lustrum, 1866-70, 25:25 inches; for the second, 
1871-75, 27-45 inches ; for the third, 1876-80, 30:11 inches; for the fourth, 
1881-85, 27'79.inches; for the fifth, 1886-90, 24:19 inches; and for the sixth, 
1891-95, 24°68 inches. 
The monthly and annual means for each county and for the whole area at the 
52 stations are as follows :— 
Mean Rainfall in the Midland Counties of England, 1881-90. 
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Ins. | Ins. | Ins. | Ins. Ins Ins. Ins. Ins Ins. Ins. Tas. 
January . | 2°68 | 2°15 | 2°03 | 1°89 1:94 131 1°47 1°41 1°72 158 1°89 
February 2°07 | 1:76 | 1:80 | 1°78 1:88 1:26 1:37 1:33 157 147 1°68 
March 2°09 | 2°06 | 1:77 | 1°85 1-73 1:29 1°47 | 1°43 1:72 161 1:78 
April 2°04 | 1°88 | 1°87 | 2°00 1:76 1°84 E7T + |e 1463 1°55 1:49 1-76 
May 2°63 | 2°32 | 2°27 | 2:28 2°10 207 1:97 191 1°76 171 2°10 
June 2°42 | 2°50 | 2°22] 2:00 1°84 177 1°94 1:94 1:73 1°62 2°03 
July | 268 | 2°65 | 2°77 | 2°61 3°02 3°12 2°50 2°63 2°72 2°60 2-70 
August . | 2°84 | 2°73 | 2°37 | 2°56 1:94 2°13 1:93 2°02 2°19 1:95 2°34 
September . 2°45 | 2°59 | 2°34 | 2°29 2°28 2 52 2°06 2°27 2°66 2°64 2°46 
October . 3-21 | 2°90 | 2°73 | 2°93 2°61 2°52 2°30 2°58 3°26 314 2°94 
November .| 3°46 | 2°93 | 2°90 | 2°57 2°66 2°21 2°22 2°23 2°62 2°56 271 
December . | 2°47 | 2°34 | 2°00 | 2°07 -1:90 154 1°64 171 211 1:99 2°08 
Year... | 31°04 | 28°81 | 27°07 | 26°83 | 25°66 23°58 22°58 22°98 25°67 24°36 26°47 
The rainfall in these counties follows the general rule of increase from east to 
west, except near the sea-coast on the east. Dividing the counties into three 
groups—west, midland, and east—34 stations for the western group, Shropshire, 
Stafford, and Warwick, give an annual mean of 28°88 inches; 37 stations for the 
middle group, Leicester, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, and Cam- 
bridge, give an annual mean of 24°73 inches; and 35 stations for the eastern 
group, Norfolk and Suffolk, give an annual mean of 25°15 inches. In the first 
group the driest months are: February, mean 1:88 inch ; March, mean 1-97 inch; 
and April, mean 1:93 inch. In the second group the driest months are: January, 
mean 1:60 inch; February, mean 1°52 inch; and March, mean 1°55 inch; and in 
the third group the driest months are February and April, each with a mean fall 
of 1°52 inch, while January and March are nearly as dry, the former having a 
mean fall of 1-65 inch and the latter of 1:66 inch. In the first group the wettest 
months are October, mean 2°95 inches, and November, mean 3:10 inches; in the 
second group the wettest months are July, mean 2°78 inches, and October, mean 
2-59 inches; and in the third group the wettest month is October, mean 3:20 
inches, July following with 2°66 inches, September with 2°65 inches, and 
November with 2:59 inches. 
Huntingdon, Bedford, and Cambridge are the driest counties, except in April, 
when Suffolk is the driest, Norfolk drier than Huntingdon and Bedford, and 
