102 MEAN METEOROLOGICAL RESULTS AT TORONTO, FOR 1861, 



The distribution of rain through the day, both as regards depth 

 and frequency, is given in the following Table derived from an hourly 

 rain gauge in operation from April to November inclusive : 



Total depth in the year . . . . , 



No. of days on which snow fell. 



Greatest depth in one month 



fell in 



when it amounted to 



Days of snow were most fre- 

 quent in 



when their number was . . . 



Greatest depth in one day . . . 

 which fell on 



1861. 



Average of 

 19 years & 

 22 years. 



T4.8 



'76 



February 



29. T 



January 



23 

 8 inches 

 Feb. 1th 



61.6 



51 



February 



18.0 

 December 



13.0 



Extremes in 19 years 

 and 22 years. 



5 99.0 

 I in 1855 

 8T in 1859 



Feb. 1846 



46.1 

 5 Dec. 1859 

 ^ Jan. 1861 



23.0 



5 38.4 

 I in 1851 

 33 in 1848 



Dec. 1851 



10. T 



Feb. 1858 



RAIN AND SNOW (Combined.) 

 Where 10 inches of snow are considered as equivalent to 1 inch of rain. 



Total depth in the year 



Number of days in which rain or snow fell . . . . 

 Greatest depth in one month fell in 



when it amounted to 



Days of aqueous precipitation most frequent in 



when their number was 



On February 7th, a heavy snow-storm occurred, accompanied by a 

 strong gale and intense cold. At one part of the day, when the, 



* These numbers include the cases in which both rain and snow have fallen in the same 

 day, and which have been reckoned both in tiie rain aud iu the snow table.s. 



