A YEAR S "WEATHER. 



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A glance shews how dry the weather has been, we are 1 3 

 inches or a little over 1,300 tons of rain to the acre less than 

 last year, and over 9^ less than our mean yearly rainfall. Mr. 

 Opie, of St. Agnes, whose measurements of the rain are given 

 below, says the rainfall of 1892 is 7-81 inches below an average 

 of 25 years, in his district. The records from Kennal Vale, 

 taken by Mr. P. H. Davey, of Ponsanooth, shew a decrease of 

 nearly 13|^ inches on last year's fall. The deficiency of rainfall 

 in the South- West district of England for 1892 amounts to 10-8 

 inches, or more than 25 per cent, below the average of the 25 

 years, 1866-90. 



The rainfalls of Kennal Vale and St. Agnes, taken by 

 Messrs. Davey and Opie, I append: — 



Kennal Vale. St. Agnes. 



Total ... 50-79 ...3708 .. 42-53 ...33-07 

 The wettest day of the year and the amount of rain which 

 fell in the three districts may be interesting to many : — Truro, 

 August 27th, 1-90; St. Agnes, August 27th, 1-43; and Kennal 

 Vale, August 27th, 2-26 inches. 



Weather for December, 1792 — 100 years ago. 4th, storm 

 in the evening. 5th, great quantities of seagulls inland ; three 

 different rainbows in the space of one hour ; a hurricane from 

 N.W. began soon after one, accompanied by rain, and continued 

 for twelve hours ; during the storm the barometer sank over 

 one inch. 8th, a fiery horizon, with stripes of black ; the sea 

 roars in the evening. 12th, the wind still blowing a hurricane ; 



