IN RAIN AND SNOW, IN THE UNITED STATES. 



2U 







No. of 









Station. 



Location. 



years of 



e _ 



e 



r 







record. 





'f 











inches. 





inches. 



Gardiner, 



Maine, 



27 



±3-9 ± 



09 



±0.8 



Brunswick, 



Maine, 



31 



7 



6 



17 



1.4 



Hanover, 



New Hampshire, 



19 



4 



3 



II 



I.O 



Burlington, 



Vermont, 



27 



4 



3 



13 



1-3 



Worcester, 



Massachusetts, 



25 



5 



5 



12 



I.I 



Boston, 



Massachusetts, 



41 



6 



I 



14 



0.9 



New Bedford, 



Massachusetts, 



54 



4 



5 



II 



0.6 



Amherst, 



Massachusetts, 



32 



3 



8 



09 



0.7 



Providence, 



Rhode Island, 



36 



4 



I 



10 



0.7 



Jamaica, 



New York, 



23 



4 



4 



12 



o.g 



Flatbush, 



New York, 



32 



4 



8 



II 



0.8 



New York,' 



New York, 



3° 



7 



6 



17 



1.4 



Newburg, 



New York, 



22 



5 



5 



IS 



1.2 



Albany, 



New York, 



28 



3 



5 



09 



0.7 



Penn Yan, 



New York, 



39 



3 



I 



II 



0.5 



Rochester, 



New York, 



35 



3 







09 



0.5 



Toronto, 



Canada West, 



26 



3 



7 



10 



0.7 



Morrisville, 



Pennsylvania, 



37 



3 



7 



09 



0.6 



Philadelphia, 



Pennsylvania, 



43 



4 



I 



09 



0.6 



Gettysburg, 



Pennsylvania, 



24 



5 



3 



14 



I.I 



Baltimore,^ 



Maryland, 



30 



6 



6 



16 



1.2 



Washington, 



Dist. Columbia, 



3° 



5 



3 



14 



1.0 



Fortress Monroe, 



Virginia, 



23 



10 



7 



23 



2.2 



Charleston, 



South Carolina, 



42 



4 



4 



12 



0.8 



Savannah, 



Georgia, 



23 



7 



5 



15 



1.6 



Key West, 



Florida, 



19 



5 



9 



16 



1.4 



New Orleans, 



Louisiana, 



20 



4 



5 



09 



I.O 



Fort Brown ,3 , 



Texas, 



II 



8 



5 



26 



2.6 



Springdale, 



Kentucky, 



23 



5 



5 



II 



1.2 



Cincinnati, 



Ohio, 



28 



6 



2 



14 



1.2 



Portsmouth, 



Ohio, 



27 



5 



2 



14 



I.O 



Marietta, 



Ohio, 



48 



4 



I 



10 



0.6 



Steubenville, 



Ohio, 



37 



5 



6 



14 



0.9 



Detroit, 



Michigan, 



22 



3 



8 



12 



0.8 



Fort Snelling, 



Minnesota, 



21 



3 







12 



0.7 



Milwaukee, 



Wisconsin, 



23 



3 



5 



12 



0.7 



Muscatine, 



Iowa, 



18 



9 







21 



2.1 



St. Louis, 



Missouri, 



31 



5 



5 



13 



2.0 



Fort Leavenworth, 



Kansas, 



30 



6 



8 



21 



1.2 



Fort Gibson, 



Indian Territory, 



20 



6 



4 



18 



1.4 



Washington, 



Arkansas, 



21 



7 







13 



1-5 



Fort Laramie, 



Wyoming, 



17 



6 



7 



45 



1.9 



Fort Kearny, 



Nebraska, 



14 



4 



2 



17 



I.I 



Fort Marcy, 



New Mexico, 



12 



5 



6 



33 



1.6 



San Francisco, 



California, 



17 



4 



I 



19 



I.O 



Fort Vancouver, 



Washington Ter. 



16 



6 



7 



18 



1-7 



Fort Steilacoom, 



Washington Ter. 



IS 



8 



7 



19 



2-3 



Sitka, 



Alaska, 



14 



6 



7 



08 



1.8 



The numbers in the column headed ^ do not indicate, upon the whole, any very 

 great variation from the average irregularity in the rain-fall as observed from year 



' Fort Columbus, Institution of Deaf and Dumb. 

 ^ Baltimore City, Fort McHenry. = Fort Brown and Matamoras, 



19 July, 1871, 



