IN RAIN AND SNOW, IN THE UNITED STATES. 



145 







No. of 









Station. 



Location. 



years of 



e ' 





r 







record. 



£ 











inches. 





inches. 



Gardiner, 



Maine, 



27 



±3-9 ±- 



09 



±0.8 



Brunswick, 



Maine, 



3 1 



7.6 



17 



1.4 



Hanover, 



New Hampshire, 



19 



4-3 



11 



1.0 



Burlington, 



Vermont, 



27 



4-3 



13 



i-3 



Worcester, 



Massachusetts, 



25 



5-5 



12 



1.1 



Boston, 



Massachusetts, 



4i 



6.1 



14 



0.9 



New Bedford, 



Massachusetts, 



54 



4-5 



11 



0.6 



Amherst, 



Massachusetts, 



3 2 



3-8 



09 



0.7 



Providence, 



Rhode Island, 



36 



4.1 



10 



0.7 



Jamaica, 



New York, 



23 



4.4 



12 



0.9 



Flatbush, 



New York, 



3 2 



4.8 



11 



0.8 



New York, 1 



New York, 



3° 



7.6 



17 



1.4 



Newburg, 



New York, 



22 



5-5 



15 



1.2 



Albany, 



New York, 



28 



3-5 



09 



0.7 



Penn Yan, 



New York, 



39 



3- 1 



11 



°-5 



Rochester, 



New York, 



35 



3-° 



09 



°-5 



Toronto, 



Canada West, 



26 



3-7 



10 



0.7 



Morrisville, 



Pennsylvania, 



37 



3-7 



09 



0.6 



Philadelphia, 



Pennsylvania, 



43 



4.1 



09 



0.6 



Gettysburg, 



Pennsylvania, 



24 



5-3 



14 



1.1 



Baltimore, 2 



Maryland, 



3° 



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 



1.0 



Fort Brown, 3 



Texas, 



11 



8-5 



.26 



2.6 



Springdale, 



Kentucky, 



23 



5-5 



.11 



1.2 



Cincinnati, 



Ohio, 



28 



6.2 



14 



1.2 



Portsmouth, 



Ohio, 



27 



5-2 



14 



1.0 



Marietta, 



Ohio, 



48 



4.1 



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 



9.0 



21 



2.1 



St. Louis, 



Missouri, 



3i 



5-5 



13 



2.0 



Fort Leavenworth, 



Kansas, 



3° 



6.8 



21 



1.2 



Fort Gibson, 



Indian Territory, 



20 



6.4 



18 



1.4 



Washington, 



Arkansas, 



21 



7.0 



*3 



i-5 



Fort Laramie, 



Wyoming, 



17 



6.7 



45 



1.9 



Fort Kearny, 



Nebraska, 



14 



4.2 



17 



1.1 



Fort Marcy, 



New Mexico, 



12 



5-6 



•33 



1.6 



San Francisco, 



California, 



17 



4.1 



.19 



1.0 



Fort Vancouver, 



Washington Ter. 



16 



6.7 



.18 



i-7 



Fort Steilacoom, 



Washington Ter. 



15 



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 



1 Fort Columbus, Institution of Deaf and Dumb. 



* Baltimore City, Fort McHenry. 3 Fort Brown and Matamoras. 



19 July, 1871. 



