BY THE REV. K. F. WHEELEE, M.A. 



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Year. Day of Month. - Inches. 



1853 August 17 1-502 



1855 July 14 1-060 



1857 June 30 1-590 



1857 August 15 3-010 



Mr. Symons remarks that the monthly rainfall for the year 

 1867, throughout the kingdom, may be grouped thus : — 



January... \ 

 March... 

 April ... 

 July ... 

 October 



Rather 



above the 



mean. 



February 



May I Near the 



September (average. 

 December 



June I Below 



August... h the 

 November] ''^^'"'^S'^- 



The total rainfall for 1867 is very remarkable for its singularly 

 close approach to the mean of a series of years, and this not only 

 by grouping large districts, but at individual stations. This is 

 abundantly evident from a close comparision of the fall at no less 

 than seventy carefully selected stations in England, Scotland, 

 and Ireland. 





Average 



of 

 1850-9. 



Average 



of 

 1860-5. 



Depth 

 in 



1867. 



Difference 

 from 

 Depth. 



England (omitting Seathwaite,\ 

 in Cumberland > 



Scotland 



29-44 



30-19 

 32-73 



30-98 



33-73 



38-88 



30-86 



32-84 

 37-52 



— -12 



—•89 

 —1-36 



Ireland 





Mean of the •whole 



30-79 



34-53 



33-74 



—•79 





The amount of water in the air, from an average of seven 

 years observation at the Greenwich Observatory during each 

 month of the year, has been given by Mr. Bellville in his 

 "Manual of the Thermometer:" — 



Column I. — Gives mean height in grains of vapour in a cubic]^ v jr 

 foot of air at ) 



