THE CYCLONIC DISTRIBU'I'ION 0['' RAINFALL. 



TABLE NO. 2. 

 Showhtg jveeentages of cloudiness in f oh rcomjwsite cyclones in different parts oj thi 



United States. 



a 



t 

 ■s 



E 

 p 



Is 



3 



11 

 t; s ■ 



to 



1 



3 



.5J 

 > 



1 



d 



1 



P 



-a 

 p 



1 



1 



49 



48 



60 



93 



2 



57 



60 



77 



93 



3 



69 



46 



66 



93 



4 



38 



37 



49 



98 



5 



37 



42 



48 



77 

 75 



6 



26 



55 



47 



7 



36 



47 



47 



72 



8 



67 



54 



66 



92 



9 



69 



45 



68 



93 



10 



53 



51 



12 



79 



11 



68 



36 



66 



75 



12 



54 



56 



49 



76 



13 



80 



37 



34 



55 



14 



28 



36 



38 



58 



15 



33 



36 



33 



81 



16 



42 



45 



36 



69 



17 



60 



63 



41 



71 



18 



64 



22 



59 



82 



19 

 20 



59 

 38 



45 



51 



77 



41 



34 



53 



21 



28 



26 



32 



65 



22 



35 



33 



35 



— 



23 



36 



41 



36 



80 



24 



23 



36 



30 



56 



25 



38 



49 



27 



50 



Although the data used for these different averages are not 

 exactly of the' same kind, it is believed that these tables and charts 

 are quite comparable, and that t\\Qy roughly indicate the cyclonic 

 features which are characteristic for each region. Thej show 

 clearly that the area of the greatest rain- and snowfall is not in 

 the same position with regard to the centres of low areas in differ- 

 ent climatic regions. In eveiy case it is eccentric and lies to the 



