18 EF. Loomis—Contributions to Meteorology. 
chiefly within the limits of the trade winds, including a few 
mountain stations somewhat distant from the coast, viz: Nos 
14, 36-39, 104-110, 184-191. 
5. Elevated stations in different parts of Europe including 
the northwest part of England, the west of Scotland, the 
coast of Portugal, Norway, etc., viz: Nos 40 and 41, 111-118, 
192-194. 
6. Stations on the west coast of Africa, including one in the 
interior, viz: Nos. 114-116, 195 and 196. 
. Stations on the west coast of North America, viz: Nos. 
117- -119, 197-204. 
The table shows 204 ote at which the mean annual rain- 
fall exceeds 75 English in e see that some of these sta- 
tions are elevated more ee 2,000 feet above the sea, and 
nearly all of them are situated within 100 or 200 miles of eleva- 
te mountains, and the rain chiefly occurs when the wind from 
the ocean is rye toward these mountains. There appears 
no room for doubt that the extraordinary rain-fall at most of 
these stations is due to the influence of the mountains by which 
the wind is deflected upward to such a height that a consider- 
able beng of the contained vapor is condensed by the cold of 
elevatio 
ases of deficient rain-fall. 
Among the group op cases in the table having a mean annual 
rain-fall of less than 10 inches, the most remarkable example is 
No. 689. This station is on a small but mountainous island 
Longitude from Greenwich. 
Latitude. ee ee ee 
40° to 85°. | 85° to 80°. | 80° to 25°. | 25° to 20°. | 20° to 15°. | 15° to 10°. 
ee a 
20° to 18° N. 3 2 l 0 0 e 
18 16 3 2 1 l 0 . 
16 to l4 1 3 2 2 1 Re 
14 to 12 2 3 3 3 1 . 
12 to 10 4 5 6 6 5 . 
10 to 8 9 9 12 ll 8 4 
8 to 6 7 13 17 15 10 12 
4 8 15 17 18 11 8 
4 to 2 N. 6 10 15 15 11 4 
2 to 0 3 1l 7 9 7 2 
0 to 25, 5 6 5 4 3 0 
ato 4 1 5 6 5 2 0 
4 to 6 * 5 4 3 2 1 
6 to 8 * 5 2 4 1 1 
8 to 108. * 5 3 1 2 1 
situated in the _ of the Atlantic Ocean in latitude 7° 55’ 
S. In order to determine whether the small rain-fall at this 
station is due re local causes, I have prepared a table showing 
the distribution of rain in that part of the Atlantic Ocean situ- 
ee 
